#72: Nomba (Kudi) - How the Nigerian FinTech is providing Point-of-Sale, agency banking and payment solutions to merchants across Africa

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Nomba (formerly known as Kudi) , the FinTech payments solutions provider. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:

African & Nigerian SME context

Nomba's early history

Product & monetization strategy

Competitive positioning & potential exit options

Our overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on December 3, 2023

Companies discussed: Nomba (Kudi), MoniePoint (TeamApt), Yoco, Kuda Bank, Flutterwave, Paystack, Stripe, Safaricom, Brass Banking, TradeDepot, Sabi, Paystack, Flutterwave, MTN, Airtel, Bumpa, Vendease, Orda, OPay, OnePipe, Paga, FairMoney, Omnibiz, Interswitch & Kippa

Business concepts discussed: SME Agency Banking, Informal retail, banking, Open banking & Mobile Money, Merchants solutions, Points-of-Sale devices, SME Lending & hardware and software bundling

Conversation highlights:

(01:25) - Nomba context

(06:29) - Context of African SMEs and Informal retail

(19:10) - Founding story and founders’ background

(29:02) - Fundraising

(43:07) - Partnerships, Geographical expansion and Team

(47:55) - User metrics

(52:55) - Product and Monetization strategy

(1:02:24) - Competition and options for exit

(1:12:35) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook

(1:18:50) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook

(1:24:40) - Recommendation and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

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Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

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