Building a financial services platform that offers financing in less than 24 hours to small and medium businesses in emerging markets.
Currently Operating in Two 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.
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March 21, 2022
Tunde Kehinde, CEO of Lidya, has been listed as one of the Top 50 Financial Technology CEOs of 2022
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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...
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March 20, 2020
How one company is hoping to help small businesses thrive in Africa - CNN Video
CNN's Zain Asher speaks with Tunde Kehinde, the co-founder of Lidya, about how he hopes technology can make investments accessible for small African businesses.
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December 1, 2019
CAPITALIZING THE CORNER SHOP
What a fintech startup mobilizing mom-and-pop lending in Nigeria can tell us about innovation in emerging markets
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October 14, 2019
Fintech Lidya Targets $1.1 Billion in Eastern Europe Loans
Lending platform Lidya is targeting Poland and the Czech Republic for expansion after providing thousands of loans in Nigeria, seeing an opportunity in the funding gaps facing small enterprises in...
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