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SimbaPay wins DEMO Africa 2015. Next stop: Silicon Valley

At DEMO Africa 2015, SimbaPay showcased a new service which enables Africans living abroad to seamlessly open bank accounts in Africa using its app

This win is an awesome reward and inspiration for the endless customer-driven innovations we’re undertaking in the remittances space

LONDON, United Kingdom, September 28, 2015/APO (African Press Organization)/ --

SimbaPay (http://www.simbapay.com) – a leading digital money transfer provider – was on Friday, 25 Sep 2015 announced as the winner of the prestigious DEMO Africa 2015 event which was held in Lagos, Nigeria.

SimbaPay now automatically qualifies for the global DEMO event that will be held in Silicon Valley, USA.

At DEMO Africa 2015, SimbaPay showcased a new service which enables Africans living abroad to seamlessly open bank accounts in Africa using its app.

Nyasinga Onyancha, CEO of SimbaPay commenting about the win said “We are totally excited and dedicate this win to our customers. It’s because of their continued feedback and support that we were able to develop our new in-app bank account opening service.”

Also in Lagos, Nigeria as part of the team that made the Demo Africa winning pitch was Dan Howard, VP of Engineering at SimbaPay. He added that “This win is an awesome reward and inspiration for the endless customer-driven innovations we’re undertaking in the remittances space.”

SELECTION PROCESS

DEMO Africa 2015 (http://www.demo-africa.com) launched 30 of the most innovative start-ups in Africa and highlighted some of the best new technology innovations from across the continent. The 30 finalists were the top picks from two rigorous screening processes of over 600 applicants on their ability to link creativity, innovation and effectiveness. The final vetting and adjudication was done by a pan-African panel of judges comprised of entrepreneurs, VCs and academia.

DEMO GLOBAL, SILICON VALLEY
The DEMO conferences (http://www.demo.com) have earned their reputation for consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as launchpad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Salesforce (http://www.salesforce.com), Webex (http://www.webex.com), Tivo (http://www.tivo.com), VMware (http://www.vmware.com) and many others, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters.

SimbaPay previously launched free, instant transfers to all Nigerian banks in May 2015.  In June it became the first platform (http://www.apo.af/vsYGNE) in the world to allow Kenyans living abroad to make M-Pesa Pay Bill payments (http://www.apo.af/mtKh8u) and continues to disrupt the cross-border remittance industry with its focus on speed and convenience.

The SimbaPay app can be downloaded for free from the Apple or Android app stores.
Visit http://www.SimbaPay.com for more information.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of SimbaPay.

To learn more about this announcement, please contact:
SimbaPay:
Alex Maganga
Email:        alex@SimbaPay.com 
info@SimbaPay.com
Tel:        +44 (0)20 3137 8517
Address:    Google Campus , 4-5 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4BX

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SimbaPay DEMO on stage
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About SimbaPay

SimbaPay (http://www.simbapay.com) is a mobile app transforming the international remittance space. With a focus on breakneck speed, convenience and constant innovation, users are able to send money to loved ones or even vendors in Africa, from wherever they are at any time of day or night. 

The company is headquartered in London and can be found online at www.SimbaPay.com .

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