BitPesa's Elizabeth Rossiello on Necker Island

Unchained

Laura Shin

Tech News, News, Business News

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth Rossiello talks about how she went from being a credit ratings analyst for microfinance investors to heading up an "international mobile money" company for sub-Saharan Africa that uses Bitcoin's rails. Along the way she reveals how convoluted, expensive and unreliable the movement of money into and out of Africa can be -- many people sending money in envelopes via regional buses and even traditional banks having to send money from Africa to Asia via North America. With BitPesa's fast and inexpensive international solution, companies are opening up new markets and people sending remittances no longer have to pay exorbitant charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Hi everyone, welcome to Unchainedained of Forbes podcast produced by
0:55.2	fractal recording thanks for tuning in today we're launching with two
0:59.0	podcasts both from Sir Richard Branson's neckcker Island in the British Virgin Islands.
1:03.7	After today you can expect one new show every other week.
1:07.5	For one of our inaugural podcasts, we're talking with Elizabeth Rosiello, the founder and
1:11.6	CEO of BitPesa, a sub-Saharan African Foreign Exchange
1:16.1	and Business to Business Payments Company.
1:18.8	Elizabeth tells us what's broken in the world of remittance and B2B payments from Africa.
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