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awamo wins FintechGermany Award 2018
We’re very proud to announce that awamo has won the 2018 FinTechGermany Award in the “Seed / Early Stage” category. The range of contenders over the years has been impressive, which makes it a apecial honor for us to line up with our predecessors. The winners in other categories have been: ELEMENT (InsurTech), Exporo (PropTech), N26 (Growth Stage), OptioPay (Later…
A typical awamo customer experience
We are oftenly being asked what the typical awamo customer experience is like. Well, here it is. Please meet Musa Shaban Sseggujja, who is owner & chairman of Kampala Civic Centre Beauticians SACCO in Kampala. Shaban and his Beauticians SACCO is a perfect example of how awamo can help customers to succeed in their business. The…
awamo raises EUR 2m in seed funding
After awamo’s initial funding round in 2015, we now increased our total seed funding to EUR 2m. Next to the German Investment and Development Corporation (DEG), a subsidiary of German Development Bank KfW, awamo could win leading Swiss impact investor elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization as well as experienced business angels as new investors.
awamo one of Africa’s FinTech 100 companies
awamo has been named one of Africa’s Top 100 FinTech companies. We’re proud to be part of this group and continue to strive for improving access to finance for the bottom-of-pyramid population in sub-Saharan markets.
awamo releases company & product video
We recently released awamo’s company & product intro video which explains the current situation in the microfinance sector and introduces awamo’s solution.