Building a financial services platform that offers financing in less than 24 hours to small and medium businesses in emerging markets.
Notable Achievements
- Over 90% of clients have grown their businesses with Lidya's support.
- Disbursed more than 32,500 loans since inception.
- Lidya has a 99% repayment rate of loans issued through our platform
Currently Operating in Four Regions
Press Mentions
June 22, 2019
African Behemoth of 200 Million Awakens to Retail Banking
After years of ignoring consumers, Nigerian lenders are making an unprecedented push into retail banking.
Read on Bloomberg.com »December 6, 2023
Lidya closes operations in two countries to focus on the Nigerian market after securing $16.45 million in funding
Lidya, a Nigerian fintech startup, has launched new products including a digital savings account and a credit card. However, the company has also announced that it will be closing its operations in...
Read on Techpoint Africa »December 5, 2023
Nigerian SME lender Lidya shutters European business
Lidya, the Nigerian SME lender, will now focus on selling two new products Lydia Collect and Lydia Bridge to Nigerian lenders.
Read on TechCabal »August 29, 2023
Tunde Kehinde and his business of helping SMEs succeed in Business
The statistics of businesses that succeed are not very encouraging, particularly in Africa. The percentages of those that succeed vary
Read on Nairametrics »March 21, 2022
Tunde Kehinde, CEO of Lidya, has been listed as one of the Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs of 2022
Read on The Financial Technology Report. »September 17, 2020
A conversation with Tunde Kehinde of Lidya on finance and the digital divide
Small and medium businesses have been some of the hardest hit in the COVID-19 pandemic. And all that has been as true in emerging markets as it has been for SMBs in the developed world. Tunde...
Read on TechCrunch »Work at Lidya
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