Fingo Africa

A neobank for Africa's 500 million youth

Y CombinatorSummer 2021ActiveFintechNeobank

What they do

Problem

Africans, especially youth, face high fees and friction when transferring money and accessing modern banking services.

Solution

Fingo provides a pan-African digital neobank that enables low-cost transfers and instant access to personal, business, savings, and investment accounts.

Who it's for

Young people across Africa who need affordable, fast, mobile-first financial services.

Founders

Kiiru Muhoya

Founder

Kiiru is the co-founder and CEO of Fingo Africa. Fingo is the first youth focused Pan-African Neo-Bank. Previously he was part of the team at Acorn Holdings, the largest private developer of real estate in East Africa, being the first Kenyan company to successfully list a bond on the London Stock Exchange. Kiiru is a Philosophy, Politics and Economics graduate from the University of Warwick.

Ian Njuguna

Founder

Experienced technology founder. Engineered for over a decade, Built outdoor advertising automation allowing advertisers to upload their ads to digital billboards and pay digitally from their devices, and multiple other systems. (Think Instagram ads but on outdoor advertising) Now Joining 3 others to build the largest Neobank for Africa at Fingo.