Tope Alabi

Co-founder & CEO, Afriex · 1 appearance on the record.

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Alabi co-founded Afriex, a cross-border payments startup that leverages blockchain infrastructure and stablecoins to enable low-fee money transfers across Africa. Prior to launching Afriex, he worked as a software engineer and product manager, including at ConsenSys.

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Alabi: Afriex enables cross-border transfers combining fiat and crypto

“Afrex is a multi-currency wallet. You can send money to anybody in the world using any currency of your choice. We do crypto and fiat. We put the two next to each other so people can transact using whatever currency they want to use, whether that's, like, Sout…”

Tope Alabi Oct 9, 2020 ▶ 6:43 "Crypto Startup School" Documentary

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Alabi: Afriex grew from $20,000 weekly to $50,000 daily volume

“I think when I first got to crypto startup school, We would do, like, 20,000 dollars on, like, a good week. Now we do, like, 50,000 dollars every day.”

Tope Alabi Oct 9, 2020 ▶ 28:15 "Crypto Startup School" Documentary