SimbaPay emerges victorious at tech launchpad event

SimbaPay was announced last Friday as the winner of the DEMO Africa 2015 event which was held in Lagos, Nigeria.

SimbaPay is a platform that gives Africans living abroad the ability to seamlessly open and operate bank accounts in Africa using its app.

With the win, SimbaPay automatically qualifies for the global DEMO event which wil be held in Silicon Valley, USA.

“We are totally excited and dedicate this win to our customers. It’s because of their continued feedback and support that we were able to develop our new in-app bank account opening service,” said Nyasinga Onyancha, CEO of SimbaPay.

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DEMO Africa 2015 launched 30 of the most innovative startups on the African continent while also highlighting some of the best technological innovations from across the continent.

Back in May 2015, SimbaPay had launched free, instant transfers to all Nigerian banks. By June, it had become the first platform in the world to allow Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa Pay Bill payments, as it continues to disrupt the cross-border remittance industry on the continent.