Krasha, a fintech company based in San Francisco and Lagos that develops solutions for cross-border African commerce, has appointed Ayman Jawhar as its new Chief Product Officer.
Krasha Appoints Ayman Jawhar as CPO
Jawhar has over 15 years of experience in product consulting, development and management for companies such as PayPal, Hudl and Prodigy Finance.
At PayPal, he created the company’s mobile-first business account and throughout his career has led the expansion of its product line in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Jawhar also helped co-build INSEAD’s first product management course for MBA students and continues to participate as an instructor.
Launched in May 2021, Krasha’s technology will allow African consumers to pay international online merchants in African currencies using a variety of payment methods at checkout and have their goods shipped to the continent. I can do it.
The company claims over 2,000 merchants have signed up and processed 250,000 transactions since its launch.
Jawhar’s appointment follows the hiring of Nile Younis from Mastercard as Krasha’s new Chief Commercial Officer and a $4.5 million seed funding round in June this year.