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2026 FINALIST
Financial Inclusion Impact Award
Ecosystem Collaboration of the Year (2025)
Mukuru
A quick read on the team, their work and the little things they would happily band from Fintech forvever.
TEN QUESTIONS
Ten questions, no waffle.
A rapid-fire profile looking at the humans behind the shortlist.
Explain what your company does to a gogo
When your grandchild sends money home for groceries and medicine, we get it to you safely and fast. Now we help them look after the rest of their money too.
Your biggest win this year, in one sentence?
We grew from the name families trust to send money home into a full everyday financial partner.
Your brand's personality in three words?
Warm.
Dependable.
Homegrown.
The fintech buzzword your team would ban forever?
Unbanked.
Our customers aren't a gap in the market. They're nurses, builders and entrepreneurs holding families together across borders.
What do your customers say about you most?
The one tool your team can't work without?
"Mukuru is always there," whether that's a booth down the road or a WhatsApp message away.
WhatsApp. Our customers are moving to the app, but our team group chats aren't going anywhere.
The emoji that best sums up your brand?
Your year-end function in five words?
🧡
Five markets, one orange dancefloor.
Orange, and it's all about looking after the people you love.
Your company's unofficial motto?
There's Mukuru for that!
What's next for you, in five words?
From remittance to everyday banking.
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