MENA Series with Dorra Mahbouli: Building SME Banking in Africa with Rinse Jacobs, CEO of Zazu

April 08, 2025 by Rudolf Falat in Start Up, MENA

In this episode, Dorra Mahbouli speaks with Rinse Jacobs, former Sola ris executive and now CEO of Zazu, the rising B2B fintech reshaping SME banking in Africa. Zazu is building Africa’s first finance super-app, offering a unified platform that addresses the fragmented, outdated financial tools SMEs currently rely on.

MENA Series with Dorra Mahbouli: Scaling up a modular core banking platform with Martin Della Chiesa, co-CEO of Skaleet

Paris, France

January 16, 2025 by Rudolf Falat in Start Up, MENA

This episode of Voice of FinTech, the MENA Series hosted by Dorra Mahbouli, features Martin Della Chiesa, co-CEO of Skaleet, a FinTech innovator providing scalable and configurable core banking solutions.

Upgrading core banking platform with Yves Eonnet, Chairman of Skaleet (France)

Paris

October 04, 2022 by Rudolf Falat in Start Up

Yves Eonnet, Chairman of Skaleet, a core banking platform provider, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the importance of getting banks ready for the 21st century by upgrading their core banking infrastructure.

Africa Series with Stacey Japhta: Building digital businesses with Basalt

Johannesburg, South Africa

June 03, 2021 by Rudolf Falat in Start Up

In this episode of Africa Series, hosted by Stacey Japhta, Stacey speaks to Wayne Zwiers, founder of Basalt. Basalt is a global Fintech studio focusing on designing and developing digital banking and insurance solutions for the future, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They discuss all things FinTech, important attributes to look for in your leadership team, and the difference between the traditional model and the new model of VCs in Africa.