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CrowdForce is an app that allows any local merchant in Africa, starting with Nigeria to become a bank branch within minutes.

CrowdForce is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Crowdforce is an app that allows any local merchant in Africa,…. The founders listed are Oluwatomi Ayorinde (Founder), Damilola Ayorinde (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, March 11, 2020).

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CrowdForce

New accelerator entry · 2020-03-11 · the record

Winter 2020
batch
41
people
Early
stage
Nigeria
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2020
Announced2020-03-11
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size41
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Banking and Exchange
SectorsFintech
RegionsNigeria, Africa
BasedAbuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
HiringNo
Sitehttps://crowdforce.io/
Founded2017

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