Asset funder Watu rides on buy-now pay-later craze with 1.4m phone loans

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Watu Credit Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Andris Kaneps.

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The number of smartphone loans issued to Kenyans via asset financier Watu Africa hit 1.46 million last year, pointing to the rising craze of buy-now pay-later.

Watu’s annual sustainability report shows the firm, which also has operations in Uganda, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has enjoyed most of its success in Kenya.

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