Africa Series with Adejoke Adekunle: Infibranches' vision to close the financial and energy access gap in Africa

<p>In the first episode of the Voice of FinTech: Africa Series, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adejokeadekunle/">Adejoke Adekunle</a>, CEO of <a href="https://linktr.ee/VVMGroup">VVM Group</a> and the founder of the African Tech Woman podcast, based in Lagos, Nigeria, spoke to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/olusolaowoyemi/">Olusola Owoyemi</a>, CEO of <a href="https://infibranches.com/">Infibranches</a>.</p><p>Here is what Adejoke asked Olusola:</p><ul> <li>What Infibranches does and what's the origin story?</li> <li>It’s not clear why under-served communities have remained so for the longest time - common assumptions such as “low spending power and economic activities make it rather unattractive to build a business around consumers in these communities  -  I’m curious! Infibranches seems to have a different view on that and I’d love for you to expand on your thesis about why you are focused on the underserved communities - what aren’t we seeing? </li> <li>What are some of the overlooked opportunities you’ve seen with respect to these communities?</li> <li>What are the common misperceptions about rural communities and consumers who need basic financial services?</li> <li>What are the most important success factors for servicing the last mile consumer in Nigeria?</li> <li>What are the critical challenges in running a business like yours?</li> <li>There’s the saying that every company is a FinTech company, what are your views about that looking at it through the Infibranches lens?</li> <li>I’d like for you to unpack the intersection between FinTech and energy access from an Africa perspective</li> <li>Let’s discuss the big picture for Infibranches, what are the long-term goals you have and where are you today?</li> <li>What’s one thing you are most proud of since running InfiBranches?</li> <li>Beyond Africa, what are your thoughts around scaling up a platform like Omnibranches, their flagship product, beyond the continent?</li> </ul>