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How consumer credit can drive growth in Africa’s emerging e-commerce sector

Lack of access to consumer credit is holding back the retail sector in Africa.

Lack of access to consumer credit is holding back the retail sector in Africa. Image: Unsplash.

Fehintolu Olaogun
CEO and Co-founder, CredPal
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Consumer credit has the potential to expand purchasing power in a market rife with low and fluctuating incomes.
Consumer credit has the potential to expand purchasing power in a market rife with low and fluctuating incomes.

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