Viola Llewellyn: An Iron Woman Building Technology for Islamic Finance

02/13/21 • 72 min

Viola Llewellyn is the CEO OF Ovamba Solutions Inc, an award-winning African “TradeTech” company that creates culturally attuned technologies to serve formal and informal African SMEs in the trade & commodities sectors. Ovamba’s solutions combine innovative Sharia compliant structures with eCommerce, logistics services, and technology to drive financial inclusion and promote growth. Our converation with Viola begins with her journey back to Africa, reshaping her narrative about the continent and loving it for what it is, while she still pursued what she wanted it to become. We spoke about how embracing our problems can be the gateway to innovating solutions to them, with Ovamba finding ways to redefine commerce in underserved Islamic communites. Viola talks about the imperative of high achieving women to find support from the men in their lives, and how she found that first in her dad, and then her husband. We discuss our penchant for moderacy as Africans, and why should be unrepentent about our ambition. It's conversation about introspection, women empowerment, education, mentorship and a whole lot more. Consider supporting our fundraiser to build a mini home studio to improve the listening experience of the podcast via the link attached if you enjoyed this episode. bit.ly/fundCAPod

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