Gugulethu Siso - Zimbabwean Fintech Entrepreneur (Thumeza)
Channel: Story Untold ZW🇿🇼
Date: 2022-07-22

#Thumeza #GugulethuSiso #StoryUntoldZW #fintech 
Thumeza has been active in the logistics industry for the past 4 years, having started out as a last mile service provider. From here, they transitioned to a freight centric platform connecting small scale transporters to large enterprises with goods to be moved. 

Thumeza has experienced the joys of landing a large client & the lows of realizing they can’t afford to service their load. This realization is what led to their eventual transition to providing working capital financing to the logistics industry. 

Lack of access to credit adversely affects hundreds of thousands of transporters, large and small enterprises who depend on them across the continent.

In episode 13 of Story Untold ZW, we talk about all this (and more) with Gugulethu Siso, the CEO and Co-Founder of Thumeza ...

Links:
Thumeza - https://thumeza.io/

HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE STORY UNTOLD?
Buy us a coffee: 
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thestoryuntold

For more updates, follow us on these platforms:
Facebook (LIKE):
https://www.facebook.com/The-Story-Untold-zw-11276619771312

Instagram (FOLLOW):
https://www.instagram.com/thestoryuntoldzw/

TikTok (FOLLOW):
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMdyt92v4/

YouTube (SUBSCRIBE):
https://youtube.com/channel/UC2P2ZAsB_f-pH_FZz50QLXw

Blog posts, Story Untold Podcast & more
https://linktr.ee/thestoryuntoldzw

Timestamps:
 • Intro - 0:00
 • Why Thumeza was started - 1:36
 • Thumeza's initial role in logistics - 4:00
 • Pivoting based on market feedback - 5:23
 • Challenges of monetising a logistics business - 6:27
 • Pivoting to fintech - 8:06
 • Leaving Zim to operate in other markets - 8:56
 • Approach to hiring - 13:11
 • Pros and cons of working remotely - 16:11
 • Prejudice and condescension faced by female founders - 20:42
 •  Startup financing/funding - 24:31
 • Difference in running the startup in Zim & other countries? - 31:06 
 • One last thing 37:30

Gear;
Camera 1 (Samsung Galaxy Note 10) -
Camera 2 (Samsung Galaxy S10e) -
Microphone: Boya BY-M1DM -

B-roll videos by:
* Kindel Media from Pexels - https://www.pexels.com/@kindelmedia?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels 
* Kelly from Pexels - https://www.pexels.com/@kelly-1179532/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pexels

#Zimbabweanentrepreneurs #entrepreneurs #zimentrepreneurs #entrepreneurship #zimcreatives #zimcontent #zimcontentcreators #GugulethuSiso #Thumeza #Logistics #fintech #startupfinancing #startupfunding #startup