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He Built a Cross-Border Payment Platform For Businesses Before 30: Ebenezer Ghanney's WeWire Story

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Send a text From selling Trident gum and spray starch in high school to building a cross-border payment platform operating in 6 countries Today’s Episode is with Ebenezer Ghanney, the under-30 Founder & CEO of WeWire, a B2B payments platform on a mission to simplify cross-border transactions for businesses — and currently raising a $100M fund. Ebenezer’s entrepreneurial journey started in university with a marketplace business that failed, followed by another venture tackling social commerce fraud — which also didn’t work out. But through grit, vision, and relentless learning, he built a platform that’s transforming how businesses move money internationally. In this episode of The Peswa Podcast, we talk about: •Early hustle stories from Winneba •Lessons from two failed startups (Hostelmate & Powersale) •Breaking into the fintech industry •Scaling across multiple African markets •The mindset behind raising big capital Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more conversations like this! 📩 Connect with us: •⁠ ⁠Follow Bill on Instagram: @billcobbinah •⁠ ⁠Follow us on all socials: @thepeswa 📢 Subscribe The Peswa on all Platforms: https://linktr.ee/thepeswa Get access to amazing royalty-free music for your projects — sign up for an Uppbeat account using the referral link: https://share.uppbeat.io/cy9fcqqxj4tg The Fresh Patch Podcast - Where Good Pets Get It. Welcome to the Fresh Patch Podcast where we talk about everything, from dog... Listen on: Apple Podcasts Support the show

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