Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business

#77: PiggyVest - How the savings and investment platform is providing financial services across Nigeria


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Overview: Today, we’re going to explore PiggyVest - the Nigerian savings and investment platform. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:

  • African Banking & Neobank context 

  • PiggyVest’s early history

  • Product & monetization strategy

  • Competitive positioning & potential exit options

  • Overall outlook


  • This episode was recorded on Oct 30, 2024


    Companies discussed: PiggyVest, Chipper Cash, Kuda Bank, Paystack, Flutterwave, FairMoney, Paystack, Brass, Cowrywise, Carbon, Chipper Cash, Interswitch, GTBank, Sterling Bank & UBA.


    Business concepts discussed:

    Neobank / Challenger bank / digital bank strategy, remittances Neobank monetization & Consumer Lending, consumer FinTech monetization strategy, consumer lending, retail banking strategy, customer segmentation strategy & low-end disruption


    Conversation highlights:

    • (00:30) - Introduction

    • (05:50) - African Banking & Neobank context

    • (30:16) - PiggyVest's Founding Story

    • (41:15) - Fundraising and Growth

    • (53:30) - Geographical Expansion and Partnerships

    • (01:18:52) - Product and Monetization strategy

    • (01:35:20) - Competition and options for exit

    • (01:54:35) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook

    • (02:05:15) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook

    • (02:15:45) - Recommendations and small wins


    • Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

      • Recommendation: Sisqo - Got to Get it video - Insane shit. Sisqo singing and dancing his heart out. So dope.

      • Recommendation: Rob Berger's Personal Finance YouTube channel

      • Recommendation: The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy. Excellent book. A little bit of everything, entrepreneurship - History, politics, family life & hollywood. 

      • Small win: I spent the week in Cusco & Lima, it was magical and fun. Some sand, some llamas, lots of dancing. Epic shit


      • Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

        • Recommendation: BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time Podcast & Active - Asake

        • Small win: Running 25 miles a week

        • Other content: These Nigerian universities produced the most startup founders - Nairametrics 


        • Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected] with feedback!

          Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

          Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at [email protected]


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