Today we announce another awesome LendLedger Community Expert!
Ben Lyon is the co-founder of two fintech startups. The first, Kopo Kopo, enables small businesses in Kenya to accept, process, and analyze, mobile payments in real-time. It was the first merchant acquirer and merchant cash advance provider in the mobile money industry and to date it has processed more than $800,000,000 in payment volume. The second, Hover, allows users to embed mobile money directly in an app so they can make payments through their phones.
Ben’s experience as a fintech founder is complemented by his time as an entrepreneur-in-residence for Caribou Digital’s DFS Lab. Caribou focuses on delivering digital technology projects on the ground in emerging markets and researching the impact of digital platforms on primarily low-income users. Lyon supported and sourced fintech startups for Caribou across Africa and Asia.
Ben’s Insights
Ben has successfully founded two fintech startups operating in emerging markets, with a focus on East Africa. His networks and market insights will be very helpful for LendLedger community members and the LendLedger team’s work evangelizing the protocol in Sub-Saharan Africa.
At the Caribou DFS Lab, Ben reviewed 650+ businesses and shared his experience and lessons learned with ventures across the fintech in emerging markets spectrum. This, along with his own experience as a founder, makes Ben an ideal evangelist and ambassador for the LendLedger open protocol. He knows and understands a wide range of fintech players and sectors that may have interest in joining the open lending network that LendLedger is building.
Both Kopo Kopo and Hover are examples of the type of Data Provider that will join LendLedger to monetize data and attract additional financing for small business clients. Ben can draw on work from both startups to help inform the LendLedger’s product and feature development.
About Ben
Before starting his work in emerging markets Ben attended Rhodes College where he majored in Economics and International Studies, specializing in microfinance and informal sector economies.
The LendLedger team is very grateful for Ben’s interest in the project and willingness to add value as a LendLedger Community Expert.
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