Tomilola Majekodunmi is taking financial services to the grassroot with Bankly

Tomilola Majekodunmi is the Founder and CEO of Bankly, a Nigerian fintech startup digitizing cash for the unbanked. She has over 10 years of experience in the finance industry, having worked as an investment banker and analyst for most of her career. In this Interview, Tomilola shares her journey with us; from studying physiology at the University to closing $2 million dollar seed rounds for a product set to improve the lives of Nigerians nationwide.


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0:00 - Introduction
1:14 - Background
1:58 - Favourite Childhood Memory
3:16 - Educational Background
4:12 - Liking the process of Aging
4:51 - University, Studying Physiology
8:16 - Transition to Fintech, First job in Investment Management
11:03 - Representing oil companies in the UK, Nigeria
18:36 - Studying at SP Jain School of Global Management
19:30 - Finding FinTech in Sydney
22:18 - Joining Alladin
24:48 - Joining Research Team at Accion Venture Lab
27:28 - How Bankly is solving the problem of digitizing cash
34:03 - How Covid affected Bankly
36:33 - What adoption was like for women, agents, gaining trust
40:30 - Raising Funds
47:00 - Handling Teams
49:31 - What is Bloomm
52:00 - What she is most proud of
55:02 - Biggest Lesson building Bankly