Optasia, which made history in November 2025 as the largest fintech IPO on the JSE, uses proprietary AI to provide credit scoring and micro-lending to unbanked populations.
Rutakangwa and Sewankambo both cut their teeth at Kampala-based Owino Solutions, where they built web systems for East African clients and dabbled in digital media to amplify local culture.
The Ethiopian Startup Proclamation defines a startup as a tech-based company less than three years old with annual gross revenues below 5 million birr (about $38,000 at today’s exchange rate).
From the outset, Beshara pitched A15 not just as a fund, but as an operator-led, founder-first firm, shaped by his own experience on both sides of the table.
The round is the largest publicly disclosed tech Series A round in the country this year and signals growing local investor appetite for homegrown digital platforms.
Ghana’s innovation economy is facing a busy and bewildering few weeks. Two major deadlines — one regulatory, the other legislative — are fast approaching.
Optasia, which made history in November 2025 as the largest fintech IPO on the JSE, uses proprietary AI to provide credit scoring and micro-lending to unbanked populations.
