The African Financial Services Ecosystem - Is FinTech Actually Important?
If the last six months living and working in Nairobi’s financial services industry has taught me only one thing it is that the industry, the country, and the continent, are ripe with opportunity. All of the market indicators are there: Population Growth will reach 2.8 billion by 2060 according to The World Bank. Second only to Asia on a regional basis, and well ahead of the Americas and Europe. Within that growth rate, the youth population is growing faster than in any other