Why Leatherback raised $10M to Revolutionize Payments - A Chat with Ibrahim Ibitade
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
- In this Founders Connect episode, we sit down with Ibrahim Ibitade, the Founder and CEO of Leatherback, a fintech company revolutionizing cross-border payments by offering seamless and efficient solutions for businesses and individuals to send and receive money globally.
We explore Ibrahim's remarkable journey from his early life in Sales and Marketing to passionately building for frontier markets. Here, he shares the challenges he faced, why he sued the EFCC, the lessons he learned from the ordeal, and how these experiences have shaped Leatherback into the force it is today. We also touch on his love for farming. It's a slightly different format, but I'm sure you'll love it.
This interview is packed with inspiration and practical advice for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to build payments infrastructure, business professionals, and anyone curious about the world of fintech.
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Personal Background & Childhood
06:07 Life after getting his law degree
07:15 Getting his first job in Sales and Marketing
09:10 Transitioning into Payments and Finance
12:27 The approach to building Leatherback
19:55 What Leatherback looks like today
21:00 The benefits for the consumers
25:57 Why they chose to expand to India
27:57 On building for Africans
29:20 Is Leatherback a B2B platform?
31:21 Leatherback’s top two challenges so far
45:14 Battling EFCC Allegations
46:22 How Leatherback managed the situation
51:54 Why he wants to retire as a farmer
53:23 On collaboration to solve problems
55:35 How he got started in farming
1:01:09 Some challenges farmers face
1:02:36 Lessons he’s learned in his journey
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That's my brother!!!! Ibitade!!! I am super proud of you and all you are doing with Leatherback. Barakah lahu fihi.
Much appreciated!
Interesting! I think i should give Leatherback a try. Thanks Peace Itimi for this.
Thank you for watching!
Excuse my french - this was ver correct over very insightful, joyful to listen, learned a ton. Damn! He didn't even em or um. Articulation and eloquence awesome. Mehn! Lets keep building and big ups to every founder and Engrs out there including the prod dept. Timi as usual you listened and kept us in awe ⭐
I love this comment lol
This is insightful, he nailed the major problems of Nigeria. I am very proud of what he is doing.
I know right??
I loved listening to this story.
Like you said, it felt like a masterclass.
Thankyou so much for bringing him Peace.
I learnt a lot. ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for watching!
This is such an great interview. Thanks, Peace
Yayyy
I watched this till the end!! So purposeful
That makes me happy
He's a natural marketer.... See how the energy is flowing 😅❤
Right?
This is really insightful for me.
Thank you Peace for bringing this up.
So glad you found it insightful
Really learnt a lot. I hope to get interviewed by you sometime in the future
I'm happy you did! I'm rooting for you
@@PeaceItimiofficial This really meant a lot. Thanks for the kind words. See you soon.
"Wow, that was an interesting interview!
Thank you!
Always loving you peace
Thank youu
Really insightful session 😍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Really cool interview
I'm happy you think so
34:40 had me rolling 😂😅 - Dude What List ? 😂
Edited: Fantastic & Knowledge Filled Interview.
Thank you for watching!
this video deserves a second watch
Thank you!
Interesting, being a while init.
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