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#62: DPO Group - How the FinTech payments platform went from bootstrapping for 8+ years to strategically acquiring multiple companies, and exiting to Network International for $288M

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Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about DPO Group. We’ll explore the story across the following areas

  1. African payments context
  2. DPO group’s early history
  3. Product & monetization strategy
  4. Competitive positioning & potential exit options
  5. overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on Mar 5, 2023

Companies discussed: DPO Group, Network International, Apis partners, Flutterwave, Paystack, Interswitch, Safaricom, MTN, Airtel, Takealot.com, Superbalist.com, Safaricom, Yoco, PayPal & Chipper Cash

Business concepts discussed: Bootstrapping, Payments ecosystem, payments partnerships strategy, payments infrastructure, low-end disruption, banking regulation, Mobile Money, E-commerce payments, Virtual cards & payments M&A strategy

Conversation highlights:

  • (04:40) - Africa Payment Context at time of DPO’s founding
  • (12:46) - DPO Group Founding and early history
  • (14:05) - Founder Background
  • (25:57) - Fundraising and Growth
  • (29:48) - Acquisitions and Partnerships
  • (51:30) - Product and Monetization Strategy
  • (1:00:05) - Competition
  • (1:08:35) - DPO’s exit to Network International
  • (1:27:15) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:39:10) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:47:01) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email info@afrobility.com with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at info@afrobility.com

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at info@afrobility.com

Join our insider mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes & find all episodes on Afrobility.com

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Konten disediakan oleh Olumide Ogunsanwo & Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju. Semua konten podcast termasuk episode, grafik, dan deskripsi podcast diunggah dan disediakan langsung oleh Olumide Ogunsanwo & Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju atau mitra platform podcast mereka. Jika Anda yakin seseorang menggunakan karya berhak cipta Anda tanpa izin, Anda dapat mengikuti proses yang dijelaskan di sini https://id.player.fm/legal.

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about DPO Group. We’ll explore the story across the following areas

  1. African payments context
  2. DPO group’s early history
  3. Product & monetization strategy
  4. Competitive positioning & potential exit options
  5. overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on Mar 5, 2023

Companies discussed: DPO Group, Network International, Apis partners, Flutterwave, Paystack, Interswitch, Safaricom, MTN, Airtel, Takealot.com, Superbalist.com, Safaricom, Yoco, PayPal & Chipper Cash

Business concepts discussed: Bootstrapping, Payments ecosystem, payments partnerships strategy, payments infrastructure, low-end disruption, banking regulation, Mobile Money, E-commerce payments, Virtual cards & payments M&A strategy

Conversation highlights:

  • (04:40) - Africa Payment Context at time of DPO’s founding
  • (12:46) - DPO Group Founding and early history
  • (14:05) - Founder Background
  • (25:57) - Fundraising and Growth
  • (29:48) - Acquisitions and Partnerships
  • (51:30) - Product and Monetization Strategy
  • (1:00:05) - Competition
  • (1:08:35) - DPO’s exit to Network International
  • (1:27:15) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:39:10) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
  • (1:47:01) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email info@afrobility.com with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at info@afrobility.com

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at info@afrobility.com

Join our insider mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes & find all episodes on Afrobility.com

  continue reading

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