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Meet The Woman Behind Okra, Africa’s First API Fintech “Super-Connector”

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Meet The Woman Behind Okra, Africa’s First API Fintech “Super-Connector”

submitted about 6 years ago by taya

Meet The Woman Behind Okra, Africa’s First API Fintech “Super-Connector”
  • Fara Ashiru Jituboh, the CEO and CTO of Okra, raised $1M for her startup in Africa, making it more common for startups in the region to secure such funding.
  • Okra is a Nigeria-based platform that securely exchanges real-time financial information between customers, applications, and banks, similar to Plaid for Africa, and was inspired by Jituboh's personal frustrations with managing her funds in Nigeria.
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