
Top insider stories behind global Fintech & Web3 start-ups.
Hosted by Gaurav Dhar and Ronit Ghose
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Episodes

Open Meta & Web3 | (with Phil Chen, Founding Partner of Race Capital) | Web3
Is our current tech stack good enough for Web3? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we learned more more about his career journey in cutting edge of tech and explored the infrastructure layers of the Metaverse! Get ready to follow the white rabbit down the hole of Web3 with

FinTech as a Service for Africa Region | (Ope Adeoye from OnePipe)
Which countries are leading the regulatory initiatives in Africa? Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar explored the dynamics of the African financial services ecosystem, and how OnePipe is disrupting banking services in the region with the power of APIs. Buckle up to deep dive into the entrepreneurial journey of Ope and

How VCs Firms are Investing the Future of Fintech | (Barbara Iyayi from Unicorn Growth Capital)
What are the the crypto opportunities in Africa? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored what makes Barbara so passionate about wanting to come out and turning the dreams of unique companies into reality! Some topics you should listen out for in this session:💸 What are the key

Pioneering the Crypto Revolution in Africa (with Ruth Iselema, Founder & CEO of Bitmama) | Web3
What are the pain-points of the cross border payments in Africa? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored the crypto adoption levels in Africa, the vision for Bitmama for the future, and many more! Some topics you should listen out for in this session:🔹 How does the regulatory

Platforms & Fintech: Revolutionising B2B Payments in the MENA (with Mo Aziz, Co-Founder & CEO of Pluto)
Are successful entrepreneurs born or made? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored his thoughts on the pain points of SMEs in finances, the importance of fintech infrastructure, and many more! Some topics you should listen out for in this session: 🔹 What does Y-Combinator want to know before accepting

How to build a Metaverse marketplace (with Ramana Kumar, CEO of Magnati) | Web3
Why does a payments company need to develop a Metaverse platform? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored what triggered the shift from electronic commerce to experiential commerce, the transformation of payments in the future, and many more! Some topics you should listen out for in this session:

Open Meta & Web3 | (with Phil Chen, Founding Partner of Race Capital) | Web3
Is our current tech stack good enough for Web3? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we learned more more

FinTech as a Service for Africa Region | (Ope Adeoye from OnePipe)
Which countries are leading the regulatory initiatives in Africa? Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar explored the dynamics of the African

How VCs Firms are Investing the Future of Fintech | (Barbara Iyayi from Unicorn Growth Capital)
What are the the crypto opportunities in Africa? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored what makes Barbara

Pioneering the Crypto Revolution in Africa (with Ruth Iselema, Founder & CEO of Bitmama) | Web3
What are the pain-points of the cross border payments in Africa? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored

Platforms & Fintech: Revolutionising B2B Payments in the MENA (with Mo Aziz, Co-Founder & CEO of Pluto)
Are successful entrepreneurs born or made? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored his thoughts on the pain points of

How to build a Metaverse marketplace (with Ramana Kumar, CEO of Magnati) | Web3
Why does a payments company need to develop a Metaverse platform? In this episode hosted by Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar, we explored
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Podcast hosts

Ronit Ghose
Ronit Ghose is the lead author of Citi’s GPS Bank of the Future and FinTech report series – the first edition has had more than 250,000 downloads making it the most read report ever published by Citi, and one of the most read FinTech reports ever published. Since joining Citi in 1997, Ronit has covered banks in the Americas, Asia and EMEA. He is the Global Head of Future of Finance in Citi Research. He is also an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Ronit previously worked at the British Bankers’ Association and as a research assistant in Parliament. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford, a postgraduate diploma from the University of London and is a CFA charter holder.
Gaurav Dhar
Gaurav Dhar is the CEO of the Payments Solution Provider Marshal in Dubai. Gaurav has been working at Marshal for over 19 years now He strives to continually be on the frontier of building FinTech ecosystems and solutions. His personal time is spent on working with and investing directly in innovators, with a view to the future of Fintech both locally and globally via his cache of relationships which include VCs, incubators, accelerators, and start-ups and Angel Syndicates. In his position as a board member of the MENA FinTech Association and several advisory positions to international family offices, start-ups, and funds, he looks to grow the relationships within the FinTech and start-up ecosystem to contribute towards the education of budding disruptors and eventually the growth of economies and the job market where possible in the MEA Region and abroad.
