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Moral Imagination Meets Bold Entrepreneurship | Sitoyo Lopokoiyit and Jacqueline Novogratz | TED

In a conversation about visionary leadership, M-PESA CEO Sitoyo Lopokoiyit speaks with impact investor and Acumen CEO Jacqueline Novogratz about how he grew a nascent mobile payment service into Africa’s largest fintech platform — which now handles nearly 60 percent of Kenya’s GDP and more than a billion dollars in daily transactions. They draw on…

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In a conversation about visionary leadership, M-PESA CEO Sitoyo Lopokoiyit speaks with impact investor and Acumen CEO Jacqueline Novogratz about how he grew a nascent mobile payment service into Africa’s largest fintech platform — which now handles nearly 60 percent of Kenya’s GDP and more than a billion dollars in daily transactions. They draw on insights from both of their careers to explore how trust, innovation and moral imagination can unlock opportunity in overlooked places. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 9, 2025)

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    July 24, 2025 at 11:08 am

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  5. @SyddG

    July 24, 2025 at 12:25 pm

    “Moral imagination”, what does that even mean? So being able to pay with your phone makes capitalism more ethically moral? Converting more people to the greed ethic that is the core of consumerist capitalism is moral?

    • @SaraWildheart

      July 24, 2025 at 2:18 pm

      “Moral imagination” here isn’t about praising capitalism. It’s about designing with empathy. Paying with your phone might seem small, but in places without reliable banks, IDs, or infrastructure, it can open doors. That kind of access reflects ethical innovation.

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    July 24, 2025 at 2:27 pm

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  7. @krissk77

    July 25, 2025 at 4:38 am

    What about some pockets of fraudsters in mpesa…what is Safcom doing about it.

  8. @juthikasplatform8985

    July 26, 2025 at 4:27 am

    Visionary leadership and innovation transformed M-PESA and Kenya’s economy.

  9. @jurjenbos228

    July 26, 2025 at 8:29 am

    Facebook also started as a social enterprise in this meaning.

  10. @techcoachmahi

    July 27, 2025 at 6:09 am

    A powerful reminder that innovation rooted in purpose can drive real economic and social transformation.

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