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How Zimbabwe’s SoshoPay helps banks finance SMEs using energy access

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How Zimbabwe’s SoshoPay helps banks finance SMEs using energy access
Source: Disrupt Africa

Zimbabwean startup SoshoPay is a fintech and data platform that enables banks, MFIs, and asset sellers to finance informal small businesses with confidence.  Formed in 2022 after founders Simbarashe Gwenzi and Shirley Gwenze identified recurring challenges acc

Zimbabwean startup SoshoPay is a fintech and data platform that enables banks, MFIs, and asset sellers to finance informal small businesses with confidence.  Formed in 2022 after founders Simbarashe Gwenzi and Shirley Gwenze identified recurring challenges accessing finance for their own small businesses and side hustles, SoshoPay links financed solar and productive assets to real-time [...]

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