Matt Putman

Having co-founded iKhokha, one of the first #Fintech companies in Africa I have had the privilege of working with and leading an ambitious team of 100+ people who are committed to disrupting the financial services space in South Africa. Over the past 7 years, iKhokha has become one of the fastest growing companies within the SME space locally and we are constantly striving to service our fellow entrepreneurs with the platform and tools they need to take their businesses to new heights. Notable highlights from our iK journey thus far are: The successful launch of iKhokha, the 1st bank agnostic e-commerce driven financial services brand in South Africa. Built the 1st South African developed Mobile Card Machine to receive full international accreditation from Card Schemes We launched the 1st Retail distribution channel for SME’s to purchase Card Machines in-store in partnership with Game Launched the iKhokha Cash Advance product in July 2016 in partnership with Retail Capital – have now advanced capital to over 4000 underserved SME’s Won MTN Enterprise App of the Year 2016 Won Mastercard Global Innovation award – Mastercard Innovation Forum - Budapest 2016 Personal Achievements: Named as one of the Superbalist TOP 100 SA Entrepreneurs in 2017 Named as one of the Avance Media Top 100 Most Influential Young South Africans in 2017