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Turning Health into Wealth: How Dave Van Niekerk is Investing on Africa’s Next Boom.

Africa’s next leap won’t be financial it will be biological. We’ve banked the unbanked. Now, it’s time to unlock access to health, longevity, and wellness. I’m betting that biotech, not just fintech, will power the continent’s next economic boom.

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Fintech Company MyBucks Launches Proprietary Chatbot, TESS

MyBucks, a leading African FinTech company that focuses on banking the unbanked across emerging economies, recently launched an engaging, interactive and all-new Artificial Intelligence (‘A.I.’) guide called ‘TESS’ – a proprietary Chabot geared to revolutionize how visitors navigate, engage and interact with its corporate website.

I recently had the opportunity to speak to MyBucks Founder and Executive Chairman Dave Van Niekerk about this dynamic milestone.

What were the motivations behind launching the TESS Programme?

TESS is the groundbreaking result of years of research and development sought to streamline the user experience, undertaken by our own ‘MyBucks AI and Innovation Lab’.

Meet The Man Championing FinTech In Africa – Dave Van Niekerk, Founder Of MyBucks

South African-born Dave van Niekerk is the founder and CEO of MyBucks, a fast-growing African Fintech company that successfully delivers seamless financial services to banked and ‘unbanked’ consumers alike using next-generation technological platforms.

Interview: MyBucks leads the fintech charge, says bank’s ceo

Dave Van Niekerk is the founder and CEO of fintech company MyBucks, and has a self-declared passion – delivering cost-effective financial services to what might be considered the bottom of the pyramid.

MyBucks founder on recovering from past failures and getting back in the financial services game

South African Dave van Niekerk is the man behind the pan-African fintech company MyBucks. The Frankfurt-listed business leverages technology to provide financial products and services to the low and middle-income customer segment, predominantly in high-growth emerging markets. To date the company has provided loans to over 800,000 customers in 12 African markets, and has also expanded to Spain, Poland and (most recently) Australia.

Thouth Leadership

Dave Van Niekerk on the newest in financial technology

Tech Talk: interview with Dave Van Niekerk, CEO, MyBucks

Africa’s mobile banking boom, interview with Dave van Niekerk

Fintech Africa Event 20 October 2015 Panel Discussion 2

Executive interview with Dave Van Niekerk about MyBucks