Connecting
everyone to everything… everyday.
MISSION
Build a world class business led by entrepreneurial, value-driven people; for Africa, by Africans, in Africa.
Our journey so far
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2002
Our co-founders meet, scribble Cellulant’s mission and business model on a napkin and executed a successful telecom project in Uganda -
2003
Extended our services in Ghana with Spacefon -
2004
Launched our ringtone service in Kenya -
2005
Extended our digital content solution to provide value added services. We reached 8 million customers with a joint venture with Nation for Nation Mobile -
2007
Launched our 1st mobile banking solution and selected as one of the top ten medium-sized company finalists out 453 at the Legatum Pioneers of Prosperity Africa Awards in Kigali Rwanda -
2008
We deployed the first mobile banking solution using USSD – and got recognised as the inaugural top medium sized company in Kenya in the KPMG Top 100-medium sized company contest. -
2009
We launched the first mobile wallet for most major banks to run with or without internet connectivity -
2010
Added agency banking, money transfer & bill payments into our lipuka platform
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Expanded footprint to Zambia, Botswana and Ghana.
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Began to advance a converged payments ecosystem bringing together Banks, Merchants, Mobile Network Operators & Consumers; and expanded our footprint to Zambia and Botswana
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2011
Radically redesigned the mobile commerce world to create a converged ecosystem known as lipuka -
2012
Rolled out the Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) e-wallet that transformed Nigeria’s agricultural sector
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14.5mil farmers registered
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Over $30Bn contributed to the Nigerian GDP
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$1Bn accessed since 2012
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Increase in farmer income from $700 to $1800
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2014
Converged our ecosystem across Africa to reach to 35 financial institutional partners, 200 businesses and 13M active consumers -
2015
- Expanded mobile banking and digital wallet offering to a fully loaded mobile payments ecosystem.
- Launched our mobile POS and rebranded our Agency banking Network to Tingg in Nigeria
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2016
- Named as the Best Payments and Transfer Fintech in Africa by Fintech 100
- Delivered the Liberia Agricultural Transformation Agenda (LATA) 350k farmers registered in 100 days, $4.6M accessed.
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2017
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Our digital payments ecosystem connects 95 banks in 13 countries servicing 34 countries & 500 mobile projects
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Launched Mula, a consumer product in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia, Mozambique
- Re-branded and launched the Cellulant e-wallet Technology to Agrikore.
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Named as Company to Inspire Africa by the London Stock Exchange
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Became the first Sub-Saharan Company to join Endeavour Global Entrepreneurs Network
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Named Company of the year as the African Diaspora Awards in New York City
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2018
Raised $47.5 Million Series C from TPG Growth’s The Rise Fund to scale digital payments across Africa
