“Can a mobile-first digital lender become the financial OS for Africa's semi-formal MSBs by graduating from unsecured working capital into savings, insurance, and B2B embedded credit?”
Founded 2017 as a mobile-first digital lender to African micro and small businesses (MSBs) that lack collateral and digital transaction history. Built proprietary credit scoring on cash-based businesses to disburse unsecured working capital via an Android app. Originally Uganda-only and regulated by UMRA; expanded into Kenya after the 2022 Serena Ventures round. Now layering B2B embedded-lending partnerships (BNPL for Wasoko retailers, logistics financing with Ridelink, asset finance with eBee) and signaling future expansion into savings, insurance, and payments.
Numida's lending and capital products are provided by Numida (in-house).
Numida was founded by Mina Shahid, Catherine Denis and Ben Best and is founded in 2017, headquartered in Kampala, Uganda.
Numida has raised ~$14.6M (disclosed equity) plus debt in total (latest round: Debt (per PitchBook)).
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