{"id":588179,"date":"2026-10-27T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/sb_speaker\/omar-cisse\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T09:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:35:20","slug":"omar-cisse","status":"publish","type":"sb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_speaker\/omar-cisse\/","title":{"rendered":"Omar CISSE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Omar Cisse is a Software engineer who graduated from Ecole Supe\u0301rieure Polytechnique in Dakar in 2000. He then pursued an international MBA degree and various Business Management trainings.\u00a0<br \/>In 2001, he co-founded 2SI, a company specialized in software engineering and which he managed from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, Omar launched the first ICT incubator (CTIC Dakar). He managed CTIC Dakar until 2013.\u00a0<br \/>He also co-founded Teranga capital. Teranga capital is the first impact fund in Senegal and in The Gambia, Teranga Capital belongs to a pioneering network in impact investment, entirely dedicated to the financing and support of start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa.<br \/>With the ambition to transform access to mobile payment and digital services in Africa, he founded InTouch in 2014 with the first services on the platform being launched.\u00a0<br \/>InTouch is a pan-African fintech created in 2014 in Senegal. InTouch is today deployed in 27 Countries.<br \/>Due to the low penetration of the banking system in Africa, Mobile Money has grown significantly and many digital services have emerged (mobile payment, money transfer, micro insurance, bills payment, etc.). According to GSMA, more than 60 % of transactions are done through point of sales. Intouch provides to merchants with a universal solution that allows them, on the one hand, to accept all means of payment (mobile money, credit card, cash and vouchers) and, on the other hand, to offer a large catalog of digital services (airtime, mobile money cash in and cash out, money transfer, insurance, bill payment and subscriptions &#8230;) via a single device. Intouch helps also SMEs and corporates to collect payment. Intouch solution is currently used by more than 50 000 point of sales (hairstyling salons, pharmacy, neighborhood shops, etc.) and more than 3 000 SMEs and corporates. 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