Episode 11: Building Africa's Financial Data Network with Okra's Fara Ashiru Jituboh
Fara Ashiru Jituboh
Co-Founder & CEO
Okra
In this episode we talk to Fara Ashiru Jituboh, Co-Founder and CEO of Okra, a Nigerian Financial tech startup who’s mission is to digitize financial services in Africa and connect a Billion Africans to the Global Economy.
We discuss what it means to build Africa’s financial data network, the social consequences like building and strengthening a middle class. We discuss how they think about the financial data they collect and use for anything from personalization of services to fraud detection all while maintaining privacy and security for their customers.
We also touch on Fara’s experience as a Black Female tech startup founder and hear her one word of advice for anyone embarking on the path of Entrepeneurship.
