On April 14, 2016, Amsterdam will host the new edition of the “EUROPEAN FINTECH AWARDS” competition, which aims to reward the 100 best innovations in terms of financial solutions and payments. Among these projects is WeCashUp, a payment platform without a bank card created by the startup INFINITY SPACE, born in Cameroon and including Cédric ATANGANA, a 24-year-old Cameroonian, graduated from Polytech Marseille in Industrial and Computer Engineering (promo 2015), is the founder.

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WeCashUp, a Fintech Made in Africa project

Entirely thought out and developed by Cédric and his team of engineers and financiers, WeCashUp meets several fundamental needs:

allow people without a card or bank account to have easy access to online shopping,
allow e-merchants to extend their deployment area and thus acquire new markets (Africa, a market that is difficult to access for e-merchants),
secure transactions for both consumers and merchants

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Meeting the needs of the African consumer

If this project has a universal scope, it was first to meet the needs of the African continent that it was developed. Indeed, despite the technological developments that revolutionize the Western market and especially despite the explosion of online shopping in Europe, Africa is still little advanced in this area. And yet the continent is full of opportunities.

“Out of more than 1 billion people in 2016, there are still around 800 million without a bank account and no online payment method. Yet 400 million of them have mobile phones and are already using mobile payment solutions such as M-PESA, Orange Money, MTN Mobile Money, Airtel Money etc. Also, by 2020 the Internet penetration rate will reach 52% and more which means that people in Africa have more and more access to the internet, access online shopping sites but cannot pay simply because they do not offer them online mobile payment ”So, and in view of this potential, Africa can be described as a“ still sleeping market ”which needs to be boosted.

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A project that has already been the subject of numerous distinctions, including that of the best innovative start-up in the world in 2014 at the Google I / O Pitch Night in Silicon Valley (USA), TOP30 of the best startups in Europe in Frankfort in Germany on March 8 and who is wondering if WeCashUp will be ranked as the best Startup in Europe at this big gathering in Amsterdam?

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The INFINITY SPACE team is actively looking for African and international investors to help them make this challenge a reality. To find out all about the event and support WeCashUp, visit the website of the organizer http://www.fintech.nl/wecashup
To find out all about WeCashUp or Infinity Space, go to Cédric ATANGANA via LinkedIn (https://fr.linkedin.com/in/cedricatangana) and by email: wecashup@infinityspace.fr

Source: http://startupbrics.com/fintech-startup-wecashup-afrique/#.VuhDrvnJzIW

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Comme beaucoup de personnes j’ai connu l’Afrique à travers des stéréotypes : l’Afrique est pauvre, il y a la guerre, famine… Je suis devenu entrepreneur pour briser ces clichés et participer à la construction du continent. J’ai lancé plusieurs entreprises dont Kareea (Formation et développement web), Tutorys (Plate-forme de e-learning), AfrikanFunding (Plate-forme de crowdfunding). Après un échec sur ma startup Tutorys, à cause d’une mauvaise exécution Business, un manque de réseau, pas de mentor, je suis parti 6 mois en immersion dans l’écosystème Tech au Sénégal. J’ai rencontré de nombreux entrepreneurs passionnés, talentueux et déterminés. A mon retour sur Paris je décide de raconter leur histoire en créant le média AfrikaTech. L'objectif est de soutenir les entrepreneurs qui se battent quotidiennement en Afrique en leur offrant la visibilité, les connaissances, le réseautage et les capitaux nécessaires pour réussir. L'Afrique de demain se construit aujourd'hui ensemble. Rejoignez-nous ! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boubacardiallo

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