Cellulant CEO Kennedy Njoroge made 400 pitches over 2 years to secure Sh4.7b investment

BY KENNEDY KANGETHE,
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 21
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Payment solution provider Cellulant recently closed a Sh4.7 billion financing, one of the largest investment in a fintech company in Africa.

Capital Business reporter Kangethe Njoroge had coffee with the Co-founder and CEO of Cellulant, Kennedy Njoroge, who gave us behind the scenes moves that made the deal possible. Among the hurdles the company had to jump was meeting over 60 different investors over a two year period that took up 400 pitches across the world. In this Interview, Njoroge also hints of listing the firm in the Next five years and how the financing will be used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiMFj3D9H7U

KENNEDY KANGETHE Kennedy is a Bachelor of Arts in Communication graduate from St. Paul’s University and has been writing for the Capital FM Business Desk since 2013, Besides business news, he enjoys traveling.

I believe we are in the information Age… Like there was stone age, bronze age, industrialisation age. Where you invest in like technology the reward is worth your while.