Viola is the co-founder and President of Ovamba Solutions Inc. Ovamba is an award winning African “FinTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies to serve African SMEs with innovative Sharia compliant finance products in Africa’s trade and commodities sectors. Ovamba combines short term capital, eCommerce, logistics services, and proprietary algorithms to drive financial inclusion and promote growth. Ovamba brings an unparalleled understanding of the African market and its nuances to a global audience of institutional investors. My past experience with frontier markets has given me insights into the best way to integrate all players within Africa’s formal and informal business landscape, and tailor opportunities to Western investor expectations.

In this episode, we talk about what Africa’s middle class needs to build wealth, and the capital and credit gap that is needed to help them grow.