Building the scaffolding for a Nigerian credit boom, with Adedeji Olowe (Lendsqr)

<p>Nigeria is Africa's biggest economy. Or maybe not quite, economic variables can be hard to measure and somewhat fickle, but whatever way you slice this cake, it is in the top three with Egypt and South Africa. Fintech has played a growing role in that economy, but until now, almost none of the 'fin' that the 'tech' has been modernising was lending-related.</p><br><p><br></p><p>"I knew that if Nigeria was going to grow and the middle class was going to emerge, there has to be a credit culture, right?&nbsp;And I knew that one person wouldn't be able to do it... so I want to be that platform that makes the creation and discovery of credit significantly easy, cheap and very secure."</p><br><p><br></p><p>Adedeji is a <em>Top Leadership Voice</em> on LinkedIn, follow him there for his regular insights at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adedejiolowe/ Check out his work at Lendsqr (https://www.linkedin.com/company/lendsqr/) and Open Banking Nigeria (https://www.linkedin.com/company/openbankingnigeria/) while you're there</p><br><p><br></p><p>But Lendsqr's real home on the internet is https://lendsqr.com/ - go see how they've 'cracked the lending code'</p><br><p><br></p><p>I am on LinkedIn, of course, so feel free to send me a connection request there: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanlegrange</a></p><br><p><br></p><p>My action-adventure novels are on <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0133U3HGC/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_6VS5451P6XEAX61A9G5J" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amazon, some versions even for free</a>, and my work with ConfirmU and our gamified psychometric scores is at <a href="https://confirmu.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://confirmu.com/</a> and on episode 24 of this very show <a href="https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/episodes/episode-24" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.howtolendmoneytostrangers.show/episodes/episode-24</a></p><br><p><br></p><p>If y