[South Africa] Entrepreneur pioneering payment innovation

A South African entrepreneur and software engineer has become a pioneer for Web3 and blockchain innovation across Africa to expand financial inclusion, wearetech.africa reports.

Mandisa Mjamba is the co-founder of Paie, a startup developing a digital wallet for African users within the Web3 ecosystem. Founded in 2022, Paie enables the storage, management, and transfer of digital assets, such as stablecoins. 

In addition, it provides access to decentralised applications (dApps), decentralised finance (DeFi) services, and NFT marketplaces. The app reportedly positions itself as a tool for financial inclusion in Africa, offering an alternative to local currencies.

Paie operates as a Web3 wallet, serving as both a digital vault and an identity within the decentralised ecosystem. It allows for blockchain-based transactions without bank intermediaries and grants users full control over their private keys. Security features, including two-factor authentication, SSL encryption, and session management, are incorporated to protect user assets.

Prior to launching Paie, Ms Mjamba founded Vula Nova in 2019, serving as CEO until 2023. Vula Nova is a South African, women-led software development company. She also co-founded Stulo, where she was CTO until 2022, and Indoni Developers, a community of female software developers in South Africa.

Ms Mjamba reportedly graduated in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Nelson Mandela University. She began her career the same year as a developer analyst at Munich Re, an insurance firm, and continued in a similar role at financial services company Sanlam in 2016.

She subsequently joined fintech firm Yoco as a software engineer. In 2019, Ms Mjamba became Executive Director at Relay Africa, a Zimbabwean tech company developing digital solutions for the health sector across Africa.

Source: wearetech.africa

A South African entrepreneur and software engineer has become a pioneer for Web3 and blockchain innovation across Africa to expand financial inclusion, wearetech.africa reports.

Mandisa Mjamba is the co-founder of Paie, a startup developing a digital wallet for African users within the Web3 ecosystem. Founded in 2022, Paie enables the storage, management, and transfer of digital assets, such as stablecoins. 

In addition, it provides access to decentralised applications (dApps), decentralised finance (DeFi) services, and NFT marketplaces. The app reportedly positions itself as a tool for financial inclusion in Africa, offering an alternative to local currencies.

Paie operates as a Web3 wallet, serving as both a digital vault and an identity within the decentralised ecosystem. It allows for blockchain-based transactions without bank intermediaries and grants users full control over their private keys. Security features, including two-factor authentication, SSL encryption, and session management, are incorporated to protect user assets.

Prior to launching Paie, Ms Mjamba founded Vula Nova in 2019, serving as CEO until 2023. Vula Nova is a South African, women-led software development company. She also co-founded Stulo, where she was CTO until 2022, and Indoni Developers, a community of female software developers in South Africa.

Ms Mjamba reportedly graduated in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Nelson Mandela University. She began her career the same year as a developer analyst at Munich Re, an insurance firm, and continued in a similar role at financial services company Sanlam in 2016.

She subsequently joined fintech firm Yoco as a software engineer. In 2019, Ms Mjamba became Executive Director at Relay Africa, a Zimbabwean tech company developing digital solutions for the health sector across Africa.

Source: wearetech.africa