The Nigerian founders who turned travel frustrations into a fintech
Timon founders Tomi Ayorinde and Chizaram Ucheaga share how visa hurdles, payment challenges, and travelling abroad led them to build a startup.
Via TechCabal
Building a $47 million fintech to fix cross-border payments for African travellers is a massive feat. But getting past embassy visas? That’s a bug no line of code can fix. Before launching Timon, co-founders Oluwatomi Ayorinde and Chizaram Ucheaga spent years navigating the frustrations of travelling on a Nigerian passport—from rationing physical cash envelopes in India to watching bank cards fail in Paris. They channeled those headaches into building an independent multi-currency travel card, scaling to over 100,000 users across…
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