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About Ben Best
Co-founder and CTO of Numida Technologies. I'm responsible for product and development at Numida from our client-facing app to our loan management tools to our credit scoring model. Previously led the tablets team at FiveStars (W11) and before that spent three years falling out of love with international development in Tamale, Ghana. Graduated from the University of Waterloo.
Ask me about how Steve Blank's "Four Steps to Epiphany" convinced me that aid for development is destined to fail.
Ask me about how Steve Blank's "Four Steps to Epiphany" convinced me that aid for development is destined to fail.
Companies & Work
Numida
Numida provides working capital loans to African micro businesses. Instead of borrowing from informal lenders or family, micro business owners download the Numida app, apply in minutes, and receive capital within a day. We have figured out how to score and disburse unsecured loans to cash-based businesses that have no digital transaction history, while maintaining excellent collection rates. Since 2021 we have provided $23M in working capital to 32,000 businesses in East Africa.
