Tosin Osibodu, CEO of Chaka — Building the African Robinhood

Miguel Armaza
Wharton FinTech
Published in
2 min readJul 23, 2021

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Miguel Armaza sits down with Tosin Osibodu, Co-Founder and CEO of Chaka, a Nigerian digital investment platform that is bringing access to trade over 4,000 Nigerian and US stocks.

Tosin is a fintech veteran, serial entrepreneur, and also a proud alum of our very own University of Pennsylvania!

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Chaka’s journey and what it means to be the first Nigerian Fintech to receive a license by the Securities & Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC).
  • Challenges and opportunities of building startups in emerging markets
  • The amazing state of fintech in Africa and why these are the early days of a tech revolution
  • Entrepreneurial lessons … and a lot more!

Chaka

Chaka is a technology solutions company on a mission to enable every business and person in Africa to access borderless digital investment and wealth management opportunities. The Chaka team combines investment expertise and best-in-class technology to provide reliable digital Investing, trading and wealth management solutions that are easy-to-use and easy-to-integrate.

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Miguel Armaza
Wharton FinTech

🎙Co-President/Podcast Host @WhartonFintech. Fintech investor @ Gilgamesh. 📚MBA/MA Candidate @Wharton/@LauderInstitute. Author of Fintech Leaders Newsletter✍️