Mike Quinn (Zoona)
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Mike Quinn (Zoona)
Mike Quinn is Group CEO of Zoona, a purpose-driven African FinTech business. Mike has helped Zoona raise $23 million (R300 million) in venture capital and grow an active customer base of 1.5 million consumers and 1,500 agents in 3 countries. Zoona has processed over $1.2 billion in transactions. Headquartered in Mauritius, Zoona has support offices in South Africa, and operations in Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.
Zoona helps communities thrive by providing a mobile payment platform that creates entrepreneurs. Zoona was selected by the Nike Foundation and Unreasonable Institute as one of the top start-ups in the world helping girls get out of poverty.
Mike holds an MBA with distinction from Oxford University, where he was a Skoll Scholar for Social Entrepreneurship. He also has an MSc in Management Development from London School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of British Columbia. Mike grew up in Canada and his entrepreneurial journey started as a volunteer in Ghana and Zambia with Engineers Without Borders Canada.
Join us at the fireside chat to learn about starting and growing a profitable purpose-driven social enterprise and how to raise various types of international and local funding.
Agenda
5:30 pm Networking (Food & Drinks)
6:30 pm Fireside Chat + Q&A
7:30 pm Networking
Speaker
Hosted By
Sandras Phiri, JOHANNESBURG DIRECTOR
Sandras is director for Startup Grind Johannesburg and Lusaka. He is the CEO and founder of Africa Trust Academy and Pranary and has worked with corporates and entrepreneurs in South Africa and Zambia. He has a BSc Computer Science and an MBA from University of Cape Town. He has experience in mobile payments, banking, insurance, IT and education. Sandras is passionate about connecting African entrepreneurs to the world and global entrepreneurs to Africa. Sandras lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
Twitter: @sandrasphiri (http://twitter.com/sandrasphiri) Global Partner
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Zoona helps people send and receive money when they need to most so that communities can thrive. Zoona also offers entrepreneurs an opportunity to build their own businesses and create wealth and employment by providing mobile payment solutions, financial services, business management tools and support.
Partners
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Mike Quinn (Zoona)