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Market Day PayExampleUpdated 2 days ago
Founder
Amara Okafor
Stage
Earning revenue
Location
Lagos, Nigeria
Sector
Fintech
Current ask
$150,000 to reach 5,000 paying merchants
Readiness check
Strong in 5 of 11 areas

Evidence

Dated progress

Active in 7 of the last 13 weeks. The latest step was 2 days ago.

13 weeks agoThis week

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The pitch player on an example founder profile in the IkonetU app, paused at one second with the caption: I'm Amara Okafor, founder of Market Day Pay.
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The IkonetU Score on an example founder's dashboard: 155 of 1,000, in the Early league.
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Market Day Pay

One-minute pitch · Lagos, Nigeria · Fintech · Earning revenue

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