Kenya
7 statements across 5 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Oct 26, 2017 by Alex Rampell · said 49 times in 22 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2020 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 42 mentions in 18 episodes 2 per episode
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2018 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2017 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about Kenya, oldest first
Oct 26, 2017 positive
Rampell: Branch uses smartphone data to underwrite loans in Sub-Saharan Africa
“Where, ah, they do lending in Sub-Saharan Africa in Kenya, Tanzania, and also Nigeria. How do they do that? How do they figure out, do I make a loan to a particular person when there's no information on them? Well, it turns out there's a lot of information sit…”
Jan 21, 2018 positive
Jan 21, 2018 bullish
Strange: Branch will become Kenya's de facto credit bureau
“Take Branch, the lending company in Kenya. As they start to give more and more loans and build more and more credit scores, they will have amassed enough population on their platform such that you can imagine them becoming the de facto credit bureau and layeri…”
Jan 21, 2018 bullish
Strange: Branch scores credit in Kenya using Android OS update status
“We have an investment in a company called Branch, and they do small-dollar lending in Kenya, and they get your own PESA data, but also a variety of other interesting signals, like how up-to-date is your Android operating system? And through that, they can buil…”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Hearn: M-Pesa succeeded by bypassing Western anti-money laundering requirements
“M-Pesa was partly successful because it sort of ignored all of the Western anti-money laundering requirements and so on. Like you can just have a SIM card and start sending money, right, with M-Pesa in Kenya. You don't need to have a passport and, you know, an…”
Jan 2, 2019