Akoni CEO, Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, [PFF2021/15]
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If you can switch financial assets, like stocks and pensions, super easily, why can’t you do the same with the bank that holds your cash? This germ of an idea prompted Felicia to found digital cash platform, Akoni. Along the way, she set up a micro-credit startup in India, and co-founded Hive Founders, to help other female founders to follow in her footsteps. At the same time, she’s trying to persuade policymakers that they also have a critical role in leveling the playing field for female entrepreneurs. You’d be a brave man - or woman - to bet against her.
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