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Bamboo ― the first online brokerage service for Africans and their…

Winter 2020Founded 201914 peopleLagos, LA, Nigeria; LA, Nigeria

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Bamboo is the first online brokerage service that gives wealthy Africans and their wealth managers direct access to the US and global securities. We’re building Fidelity for the African continent. For wealthy Africans and their asset managers, investing in the global capital markets is cumbersome, expensive and practically inaccessible. In Nigeria, Africa's largest economy and home to 30% of all the wealth in Sub Saharan Africa (excluding South Africa), 99.99% of the investing population do not have access to invest globally. Even for the 0.01%, if you wanted to buy a US stock, you’d have to call your asset manager who would then call an international broker to execute a trade. This is inefficient & expensive! We have a mobile app that allows individuals trade the US stock markets by themselves and a brokerage tool for asset managers to execute trades directly & manage multilple portfolios seamlessly.

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Bamboo is an online brokerage platform targeting Africans, enabling users in Nigeria and across Africa to invest in U.S. and global stocks, ETFs, REITs, fixed return products, treasury bills, and savings options with as little as $10 (₦10,000) and no paperwork. The service emphasizes secure custody with top-tier encryption and access to analytics and multiple asset classes on one platform.

Bamboo provides a digital brokerage experience where users fund a wallet and invest in U.S. stocks, ETFs, U.S. real estate via REITs, Nigerian stocks, fixed return instruments, treasury bills, and naira savings. The platform offers data-driven analytics, investment tracking, localization, and visual growth reports. It uses partner arrangements for US-traded securities (via DriveWealth) and Nigerian trading via Lambeth Capital, with bank-grade security, two-factor authentication, and client assets held with top-tier financial partners.

Who it’s for: Africans in Nigeria and across Africa seeking access to U.S. and international markets with low minimums and a digital-first brokerage experience.

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