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WorldRemit Startup founded and owned by a Somalilander

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http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/17/worldremit/
WorldRemit, a UK-based startup that is going after the Western Unions and MoneyGrams of the world with a commission-beating online and mobile remittance service, has raised another $100 million — funding that it will use to continue building out its service globally, and specifically in the U.S., where it has laid down roots in Denver.

The funding comes from new investor Technology Crossover Ventures — the firm behind mammoth investments in Vice, Spotify, Minted, Swagbucks and in earlier days Facebook, ExactTarget and many more — and existing investor Accel. This is only the second time that WorldRemit, founded in 2010, has raised money: the first time was in March 2014, when Accel put $40 million into the company.

“A good chunk of that money still in the bank,” Ismail Ahmed, co-founder and CEO of World Remit who once worked for the UN, tells me. He describes this recent raise as “opportunistic.”

This latest round values WorldRemit north of $500 million.
:whew: Mashallah ilahay ha u barakeeyo

The cuqdadles can try and take down Dahabshiil or any other Duuriyad owned company but there will be hundreds in line to replace it. :umad:


I wouldn't be surprised if they try and go after this man next :lol: :lol:

We create while they destroy :eat:
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Vive Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland :sland: :up: Mansha Allah
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i love worldremit, i cant remember last time i went to xawalada, i like the fact that i dont have to go to the bank to get the money or change to US, the fact that if i am broke i can use my credit card and just how convenient its, send from the comfort of my home
the recipient has the money in less then 20 minutes and their deals every other month, now they have 100% off service fees till 31st :blessed:
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I have been using it for a long time i think its the fastest hawaala in the world.
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He better sell it fast, the setup looks very easy to copy
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I use it all the time. I no longer visit the tradional ones.

As long as he avoids the South, his business, already valued $500 million, will continue to grow. By next year it should be a billion dollar business.

His investors are the same investors as Facebook and maybe they should integrate.

His main clients are Asians especially the Philippines and India.

He is reer Gabiley.
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thegoodshepherd wrote:He better sell it fast, the setup looks very easy to copy
Nothing innovative about WorldRemit, iidoor merely copied the Estonian peer to peer money transfer company TransferWise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9kNnTD6ndw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yai_ipibIsA
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Ismael , I am your cousin . Set me up as your representative for West Africa . I speak French and I'm ready to go :lol:
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sahan,

Bonjour?

Hahahahaha West Africa is big market but he is already there. For example you can send it to Ghana using mobile to mobile, airtime, bank transfer or cash pick up.

On average I save about 10% per transaction.

Atlantic,

Why Faqash always mad and envious?

If you guys can do anything, why not setup similar one for Konfuur market?

The fact is you can't because you people are all hate and talk.

No one services Somalia so go setup one for it hadi kale hadalka iska dhafa.

I know he doesn't want his name associated with Somalia. Even on interviews he proudly tells media SL.
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Aw rastaale , salut a toi aussi mon frere , well too bad then . :)
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Atlantic wrote:
Nothing innovative about WorldRemit, iidoor merely copied the Estonian peer to peer money transfer company TransferWise
TransferWise was founded in 2011 and WorldRemit was founded in 2010 :lol: :lol:

Why didn't your kin create one instead of whining on here butthurt about whether it's innovative or not?

I'm sorry talent and entrepreneurship skills isn't equally distributed on 4.5 :lol:

keep hating :umad:

AwRastaale

He should tap in to the American market millions of mexicans and other Latinos remit money to mexico and latin america so he should capture that huge market share from WesternUnion.
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Ethiopian Habar Yonis iidoor you are deluded and pathetic. There is nothing about you iidoors that I am remotely jealous of. I'm just stating facts WorldRemit is an iidoor counterfeit of TransferWise only difference being that iidoor WR targets third worlders. Whereas the Estonian TransferWise primary market is Europe and North America. TransferWise is competing with European (HSBC, BNP Paribas, etc) and US banks (Chase, Citibank, etc). Whereas WR is competition with the likes of MoneyGram and Western Union for third world remittances. The iidoor who set up WorldRemit is smart enough not to compete in the same market as TransferWise.

Notice how hysterical the iidoor was when it was rumoured that Western Union was to acquire MoneyGram?

WorldRemit calls on regulators to block Western Union’s MoneyGram acquisition

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2015/05/wor ... quisition/
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Source?
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Haters gonna hate! :dj:
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Re: WorldRemit Startup founded and owned by a Somalilander

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Lancer,

He got the US covered and Colorado will be his HQ.

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_2 ... s-colorado

Last month he launched in Vietnam.
Money transfer app WorldRemit today launches remittances to Vietnam. Customers can now send money from the WorldRemit app direct to any bank account in Vietnam.
Backed by early investors in Facebook, Spotify and Dropbox, WorldRemit enables people to send money to friends and family overseas using its award-winning iOS and Android mobile apps. Customers already send over 300,000 transactions with WorldRemit every month.

Vietnam’s large diaspora – numbering some 4 million individuals – plays an important role in contributing to economic growth in the country. According to the World Bank, Vietnamese abroad sent home $12bn in remittances in 2014, or 6.4% of GDP.
Ismail Ahmed, CEO & founder at WorldRemit, comments: “Remittances help Vietnamese all over the world connect with their friends and family abroad. Up until now, most Vietnamese have had to queue at high-street money transfer agents and incur high fees to send money home. With the WorldRemit app, people all over the world can send money to Vietnam with just a few taps on their smartphone.”

In February 2015 WorldRemit received a $100m investment round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), early investors in Facebook, Spotify and Dropbox.
Last week he teamed up with a Swedish company in Rwanda called Tigo, which is subsidiary of Millicon. Millicon's annual revenue is almost in the double digit billions.

http://www.businessghana.com/portal/new ... &id=207552

In South Africa he is with Zazoo.

http://memeburn.com/2015/12/worldremit- ... ers-to-sa/

He is now in partnership with Vodafone in Kenya and their M-Pesa.

They are currently working on the Egyptian market which is worth $19b in money transfer.

Our boy is going to be the quickest and the most authenticated Somali billionaire.

He learned a lot from Dahabshiil mistakes including doing business in Somalia, which is more liability than beneficial. One may make few quick gains from international aid agencies or aid money but your name could be ruined and be associated with warlords, pirates, terrorism, lawlessness, terror, etc.

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