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What starting a fintech App has taught us about real happiness


Brian Muriu and Alistair Gould are the founders of Tulix, a digital financial solutions app available in Kenya globally. Brian is the chief executive officer while Alistair is the chief operations officer. Photo | Pool
 

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Brian Muriu and Alistair Gould are the founders of Tulix, a digital financial solutions app available in Kenya globally. Brian is the CEO while Alistair is the chief operations officer

We met at Antler Nairobi, a venture-building accelerator that funds tech-driven startups, and started working on the problem together. The business idea began as a search for a solution we were facing. Through our different experiences, we found that we were helping people around the world manage money and make payments back home. We wondered how we could make it easier for them to organise their finances, share money with their beneficiaries, and make payments directly to businesses in Kenya from anywhere in the world even without a local phone number.