#210: Yamandou Alexander CEO & Chairman of Makeba, a Fintech Company Enabling Emerging Markets to Transact Securely Without Credit Cards or Cash

Yamandou Alexander is the founder of Makeba ( https://www.makeba.money/cv-por/index.html ) a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist with decades of experience building technology and infrastructure projects in Africa.

Makeba's Wefunder Campaign:

https://wefunder.com/makeba

Just Go Grind Wefunder Discount:

https://wefunder.com/raisemoney/justgogrind

Some of the Topics Covered by Yamandou Alexander in this Episode

• How Makeba got started

• How Makeba is able to reduce merchant fees by 90%

• Deciding on which markets to enter

• Fundraising for Makeba and why they decided to raise money through Wefunder vs. other platforms

• The Wefunder process

• How Yamandou has gone about getting more people to invest through Wefunder

• Why Yamandou decided to get involved with fintech in Africa

• Competition for Makeba and how Yamandou views it

• The team behind Makeba

• The art of pitching your story as a founder

• How Makeba business acquires merchants for their platform

• What contributed most to Makeba's 35% monthly growth since January

• How Yamandou has determined his values as a founder

• Moving from France to the United States at 19 years old

• How Yamandou became an entrepreneur

• Yamandou's advice for someone interested in starting a company in the social impact space

• The big vision for Makeba and becoming the Alipay of Africa

• What Yamandou's day-to-day looks like now

• The three books Yamandou recommends

• Yamandou's advice for other entrepreneurs and people looking to change the world

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