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BuyPower (YC W17) — Modern bill payment platform for african businesses and consumers

BuyPower is the modern bill payment platform for Africans. We make it easy for individuals to pay their energy bills, businesses to pay international vendors, and lenders to make smarter lending decisions using our proprietary Energy Data Service.

BuyPower is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2017 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Modern bill payment platform for African businesses and consumers. The founders listed are OJIMA BENJAMIN UFARUNA (Founder/CEO), Asehinde Oladipo (Founder/Chief Operations Officer) (Y Combinator directory entry, July 14, 2022).

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BuyPower

New accelerator entry · 2022-07-14 · the record

Winter 2017
batch
115
people
Growth
stage
Nigeria
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2017
Announced2022-07-14
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size115
IndustryIndustrials
Sub-industryIndustrials -> Climate
SectorsFintech
RegionsNigeria, Africa, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedFederal Capital Territory, Nigeria
HiringNo
Sitehttp://www.buypower.ng
Previously known asDatapex Drifty Technologies, Buypower

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BuyPower is the modern bill payment platform for Africans. We make it easy for individuals to pay their energy bills, businesses to pay international vendors, and lenders to make smarter lending decisions using our proprietary Energy Data Service. Our mission is to simplify bill payment and empower African SMBs to prioritize their financial health.

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