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Jungwon Byun
Oliver Wyman

Jungwon Byun is currently a consultant at Oliver Wyman. Previously, she worked on Digital Financial Services for Financial Sector Deepening Zambia, and was the CEO and co-Executive Director of Elmseed Enterprise Fund, a microfinance organization in New Haven, CT.

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Thursday
June 18
2015

Jungwon Byun

The Big Advantages of Being Small: How a mobile money startup beat the major players in Zambia

Once called “the best kept secret in Africa,” the digital finance company Zoona has quickly advanced from a scrappy startup to one of the leading mobile money providers in Zambia. Jungwon Byun describes how, despite being outmatched in terms of size and capital, Zoona has outcompeted the telcos and established banks in the country.

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business development, digital payments, financial services, mobile banking, mobile finance, mobile money

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Jungwon Byun
Oliver Wyman

Articles by Jungwon Byun

The Big Advantages of Being Small: How a mobile money startup beat the major players in Zambia

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Jungwon ByunOliver Wyman

Articles by Jungwon Byun

The Big Advantages of Being Small: How a mobile money startup beat the major players in Zambia

Jungwon Byun
Oliver Wyman