awamo

Germany
Gipperath, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, 60329

Company profile

awamo company profile

awamo offers a mobile, biometric core banking system (SaaS) to microfinance institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. It is affordable, easy-to-use, and platform independent. Using this platform 300+ institutions serving 450,000+ consumers are being connected. Going forward, they will be able to additionally sell partner products & services, generating additional revenue and fostering local economic growth. The market awamo serves accounts for more than 600m individuals in sub-Saharan Africa – only considering awamo’s core services. In awamo's target markets, there are already more than 16,000 MFIs operational with more than 210,000 staff serving 53m+ consumers. Besides, the microfinance sector grows at >10% p.a. and Africa’s population is about to more than double to 2.4bn people until 2050. Currently, Awamo serves 300+ institutions with 450,000+ consumers in Uganda and Kenya. Month-over-month more than 150,000+ transactions are being processed, moving more than 7m EUR through the platform.

Business identity

Contact email
[email protected]
Operating status
Active
Company type
For Profit
Employee range
51-100 employees
Revenue range
$0+
Founded
2015-06-12

Headquarters

Postal code
60329
Country code
DE
Continent
Europe

Capital profile

Funding and company signals

Funding stage
Seed
Funding rounds
3
Total equity funding
$2.3M
Last funding
Seed / 2018-09-20
Last equity funding
Seed
Investors
4
Lead investors
1
Founders
3
Articles
6

Founders and investors

Founders

Benedikt KramerDr. Roland ClaussenPhilipp Neub

Lead investors

FinLab

Investors

Bernd WendelnFinLabJochen BergerKFW DEG