About Bamboo

Bamboo is a licensed and regulated digital investment platform. Today, over 1.2 million investors across Africa use Bamboo to invest in global markets. In South Africa, Bamboo gives you direct access to over 4,500 U.S. stocks, with full and fractional investing from your phone.

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What You Can Invest In With Bamboo

In South Africa, Bamboo offers U.S. Stocks, whole and fractional shares of over 4,500 companies listed on U.S. exchanges, starting from as little as $10.

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U.S. Stocks & ETFs

Discover US publicly listed companies to invest in. Get unrestricted access to the U.S. stock market right from your mobile phone or computer. Our fractional investing technology allows you to invest as much or as little as you want in your favorite publicly listed U.S. company on the U.S. Stock Market.

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Institutional Investment

Build or integrate your application with our suite of products or use our trading tool for managers and brokers. Give your clients more access to buy stocks, seamlessly manage portfolios, access research and powerful reports.

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Regulation and Trust

Bamboo is registered with Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Digital Sub-Broker. In South Africa, Bamboo is registered with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) as a Category 1 Financial Services Provider. Through its affiliate, Bamboo Securities LLC, Bamboo is a broker-dealer registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), giving customers access to U.S. markets through a regulated brokerage entity. Customers can independently verify this registration through FINRA BrokerCheck.

Bamboo also operates under partnerships with Tenth Capital and Kestrel Capital in Ghana and Kenya, respectively. Both are regulated by the respective capital market authorities.

Leadership Team

Bamboo is led by a team of builders, investors, and operators focused on making global markets accessible to Africans and the diaspora. Meet the people guiding that mission.

Richmond Bassey

Richmond Bassey

Co-Founder & CEO

Yanmo Omorogbe

Yanmo Omorogbe

Co-Founder & COO

Ebizimowei Wanapere

Ebizimowei Wanapere

VP, Platform Operations, Treasury & Misan by Bamboo

Damilola Akinyemi

Damilola Akinyemi

Head of Finance

Jennifer Abah

Jennifer Abah

Head of Customer Experience

Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu

Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu

Head of Retail Engagement & Marketing

Oleg Medvedev

Oleg Medvedev

Head of Design

Seun Afolayan-Imthiyaz

Seun Afolayan-Imthiyaz

Head of Product

Ikechukwu Kalu

Ikechukwu Kalu

Head of Engineering

Oluwakemi Agbaje

Oluwakemi Agbaje

Head of Legal

Misan Omagbitse

Misan Omagbitse

Head of People and Culture

Yuliana Chernyaeva

Yuliana Chernyaeva

President, Bamboo Securities LLC

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Bamboo is backed by leading global and regional investors.

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