He is a tech entrepreneur specializing in finance in South Africa. His mission is to make freelancing sustainable across Africa.

Thulani Masebenza (photo) is a South African entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Bloo Money, a fintech startup simplifying payments between businesses and freelancers.

Founded in 2021 as Moya Money by Thulani Masebenza and Sabica Pardesi, Bloo Money offers a web-based application that streamlines invoice and payment management for freelancers. The platform enables them to request instant payments and get paid faster, helping them track their income more effectively and make more informed financial decisions.

For businesses, Bloo Money simplifies the administrative burden of managing freelancers, each with their own invoicing processes. The platform also facilitates the onboarding of suppliers and subcontractors while collecting valuable business data. By doing so, it aims to reduce paperwork and improve operational efficiency.

Thulani Masebenza holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of the Witwatersrand, earned in 2017. He also completed a postgraduate diploma in Management, Business Administration, and Management at Wits Business School that same year. In 2019, he completed Udacity's Nanodegree program in programming for data science with Python.

Before venturing into entrepreneurship, he worked in 2018 as an associate consultant at Ernst & Young, specializing in audit, advisory, tax, and legal services. From 2019 to 2023, he served as director at Young Aspiring Thinkers, a nonprofit organization that helps South African high school students develop essential career skills and tackles youth unemployment.

By Melchior Koba,

Editing by Sèna D. B. de Sodji