About
Eke Urum built Risevest around a straightforward proposition: Africans should be able to build wealth in currencies and markets beyond their home countries. Rise gives users access to dollar-denominated portfolios and international investments, reportedly serving roughly 600,000 customers. Rather than expanding solely through new market launches, Urum has pursued consolidation. Rise acquired Nigerian investment platform Chaka in 2023 and later acquired Kenyan fintech Hisa in 2024. The strategy positions Urum less as another retail-investing founder and more as a consolidator of Africa's fragmented wealth-tech market, connecting savers across borders to the same global investment infrastructure.
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