Ten Things To Avoid In Africa as a Builder - Maro Elias’ Perspectives
Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on June 20, 2024, 7:18 PM
Maro Elias posits on ten things you should not be building in Africa, as a startup. Brace yourself as he makes his case in more than 11,000 words!
1. Mobile Payment Applications
2. Payment Gateways
3. Agency Banking
4. Consumer Savings
5. Card Issuance
6. B2B eCommerce
7. Open Banking
8. Earned Wage Access
9. Payment Orchestration
10. Crypto Exchanges
Rated "R" for recommended.

Maro Elias posits on ten things you should not be building in Africa, as a startup. Brace yourself as he makes his case in more than 11,000 words!
1. Mobile Payment Applications
2. Payment Gateways
Register for Tekedia Mini-MBA edition 19 (Feb 9 – May 2, 2026): big discounts for early bird.
Tekedia AI in Business Masterclass opens registrations.
Join Tekedia Capital Syndicate and co-invest in great global startups.
Register for Tekedia AI Lab: From Technical Design to Deployment (next edition begins Jan 24 2026).
3. Agency Banking
4. Consumer Savings
5. Card Issuance
6. B2B eCommerce
7. Open Banking
8. Earned Wage Access
9. Payment Orchestration
10. Crypto Exchanges
Rated "R" for recommended.
Share this:
- Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
- Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
- Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
- Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
- Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
- Click to print (Opens in new window) Print



