The ride from Lagos to Ganvie, a lake village in Benin republic, is about 150km. The village’s 35,000 people live in a scenic environment that invites curious tourists who have dubbed it the Venice of Africa.  But like a number of cities in the french-speaking countries in Africa, Ganvie has a problem; it is a … Continue reading How Bizao is building cross-border payments channels for 300 million people in francophone Africa