From Fun to Business: How Fintech is changing Africa

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❖ Software Developer ❖ Open Sourcerer ❖ Self-Acclaimed Developer Evangelist ❖ Community Builder ❖ Jollof Rice Ambassador ❖ Google Developer Expert ❖ Live in Lagos, Nigeria

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Building a business is hard. Getting paid should not be.

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First: Some Statistics 4 ❖ Population without a bank account - 40% ❖ Bank ATM per 16,000 people - 1 ATM

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First: Some Statistics 5

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First: Some Statistics 6

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The Community contributes to Businesses.

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Businesses contribute to the community.

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How?

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Let’s start with Communities

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Types of Communities 11 ❖ Developer Communities ❖ Private/Vendor Communities

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Developer Communities

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Developer Communities 13 ❖ forLoop ❖ Laravel Nigeria ❖ Angular Nigeria ❖ DevCenter ❖ Usable

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- Interaction between developer community members cultivate Ideas. - Ideas breed Products. - Products need to be accessible by a selected few or a billion users.

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Hold that thought for a second.

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- Hub8 needed to expand. - Africa is an emerging market. Massive population. - Hub8 chose Nigeria. - Hub8 needed to offer services to developers, technology enthusiasts and people needing an online presence.

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..Hub8 needed a seamless solution to enable Nigerians pay for their services

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What did they do? - Hub8 18 ❖ Hub8 integrated RavePay

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Why RavePay? - Hub8 19 ❖ Payment via cards - Visa, MasterCard, Verve ❖ Payment via bank accounts ❖ Payment via USSD ❖ No additional integrations for expansion into South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and other African countries.

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Private/Vendor Communities

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Payments is People, and People matter.

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Private/Vendor Communities WebExpo Prague 2017 22 ❖ Jollof Festivals ❖ Marketplaces ❖ Crowdfunded Platforms

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Case Study: MegaBet 23 ❖ Online Gaming Service ❖ Needed to expand to the African market. Got into the Nigerian scene. ❖ Needed a seamless way of accepting payments. URL: https://mobile.megabet.ng

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Case Study: MegaBet 24 ❖ Integrated RavePay ❖ Payment via cards - Visa, MasterCard, Verve ❖ Payment via bank accounts ❖ Payment via USSD

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Case Study: Thrivesend 25 ❖ Online Money Transfer Service offering very low transfer charge rates ❖ Send money from your card to any Nigerian bank account ❖ Local or International Visa, Mastercards URL: https://thrivesend.com

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Case Study: Thrivesend 26 ❖ Integrated RavePay ❖ Payment via cards - Visa, MasterCard, Verve

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Case Study - Wallet 27 Wallet.ng - Get Paid easily with just a link

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Case Study - Wallet 28 Wallet.ng - Get Paid easily with just a link

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Case Study - Wallet 29 Wallet.ng - Get Paid easily with just a link ❖ Payment via cards - Visa, MasterCard, Verve ❖ Payment via your Wallet

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Do well to send me some money! https://me.wallet.ng/unicodeveloper

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Case Study: Jollof Festival 31

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Case Study: Jollof Festival 32 ❖ Several Food Vendors present at the event ❖ Customers can pay with cash or on the spot bank transfers But, who still carries cash around?

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Case Study: Jollof Festival 33 ❖ Integrated RavePOS ❖ Vendors received payments from customers via card, bank account and USSD. ❖ Payment via Phones made easy with USSD - *402*MerchantID*Amount# Solution

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Developers, what are you waiting for? Start getting paid today!

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Quick, Secure, Fast Solution: RavePay 35 ❖ No Setup Fees ❖ Multi-company support ❖ Multi-currency support ❖ Transaction fees ❖ Rave Point of Sale ❖ Python, JS, Ruby, Cordova, iOS, Android SDKs URL: https://ravepay.co