Jerry Vance Anguzu is the founder and CEO of Everpesa Technologies, a fintech startup revolutionizing access to credit and investment opportunities for small businesses in Africa. Jerry is building a peer-to-peer lending platform that empowers underserved entrepreneurs to access affordable financing, while providing investors with attractive, socially impactful opportunities, and he wanted to present this new product from his business to us. His background combines hands-on field research, product development, and a passion for democratizing digital financial services. Under Jerry’s leadership, Everpesa Technologies has already begun transforming how small businesses in Uganda secure working capital and how ordinary investors can power economic growth.

💡 What You’ll Learn from Jerry's Journey:
🔸 Solving Real Problems: Building products starts with deeply understanding the actual issues on the ground—Jerry’s approach demonstrates the value of field research and creating solutions that directly address unmet needs.
🔸 Balancing Innovation with Risk Management: Learn how to build scalable fintech while mitigating default, fraud, and cybersecurity risks, starting manually before introducing automation and algorithms.
🔸 Market Entry and User Adoption: Jerry shares how to introduce new digital tools to traditionally underserved users, leveraging behavioral insight, digital trends, and financial literacy education.
🔸 Scaling Impact with Strategic Investment: Discover lessons on balancing self-funding and outside capital, communicating transparently with investors, and structuring for both immediate operational needs and long-term regulatory compliance.

You can connect with Jerry on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ to follow his journey.

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👏 Props to the stellar crew: Nancy Nash, Daniel M. Melo, Carlos Javier Chacón Sánchez, Matthew Ray, and host Spencer Walker-Fooks. You bring this show to life.

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