Zaeem Hasan Khan (Simba Money): Building Fintech Trust with African Regulators | Part 1

In Part 1 of this episode of Scaling with Purpose, we sit down with Zaeem Hasan Khan, Founder and CEO of Simba Money, a fintech based in Dar Es Salaam building financial access for Tanzanians and across Africa.

Zaeem shares the hardest lesson from 18+ years in regulated digital finance across Africa: taking a decision in the boardroom is easy, implementing it is the real test. He breaks down why founders need to bring the customer's voice into the boardroom itself, how a "market activation plan" beats a rigid go-to-market strategy, and why treating regulators as collaborators (not gatekeepers) opens doors instead of closing them.

We also dig into Simba Money's vision to unify financial services into a single super app, the Grow Now Pay Later product built for farmers, and a live example of five different regulators collaborating with Simba Money on digital data inclusion for travelers landing in Tanzania.