Carl Wazen

Yoco is South Africa’s leading payments platform for small businesses. Yoco was selected by CB Insights in 2017 and 2018 as one of the top 250 fintech companies changing the face of global financial services. At Yoco, Carl focuses his efforts on driving growth (Over 90,000 merchants acquired) and raising capital ($23M in funding raised to date from the likes of Partech, Orange, FMO, Quona, Velocity, Greyhound, CRE). Prior to co-founding Yoco, Carl spent 7 years working as a management consultant and private equity investor across Africa and the Middle East, helping large telecom operators expand their Africa footprint at the height of the continent's telecoms boom.