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Lebanese-Ivorian entrepreneur Hassan Bourgi’s Djamo app reaches 2 million clients in West Africa
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Lebanese-Ivorian entrepreneur Hassan Bourgi’s Djamo app reaches 2 million clients in West Africa
Hassan Bourgi, co-founder of the digital finance app Djamo, has expanded the platform to over two million users five years after its launch.
- Bourgi launched Djamo in 2020 with co-founder Radis Labi to provide accessible banking to unbanked populations in Côte d’Ivoire and Francophone West Africa.
- In 2021, Djamo became the first Ivorian startup accepted into Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator accelerator.
- Bourgi said his family canceled their annual summer trip to Lebanon due to the war and expressed sadness over the displacement and destruction.
- Bourgi advised Lebanese youth to either build their futures abroad or, if possible, stay inside Lebanon and create projects to help the country recover.
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