Product Manager, NALA
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3+ days a week in office
African and Asia cross-border payments company
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African and Asia cross-border payments company
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To increase economic opportunity on the African continent and for its diaspora around the world.
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Company mission
To increase economic opportunity on the African continent and for its diaspora around the world.
Our take
As global enterprise has become more interwoven, and Africa grows as an economic powerhouse, financial infrastructure has failed to keep pace with growing demand. Nala is providing the financial services to meet that gap.
The company started in Tanzania as a consumer payments aggregator and has used that platform to launch a remittance business rooted in its connections with East Africa, driving down the eye-watering 10% fees for its diaspora userbase.
The FinTech startup is now looking to double down on the lucrative remittance business, onboarding more users in its newly licensed areas: the U.S. and France.
While NALA has had some success with the products its built so far, the true test for the company will be navigating the deeply complicated international infrastructure necessary for an international payments platform, all while retaining their consumer-friendly credentials.
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Benefits
- Birthday Leave: Celebrate your special day with a bonus day off to take off in that month
- 35 Days Off: Enjoy an amazing 35 days of holidays to unwind and explore (this includes bank holidays)
- Enhanced Parental Leave - We offer 16 weeks full pay for the primary care giver and 4 week full pay for the secondary caregiver.
- Learning Budget: Fuel your growth with $1000 annually for learning and development.
- Competitive Equity Offer
- Global Workspace: Get access to WeWork locations worldwide.
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2024
$40m
SERIES A
Jan 2022
$10m
SEED
Total funding: $50.4m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Benjamin Fernandes
(CEO)A Tanzanian entrepreneur and former TV Presenter. Benjamin has spent time working in the Financial Services and Digital teams of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Also attended the Stanford School of Business and the Harvard School of Government.
Nicolas Esteves
(CTO + Co-Founder)Grew up in West Africa and brings 12 years of fintech experience including time spent building Osper and Monzo. Today Nicolas leads our engineering, data and fraud teams.
Nicolai Eddy
(COO + Co-Founder)Joined from Morningstar's quantitative index portfolios team. Nicolai, is based in our Nairobi office and leads our Rafiki business as well as treasury, finance, operations, and country teams.