Weekly DigestMay 29, 20260

POD - Nikolai Barnwell on building PawaPay without the VC machine, and why mobile money beats cards

PawaPay CEO Nikolai Barnwell on why payments, not "fintech", is the real problem worth solving, what a decade at 88mph taught him about funding, and why he is betting the continent's rails on mobile money over cards.

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POD - Nikolai Barnwell on building PawaPay without the VC machine, and why mobile money beats cards

Source: African Tech Roundup  ·  Pan-Africa

PawaPay CEO Nikolai Barnwell on why payments, not "fintech", is the real problem worth solving, what a decade at 88mph taught him about funding, and why he is betting the continent's rails on mobile money over cards.

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Part of the Africa Dev Week of May 29, 2026 weekly digest.