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Did you know that over 525 million people used the internet in Africa in 2019? If current growth trends continue, almost 75% of Africans are expected to come online by 2030.
African Changemaker
Hilda is an award-winning Kenyan innovator and author with a mission to empower African entrepreneurs.
She is the Founder and CEO of Pezesha, a digital lending infrastructure for Small & Medium Businesses (SMBs) and African institutions. At Pezesha, Hilda has helped build a holistic digital financial trust infrastructure providing affordable working capital to financially excluded SMEs.
Before founding Pezesha, she was the Founder & CEO of WezaTele, a value-add mobility service provider in the fintech and supply chain sector that was started in 2009 and acquired in 2015. In 2018, Quartz Africa listed Hilda among the top 30 innovators in Africa.
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