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17/08/2023

In Nigeria, it takes at least 18 months and hundreds of thousands to start a bank.
This founder is letting companies launch banking products in days.

Meet Segun Adeyemi.

Segun started his company, Anchor (YC S22), after experiencing both the setup and acquisition of a bank

In 2015, Segun built his first startup, Amplify - a subscription payments platform. In 2019, Amplify was acquired by OneFi (now Carbon).

Segun headed over to JUMO, a company that provides credit infrastructure to mobile network operators and banks.

In that time saw the setup and the acquisition of a bank, and advised for fintechs like Kuda and Cowrywise.

His learning?

Fintechs were taking years and spending thousands to set up their products. The worst part? Everyone was rebuilding the same thing.

Segun explains that it takes at least 18 months and hundreds of thousands of dollars to set up a bank in Nigeria.

And while buying one is easier, it’s about the same price and time.

So he teamed up with Olamide (who had built tech for Moniepoint, Carbon, and Google), and they started Anchor.

Anchor works with partner banks to let other companies plug and play fintech products.

How does it work? A thing called APIs.

An API lets companies leverage years of other companies’ work in seconds.

And Banking as a Service turns your favourite finance features - like lending, cards, and buy now pay later, into simple APIs that you can plug in and start using in your own startup.

Anchor has created APIs to let startups launch their own fintech products in a few days.

And today, Anchor powers companies like

SeamlessHR (Human Resources and Payroll). Anchor powers their payouts and wallets, letting employees store money on the platform.

Pennee (SME Lending Fintech). Anchor powers their lending product.

MTN Fintech Arm, Momo PSB. Anchor facilitated their upcoming savings product.

Bujeti (YC W23) (corporate spending for companies in Africa). Anchor powers their infrastructure for corporate spending cards.

Cossi Achille, CEO of Bujeti, explains that it would have taken him about a year and $150,000 to build out his own corporate banking platform himself.

Anchor (and Banking as a Service) represents a shift in how financial services are accessed.

As companies build for their users, they will get closer to their customers.

The closer they get to their customers, the more they can build on their trust and offer financial services for them.

Banking as a Service is a bet on fintech in Africa growing. And I think it will be a catalyst for the next wave of fintechs.

Do you think we will see more companies launch fintech features? Let me know.

PS, I'm going deeper into Banking as a Service today in my newsletter. Get it in

05/01/2022

ፔጋሰስ በእስራኤል የሳይበር አርምስ ድርጅት ኤንኤስኦ ግሩፕ የተሰራ ስፓይዌር ሲሆን በስውር በሞባይል ስልኮች (እና ሌሎች መሳሪያዎች) በብዛት[1] የአይኦኤስ እና አንድሮይድ ስሪቶችን መጫን ይችላል።[2] የ2021 የፕሮጀክት ፔጋሰስ ራዕዮች እንደሚጠቁሙት የአሁኑ የፔጋሰስ ሶፍትዌር ሁሉንም የቅርብ ጊዜ የiOS ስሪቶች እስከ iOS 14.6 መጠቀም ይችላል።[1] እ.ኤ.አ. ከ2016 ጀምሮ ፔጋሰስ የጽሑፍ መልዕክቶችን ማንበብ፣ ጥሪዎችን መከታተል፣ የይለፍ ቃላትን መሰብሰብ፣ አካባቢን መከታተል፣ የታለመውን መሣሪያ ማይክሮፎን እና ካሜራ ማግኘት እና ከመተግበሪያዎች መረጃ መሰብሰብ ይችላል።[3] ስፓይዌሩ የተሰየመው የግሪክ አፈ ታሪክ ክንፍ ያለው ፈረስ በፔጋሰስ ነው። ሞባይል ስልኮችን ለመበከል "በአየር እየበረረ" የሚልክ የትሮጃን ፈረስ የኮምፒውተር ቫይረስ ነው።[4]

NSO ቡድን ቀደም ሲል በአሜሪካ የግል ፍትሃዊ ድርጅት ፍራንሲስኮ ፓርትነርስ ባለቤትነት የተያዘ ነበር፣ ነገር ግን በ2019 መስራቾቹ ተመልሷል።[6] ኩባንያው "ሽብርተኝነትን እና ወንጀልን ለመዋጋት የሚረዳቸውን ቴክኖሎጂ የተፈቀደላቸው መንግስታትን እንደሚሰጥ" [7][8] NSO Group ደንበኞቻቸው ምርቶቹን ለወንጀል እና ለብሄራዊ ደህንነት ምርመራ ብቻ እንዲጠቀሙ የሚያስገድድባቸውን የኮንትራት ክፍሎች አሳትሟል። ለሰብአዊ መብቶች ኢንዱስትሪ-መሪ አቀራረብ እንዳለው [9]

ፔጋሰስ በነሀሴ 2016 የተገኘዉ በአንድ የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋች አይፎን ላይ የመጫኛ ሙከራ ከከሸፈ በኋላ በምርመራ ምክንያት ስለ ስፓይዌር፣ ስለችሎታዉ እና ስለሚጠቀምባቸዉ የደህንነት ተጋላጭነቶች ዝርዝር መረጃ ያሳያል። የስፓይዌር ዜና ከፍተኛ የሚዲያ ሽፋን አስገኝቷል። ከመቼውም ጊዜ በላይ "እጅግ የተራቀቀ" የስማርትፎን ጥቃት ተብሎ ይጠራ ነበር፣ እና ተንኮል አዘል የርቀት ብዝበዛ ያልተገደበ የአይፎን መዳረሻ ለማግኘት jailbreaking ሲጠቀም የመጀመሪያው ነው።[7]

እ.ኤ.አ. ኦገስት 23፣ 2020፣ በእስራኤል ጋዜጣ ሃሬትዝ የተገኘው መረጃ እንደሚያመለክተው ኤንኤስኦ ግሩፕ የፔጋሰስ ስፓይዌር ሶፍትዌሮችን በመቶ ሚሊዮኖች የሚቆጠር ዶላር ለተባበሩት አረብ ኤምሬትስ እና ለሌሎች የባህረ ሰላጤው ሀገራት ሸጠ ለፀረ-አገዛዙ ተሟጋቾች፣ ጋዜጠኞች፣ እና ከተፎካካሪ ሀገራት የመጡ የፖለቲካ መሪዎች በእስራኤል መንግስት ማበረታቻ እና ሽምግልና።[10] በኋላ፣ በታህሳስ 2020፣ የአልጀዚራ የምርመራ ትርኢት The Tip of the Iceberg፣ Spy partners, Pegasusን ብቻ የሸፈነ እና ወደ የሚዲያ ባለሙያዎች እና አክቲቪስቶች ስልኮች ውስጥ መግባቱን፤ እና ተቃዋሚዎችን እና አጋሮችን ለመስማት በእስራኤል መጠቀሟ።[11][12]

እ.ኤ.አ. በጁላይ 2021 ሰፊ የሚዲያ ሽፋን የፕሮጀክት የፔጋሰስ መገለጦች አካል እና የሰብአዊ መብት ተሟጋች ቡድን አምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል ጥልቅ ትንታኔ ፔጋሰስ አሁንም በከፍተኛ መገለጫ ዒላማዎች ላይ በስፋት ጥቅም ላይ እየዋለ መሆኑን አጋልጧል። Pegasus በዜሮ ጠቅታ iMessage ብዝበዛ አማካኝነት እስከ iOS 14.6 ያሉትን ሁሉንም ዘመናዊ የiOS ስሪቶች መበከል መቻሉን አሳይቷል።[1]

15/11/2021
Scientists Created a New Solar Cell That Produces 1,000 Times More Power 23/07/2021

Scientists Created a New Solar Cell That Produces 1,000 Times More Power Solar panels might one day be made from ferroelectric crystals instead of silicon. Researchers develop a layered format to increase the solar energy yield.

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