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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Payday, a Pan-African Fintech startup, becomes the first Rwandan company in history to join the prestigious Techstars Toronto Accelerator program. Techstars is an operational investment company that assists founders and early-stage entrepreneurs scale their vision into a thriving business, beginning with the Demo Day at the end of the program where selected startups will be able to pitch to a carefully curated group of investors. The 3-month accelerator program’s goal is to provide entrepreneurs with invaluable skills, resources, and connections to a large pool of global talent and investors,<\/p>\n

CEO, Favour Ori said, \u201cJoining Techstars will be a game changer for us. This is an opportunity to work with and learn from outstanding mentors, as well as to leverage their experience, skills, and network to create a platform where all Africans, regardless of location, can enjoy financial inclusion\u201d<\/p>\n

Rwanda represents one of the best turnaround stories the world has seen in a generation. The word that best describes the founders and team behind Payday is \u201cresilient\u201d. Moreover, Payday has engineered a financial product that Africans need across the continent, and the recent traction they are seeing makes us believe that this is the start of something massive\u201d says Sunil Sharma, Managing Director of Techstars Toronto. \u201cWe are thrilled to be able to co-invest with some of the best early-stage fintech and e-commerce investors in Africa\u201d says Sharma.<\/p>\n

The inclusion of Payday in this program represents an endorsement from one of the world\u2019s most reputable investor communities, emphasizing the potential of the company\u2019s business model and its commitment to developing innovative payment solutions that will simplify how Africans move money around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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