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Introducing Torche Edge: Collateralized loans for Individuals and Businesses

Think about it. Its become more commonplace to see Nigerians who earn foreign currency, save in foreign currencies or organizations that require many of their transactions to be facilitated in foreign currencies. Many times, this means they are at the mercy of the unstable naira exchange rate and prone to losses as the value of the fx fluctuates. Here is where Edge comes in...

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The inspiration behind Torche and what it takes to run a fintech startup in Nigeria

Sisan Dorsu is the co-founder of Torche Africa, a Nigerian startup building a biometrics payment solution. For Torche, it is important to build a solution that enables people to move money without the...

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Techstars NYC Class of Spring 2022

Today marks the start of the Spring 2022 Techstars NYC Accelerator Program. This NYC program is very near and dear to my heart: nearly a decade ago, I started my Techstars journey at this very program where I had the privilege...