NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Monday, December 12, 2016

According to a report, Visa and Nest are gearing up to launch a four-day FinTech bootcamp in Nairobi for startups in Africa. Nest mentors and Visa executives from Kenya, South Africa and UAE will provide guidance to select startups, as well as make introductions between the startups and financial services firms in Africa. The report noted the startups that are focused on financial inclusion and peer-to-peer and merchant payments are of particular interest to Visa and Nest. Selected startups will get to tool around with Visa’s APIs and will make pitches to get funding from Nest to grow their businesses.