Tomilola Majekodunmi is taking financial services to the grassroot with Bankly
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- Tomilola Majekodunmi is the Founder and CEO of Bankly, a Nigerian fintech startup digitizing cash for the unbanked. She has over 10 years of experience in the finance industry, having worked as an investment banker and analyst for most of her career. In this Interview, Tomilola shares her journey with us; from studying physiology at the University to closing $2 million dollar seed rounds for a product set to improve the lives of Nigerians nationwide.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:14 - Background
1:58 - Favourite Childhood Memory
3:16 - Educational Background
4:12 - Liking the process of Aging
4:51 - University, Studying Physiology
8:16 - Transition to Fintech, First job in Investment Management
11:03 - Representing oil companies in the UK, Nigeria
18:36 - Studying at SP Jain School of Global Management
19:30 - Finding FinTech in Sydney
22:18 - Joining Alladin
24:48 - Joining Research Team at Accion Venture Lab
27:28 - How Bankly is solving the problem of digitizing cash
34:03 - How Covid affected Bankly
36:33 - What adoption was like for women, agents, gaining trust
40:30 - Raising Funds
47:00 - Handling Teams
49:31 - What is Bloomm
52:00 - What she is most proud of
55:02 - Biggest Lesson building Bankly - Věda a technologie
What stood out the most for me in this Interview is, Don't go into tech because you could be paid as high as a professional Athlete someday but because you either love it or wish to solve a problem that is tech related. Thanks a lot for this interview @Peace Itimi and @Tomilola.
Thank you for watching!
We have bills to pay. Too much generic advice these days.
@@appleid3223thats the point. if all your days your mind is to pay bills. You'll keep paying bills 😢
Just wow!
How can an individual be this beautiful - melanin, gap tooth, dimples as well as a very nice smile & over the top smart! Oops a believer as well.
Did I hear her say her former bf cheated on her? Unfortunate guy 😀
I see me and her get along real well, of course she is married..so respectfully, I wish her well 🙏🏿
Tomilola majekodunmi is the best interview I’ve watched in a while. I don’t know there’s Sth so genuinely accessible and vulnerable about her. Brings me to tears.
This is so sweet omg. Happy you felt this way!
@@PeaceItimiofficial Thank you for availing us with range and depth.
P.s G4lyf
Great interview, my friends where the early employees back then. I did remembered they'll stayed all night working on the bankly API, fixing bugs on the site. Am glad the company has make it this far. Congratulations to team bankly 🎉
Thanks for watchinggg
This was so inspiring to watch! I love how authentic Tomilola is. As an aspiring founder, one of my major takeaways is, When building a company, it's important to gain deep roots that allow you to build something that truly lasts. Thanks for this interview!
You're very welcome, Boma!
Ain't nothing like a well served breakfast to propel you into greater heights.
😂😂😂
Tomi’s ability to think like a scientist really stood out for me in this conversation. It was well reflected from her interview that got her hired at meristem to getting an 80% tuition waiver for her MBA and just basically wearing Bankly as a garment everyday since launch. I love that she understands the process of hypothesis, research and testing. I wish her success in her endeavor with Bloom. Thank you for putting this together Peace, I learned a lot from this one. Cheers✨
Thank you for such awesome feedback!
Tomi is filled with gems. My goodness
She resembles Dr Ola Brown even with her smile and sense of humor. Great interview, Peace
Thank you!
She understands Ajo so well that she listened to Brymo's song lol (I'm a big Brymo fan lol)
Aww, so much insight😊
Hmm... Clarity, Communication and Action. Pretty sum it all up. Thanks Tomi and Peace
You're welcome!
Amazing!✨
I’m inspired ❤️
Love the ending a lot
Awesome
One word
Amazing 👌
Smart boss 👌🏿
I really love the part about research!
So insightful
I can relate to that Saturday morning 😍😍
This was very insightful and interesting to watch. Big ups!
Best interview I’ve seen in a while… very elaborate and informal 😊
Damn she is so beautiful 🥹😍. God dey create ohh
I really appreciate your efforts @Peace Itimi
Again awesomeness
Very thought-proving point about power dynamics among women!
Anyone would invest in her, she's super smart and strong willed. The part where she talked about women breaking down the power paradigm is very powerful. By far the best interview you've made on here
Thank you!
I'll be here in 2024!!!
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@Peace Itimi thank you for building Founders Connect....I did learnt a lotttt and this keeps motivating me always for every video ....Tomi really shared helpful contents...
I love this interview. Rich and well-informed. its Tomilola realness in solving basic financial issues and creating a business model that works for the people.
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Thank you, Tomi. Well done, Peace.
Thank you Petra!
This interview was different. Absolutely superb.
Thank you!
Been a while a story really resonates like this..Tomi has perfected the art of story telling...Wishing her the very best in her jouney
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Oh wow. This is so insightful! Enjoyed every bit of it😁🙏🏾
Thank you for watching!
I really enjoyed this!! Keep it up! ❤️
Thank you very much
This is so insightful 🥺✨
Thank you!
Lovely interview. Her smile too😍
She is gorgeous
Thank you so much Peace for this video🥺🥺
You're always welcome
The excitement while sharing insight!
Yes!
Oh wow. Really beautiful content
Thank you✨
You're always welcome
This is so beautiful 🥺🥺💜
Thank you!
This episode is really heartfelt.
She just proved to me that I am not the only one that went through the JAMB struggle. 👍
Glad you feel this way!
I really really enjoyed this interview, this channel is gold! I have learned so much from here
Glad to hear this, thank you for watching!
Insightful ❤️❤️
Thank you!
Love you Tomi. So inspired by your story and its been an honour to know you. Well done Peace for such an insightful interview.
Thank you so much
Clarity, Communication, and Action!!!
Such an insightful interview. Keep up the good work @Peace Itimi👍🏽
Thank you so much!
Wonderful insight
Haha 😎
I just love her👍🏻👏🏻
Same here!
Learned so much I didn’t know. I love the energy✨✨✨
This is lovely to hear, thank you for watching
This is amazing 🤩
Thank you for watching
So Apt and insightful.....bless up
Thank you for watching
This is really good content !
Thank you for watching
Lovely content✨
Thank you!
This is amazing.
Very insightful ❤️👍
Thank you for watching
Very informed and interesting conversation. So much to learn from her. Keep up the good work.
Thank you!
Very insightful and inspiring conversation ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for watching ❤️
Interesting stuff out here ✨
Thank you for watching
The answers you're looking for is in the journey.
Thanks Peace.
You're welcome!
Very insightful story from Tomi. Well done Peace.
Thank you!
I love what you guys are doing.
But please be aware that bank-run is a real thing, especially when working with other people’s money.
What the average Nigerian really need is digital property rights, not another loan shark disguised as a savings app.
Never heard of her and her company but I am now very interested. Thanks Peace 🙏
You're very welcome
Insightful interview Tomilola's Journey shows immense levels of preparedness meeting opportunities. Her passion to search and solve problems in any space she finds herself also makes her formidable. It's been insightful seeing into her journey from working in Investment to an the oil and gas deal, to her Business school and the journey with the VC company, to working on the axion project and deciding to create her own fintech to solve the problem of uploading money. Welldone Peace for creating this interview.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment, and for watching this episode!
Great one you are doing @tomilola..
Apt solution you have at Bankly, I sure see this going to solve some of the deepest problems we have with Financial services across emerging markets. It goes beyond what you have now as a solution, just keep at it you've hacked this problem already!!👌
Would love to hear more on what's happening with bloomm. :)
Second best video after fejiro's
Aww 😊
Peace you look so fine. ❤
Awww 😊😊😁😁😁 Thank you!
Loved every second of this ❤️
Thank you for watching!
Please Peace my Bloom account is not functioning for some weeks now . I can't make transaction from my bloom account please help me
She's the founder of Blankly. What's Bloom?
Bloomm is a Bankly product. An app name for digital/online banking.
@@jimohabdullah7541 Thanks for the clarification
The part where Tomi said that as a Tech founder you need to have a strong technical CTO who's bleeding blue with you. So damn true!
Also on women breaking power dynamics in workspaces so they can help each other is so relatable. Thank you so much Tomi. Kudos Peace.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
👌🏾🤌🏾her childhood memory sounds like it comes straight out of a 19's movie scene. Nice video by the way. Very insightful
Thank you very much
Tomilola is such an excellent speaker🤌
As much as I didn't know much of the finance and tech terminologies she spoke about, the way she communicated them made me stay glued till the end. I must say she has a really ‘tush’ sense of humour☺️
Well done Peace. This is a really great piece💎
Thank you Deborah!
Sometimes I see this and wonder wtf I’m doing with my life.
You still have time to figure things out! I'm rooting for you.
@@PeaceItimiofficial thank you.