// startup autopsy
SierraLeoneFin
Sierra Leone's fintech for a 8M-person market where telco money already covered 70% of urban population
distributionSlow Death
Years-long decline before final shutdown · Fatal mistake: Afrimoney (Africell) had 2M users in Sierra Leone's 8M population; Orange Money served the rest; no viable fintech gap between telco coverage and rural non-connected population
| Founded | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Closed | 2021 |
| Country | Sierra Leone |
| Sector | Fintech |
// the model, blind
Evaluating only SierraLeoneFin’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Competition as the #1 likely cause. Documented cause: Distribution.
Key Events Timeline
FOUNDING
MILESTONE
SHUTDOWN