Ben Kolesar
Operations Lead and Country Director at Wave Mobile Money, the Africa-first fintech, who launched Wave's mobile money operations in The Gambia and previously at Sendwave.
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Sep 23, 2026
JDHOST
And you've been on board for a while.
Ben KolesarGUEST
Well, I joined when it was when it was quite small, so I don't have great career advice.
Ben KolesarGUEST
I kind of joined at the point where they were they were looking for warm bodies and it was not yet really a prestigious thing to be a part of.
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JDHOST
What does it look like to do that rollout? How do you know it's a good country? And then what, what are all the boxes you have to check that they throw in your field and your inbox to get done?