Powering the FX behind Africa's trillion-dollar growth, with Aza CEO Elizabeth Rossiello

In this conversation, we chat with Elizabeth Rossiello – the CEO
and founder of AZA, an established provider of currency trading
solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets
through an innovative infrastructure. Elizabeth founded the company
in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya and has expanded it to 10+ markets across
Africa and Europe. Before founding AZA, Elizabeth was a rating
analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa,
consulting for Grameen Foundation, Gates Foundation and the Acumen
Fund, as well as working with regulators and policy-makers on
legislation for financial innovations. Elizabeth co-chairs the
World Economic Forum's Council on Blockchain and holds an M.A. in
International Business and Finance from Columbia University. More
specifically, we touch on ratings agencies and the activity of
rating intitutions, M-Pesa and how it influenced the thinking
towards a crypto-centric future, Africa’s banking landscape and
some of the outstanding issues it faces, Bitpesa and how it became
Aza, banking infrastructure in Africa, and so so much
more!Disclaimer here — this newsletter does not provide investment
advice and represents solely the views and opinions of FINTECH
BLUEPRINT LTD. Contributors: Lex, Laurence, Matt, Farhad, Mike,
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