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Eric Muriuki on M-Shwari, Fuliza & Building Africa’s Next Fintech Platform

Eric Muriuki on M-Shwari, Fuliza & Building Africa’s Next Fintech Platform

Update: 2025-06-11
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M-Shwari scaled to 15 million users in 41 days. Fuliza became a verb. Now, Eric Muriuki is building Loop DFS into the Stripe of Africa.

In this episode of F-Squared, Samora Kariuki goes deep with one of Africa’s most experienced digital finance leaders. They unpack:

  • The legal architecture behind M-Pesa’s rise

  • What went wrong—and right—with M-Shwari’s launch

  • How Fuliza went from pitch to cultural phenomenon

  • Loop’s pivot from neobank to fintech infrastructure play

  • Why AI-first hiring might be the future

  • The case for fintech as Kenya’s next big export industry

No fluff. Just timeless lessons from the person who’s built the most successful digital finance products in Africa.


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Eric Muriuki on M-Shwari, Fuliza & Building Africa’s Next Fintech Platform

Eric Muriuki on M-Shwari, Fuliza & Building Africa’s Next Fintech Platform

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