Who We Are:
We’re on a mission to build a bank Africans love to use. We are always keen to hear from capable, ambitious, and creative people who want to help us accomplish that goal. Our first product was a mobile money service in East Africa, which gained over 250,000 customers. Now we’ve set our sights on making an impact on a global scale! We’re currently launching an international money transfer service for Africans living overseas, who send money home to their loved ones. We’re backed by: Y Combinator, Accel Partners (their first African Investment!), DST Global, DFS Lab, NYCA Partners, and several incredible fintech angel investors.
The Opportunity & Who We Are Looking For:
We believe the best B2C companies in the next 5-10 years will have amazingly engaged ambassadors and word of mouth champions. You’ll play an integral role in growing a global community of customers proud to use our services.
We are looking for someone who has experience building communities, who can empathize with the African diaspora, and is passionate about driving significant economic growth on the continent through payments.
You are a lover of fintech, a quick learner, a strong problem solver, and someone who is not afraid to step out of his or her comfort zone. You’ll be comfortable with lots of responsibility from day one - every week is different but you can expect to spend time:
As the ideal candidate, you will have had experience working in a fast-moving startup environment, and should be excited about building a community for the African diaspora.
What We Are Currently Building:
We want to build a bank for the African diaspora globally, initially by starting with remittances of diaspora sending money home. We believe this is critical to solve to channel economic value back to the African continent. We believe using remittances is one of the best forms of true economic development and we would like to use it as an entry point before building new layers of financial services for the African diaspora.
As a starting point we are excited about:
A Few Of The Challenges That Make This Role Exciting:
Nala's Current Assets & Presence:
We’d love to hear from you if:
Bonus points (but not essential):
Join an ambitious and hardworking team all working in GMT to +3GMT time zones. We work quickly, prioritize market feedback (spend a lot of time with users), and obsess over execution. The team is currently eleven people from seven different countries (Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt, Croatia, Switzerland, USA, and UK) and quickly expanding
Join a diverse, experienced, high-achieving team:
Members of our team have experience in both traditional finance as well as fintech startups
Benjamin, the CEO, is a graduate of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and worked previously at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The engineering team is led by Nico (ex-Monzo) and supported by Mahmoud, Bertha, Borna, and Sebastien
We want to build a bank for the African diaspora globally, initially by starting with remittances of diaspora sending money home. We believe this is critical to solve to channel economic value back to the African continent. We believe using remittances is one of the best forms of true economic development and we would like to use it as an entry point before building new layers of financial services for the African diaspora.