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Nomba (YC W17) — Global business banking for Africa's ambitious businesses

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Nomba provides Banking and payment to over 200k+ business in Africa (Nigeria & DRC).

Nomba is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2017 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Global Business Banking for Africa's Ambitious Businesses. The founders listed are Yinka Adewale (Founder/CEO), Pelumi Aboluwarin (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 9, 2016).

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Nomba

New accelerator entry · 2016-11-09 · the record

Winter 2017
batch
350
people
Growth
stage
Nigeria
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2017
Announced2016-11-09
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size350
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Payments
SectorsFintech
RegionsNigeria, Africa, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedLagos, LA, Nigeria
HiringNo
Sitehttps://nomba.com
Founded2017
YC group partnerGustaf Alstromer
Previously known asKudi

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Nomba provides Banking and payment to over 200k+ business in Africa (Nigeria & DRC).

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