In this episode we speak to Sola the co-founder of Brass which provides banking and financial services for SMEs. SMEs are fundamental to Sub-Saharan Africa with them accounting for about 80% of the region's economic growth in 2015 according to The World Economic Forum. Sola and Brass have quickly gained respect and traction for the SME neobank that they are building. We hear about: 

0:00 - Introduction to Sola & Brass 

02:15 - The SME banking experience in Nigeria without Brass

06:31 - Brass' approach to user research 

07:46 - SME loans and needs

10:22 - Why Nigerian SMEs have multiple bank accounts & other cultural nuances

12:52 - Brass' evolution & learnings from past iterations

17:50 - How Brass approaches design & their learnings 

20:09 - Brass & expansion 

22:01 - Brass & partnerships 

23:30 - The differences between Kenyan & Nigerian customers

24:40 - Brass & the future