Lorcan O’Cathain greets me at the co-working space in downtown Nairobi where his fintech company Money254 is based. The Athlone native and his American co-founder, Adam Versprille, are both at the office that day, working on the venture they started three years ago from the apartment they then shared in the Kenyan capital.  The concept behind Money254 will be familiar to Irish consumers who use Bonkers or Switcher to compare the cost and terms of loans, home insurance or utility providers. Money254’s website and app now have four million users (around 15 per cent of adults in Kenya) interacting with them.…

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