Making It’s next guest bridged a gap between low banking penetration and high mobile adoption. Her business was built to offer the unbanked a mobile payment solution through an outlet they already use — mobile network operators. Six years later, her company is one of the largest players in direct operator billing and the first so-called “dragon” company to come out of MENA. Look for the episode in your podcast feed tomorrow.

Until then, you can listen to last week’s episode with Tanmeyah CEO Amro Abouesh (listen, runtime: 38:37) on: Our website | Apple Podcast | Google Podcast | Omny. We’re also available on Spotify, but only for non-MENA accounts. Subscribe to Making It on your podcatcher of choice here.