• Blaise Buma co-founded and leads Kappa Pay, a fintech platform launched in 2021 to facilitate cross-border payments.
• The platform operates from Cameroon and Nigeria and enables transfers to countries including the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China and the United Arab Emirates.
• Kappa Pay positions itself with lower transaction costs and more competitive exchange rates than traditional banking channels.

Blaise Buma, a Cameroonian entrepreneur and financier, co-founded and leads Kappa Pay. The platform enables companies and individuals to send and receive money securely within Cameroon and to multiple countries worldwide.

Founded in 2021, Kappa Pay targets businesses seeking to expand internationally and individuals requiring overseas transfers. The platform allows companies to pay foreign suppliers and receive payments from clients based abroad.

Kappa Pay differentiates itself through lower costs, sometimes offering zero transaction fees, and through exchange rates that compete with traditional banking channels. The company launched operations in Cameroon and Nigeria, which currently serve as the only sending markets. From these countries, users can transfer funds to destinations including the United States, France, the United Kingdom, China and the United Arab Emirates.

Users can access Kappa Pay by linking a bank account or by depositing cash to fund a digital wallet. The platform provides flexibility and allows customers to choose transaction methods that align with their financial habits.

In parallel, Buma co-founded Open Dreams Educational NGO, an organization established in 2014 in Bamenda, Cameroon. The NGO provides educational opportunities to students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Buma graduated from Washington and Lee University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. He studied economics and finance at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He later earned a Master of Arts through the Schwarzman Scholars program and completed an MBA at Harvard Business School.

Buma began his professional career in 2015 as an investment analyst at Goldman Sachs in the United States. He worked from 2017 to 2019 as an investment professional at CrossBoundary, an investment firm focused on emerging markets.

Melchior Koba