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WorldRemit: Enabling quick money transfers

Sharon Kinyanjui, WorldRemit Head of East & Central Africa.

WorldRemit is a London-based start-up that focuses on enabling quick money transfers from migrant workers and immigrants living in developed countries back home. The firm has raised Sh17.5 billion in a Series D round of funding from TCV, Accel and Leapfrog. The business now covers 50 ‘send’ countries and 150 ‘receive’ countries. Sharon Kinyanjui talked to Financial Standard about its operations.

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