BitPesa's Elizabeth Rossiello on Necker Island
3 Jun 2019 · 46:44
Elizabeth Rossiello, founder of BitPesa, describes her path from credit ratings analyst for microfinance investors to building an international mobile money company for sub-Saharan Africa that runs on Bitcoin's rails. She details how expensive and unreliable moving money into and out of Africa can be, and how BitPesa's faster, cheaper settlement opens new markets for businesses and lowers costs for people sending remittances.