28th September, 2015
SimbaPay, a leading digital money transfer provider, on Friday, 25 September 2015 announced as the winner of the prestigious DEMO Africa 2015 event which was held in Lagos, Nigeria.
This automatically qualifies SimbaPay for the global DEMO event that will be held in Silicon Valley, USA.
At DEMO Africa 2015, SimbaPay showcased a new service which enables Africans living abroad to seamlessly open bank accounts in Africa using its app.
“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,” Nyasinga Onyancha, CEO of SimbaPay said shortly after winning.
Similarly, Dan Howard, VP of Engineering at SimbaPay, who was also part of the team that made the Demo Africa winning pitch hopes the recognition will fire up innovation at SimbaPay.
“This win is an awesome reward and inspiration for the endless customer-driven innovations we’re undertaking in the remittances space,” he said.