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Winning in Africa’s Fintech: The Ovamba Way by Viola Llewellyn

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 Africa, agriculture, Cameroon, Cocoa, Coffee, Commodities, FinTech, Investment, Ovamba, Tech, TradeTech, Uncategorized

Ovamba Co-Founder & President, Viola Llewellyn was invited to collaborate with industry leaders on the 2019 Brookings Institute report on “Africa’s Untapped Business Potential”.

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In The Next 80 Years, There’ll Be 4 Billion Africans. The Opportunities Are Significant: Investment-Logistics Manager Marvin Cole

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Africa, Cameroon, Commodities, FinTech, Investment, Ovamba, Tech, Uncategorized

“We hope to turn markets like Cameroon, or the Central African Republic, or Ivory Coast, or many countries into places that are as common

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CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa – Financial Inclusion Bootcamp from the LHoFT

January 14, 2019 Africa, FinTech, Industry, Investment, Ovamba, Startups, Tech, Uncategorized

Earlier this month, Ovamba was given the amazing opportunity to be apart of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology‘s CATAPULT: Inclusion Africa program. We were

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Ovamba Leads New Financing for Africa’s Commodity Farmers

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Africa, agriculture, Cocoa, Coffee, Commodities, Uncategorized

Emmanuel Neossi is so good at his job, exporting cocoa and coffee beans from Cameroon, that some call him “Monsieur Cocoa.” Founded Producam SA

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Islamic Finance News Fintech Landscape

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 FinTech, Industry, Islamic Finance, Ovamba, Startups, Tech

 Ovamba was featured by Islamic Finance News (IFN) for our involvement in the global Islamic FinTech sector. The IFN Islamic Fintech Landscape is an ongoing global

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Viola Llewellyn TED@BCG Talk

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 Africa, Blockchain, Cameroon, FinTech, Investment, Islamic Finance, Ovamba, Tech, Uncategorized, Women

Culturally attuned finance for Africa. Financial institutions in Africa’s business sector don’t have the technology or tools to harness the continent’s potential for wealth, says

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Chevy Chase start-up Ovamba wants to use ‘Islamic finance’ to connect Africa’s small businesses to wealthy investors

Chevy Chase start-up Ovamba wants to use ‘Islamic finance’ to connect Africa’s small businesses to wealthy investors

July 11, 2018 Africa, Islamic Finance, Ovamba, Startups, Tech

The world’s prevailing financial institutions — banks, credit unions and equity markets — have mostly ignored sub-Saharan Africa. And “microfinance” organizations, while wildly successful

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Ovamba Solutions, Inc. Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

Ovamba Solutions, Inc. Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum

July 11, 2018 Africa, agriculture, Cameroon, FinTech, Ovamba, Tech

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Ovamba Solutions, Inc. Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum   World Economic Forum on Thursday announced its

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Despite gains, most black, female startup founders still get no funding

July 11, 2018 Investment, Ovamba, Startups

Viola Llewellyn is one of the few black, female company founders nationwide that has been able to surpass the $1 million venture funding mark.

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A state-of-the-art FinTech company that accelerates small and medium-sized business in Africa

July 11, 2018 Africa, Democracy, Ovamba, Tech

“Technology is a new form of democracy in Africa” The words of Ms. Viola Llewellyn who entered the first day of entrepreneurial event Slush Tokyo

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26 WOMEN OF COLOR DIVERSIFYING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SILICON VALLEY, MEDIA, AND BEYOND

July 11, 2018 Diversity, Investment, Tech, Women

The business world has long been a boys’ club. Women C.E.O.s and founders of color make up a small portion of entrepreneurs who have reached the

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Fixing broken business financing in Africa with Ovamba startup

July 11, 2018 Africa, Investment, Ovamba, Startups

The ability of small and medium-sized businesses to access financing is described as one of the biggest challenges to economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa.

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African fintech startups can be disruptors or enablers

July 11, 2018 Africa, FinTech, Ovamba, Startups

Taking part in a panel discussion around bridging Africa’s SME funding gap, Llewellyn discussed the difficulties banks have in innovating and reaching new customers,

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How blockchain can democratise Africa

July 11, 2018 Africa, Blockchain, Industry

Blockchain technology has the potential to “democratise” Africa and take social finance to a new level, yet its potential is being held back by

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The Workplace Advocates: 23 women sending the ladder back down

July 11, 2018 Industry, Women

For those women who find themselves in the minority at the top of the corporate ladder, it’s necessary that they send it back down

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Women on Top in Tech – Viola Llewellyn

March 8, 2018 Ovamba, Tech, Uncategorized

(Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the

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Viola A. Llewellyn and Africa’s first FinTech- Written by Lauma Berzina

January 29, 2018 Africa, Industry, Investment, Ovamba, Startups

Viola A. Llewellyn is the Co-founder and president of award-winning Ovamba Solutions, Inc., Africa’s first FinTech company to create technologies to serve African SMEs

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https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/sci-tech-100-2018-investors-firestarters

17 firestarters driving change in the investment monopoly

January 29, 2018 Investment, Ovamba, Startups

According to SiliconRepublic, “These investors, entrepreneurs, mentors and advocates are blazing a new trail for sci-tech entrepreneurship.” Among these “firestarters” is Ovamba’s Viola Llewellyn.

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6 tips for putting together the perfect elevator pitch By Elizabeth Schulze

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 Industry, Marketing, Uncategorized

For a startup, there are 60 seconds that can make or break you. At last week’s Slush conference in Helsinki, Finland, entrepreneurs from early-stage

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Singapore FinTech Festival Conference

Singapore FinTech Festival Q&A- Viola Llewellyn

December 1, 2017 Africa, Industry, Ovamba, Singapore, Uncategorized

Singapore FinTech Festival Conference Overview Q&A with Viola Llewellyn, OVAMBA CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT Viola Llewellyn, Co-Founder and President of Ovamba Solutions was a  speaker at the

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