About Bamboo

Bamboo is a digital investment platform founded in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2019 with a simple goal to enable Africans to help Africans dream, invest and live by investing in anything from anywhere and earning real returns.

Today, Bamboo enables more than 2.3 million investors across Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Ghana to invest in global and local asset classes, like U.S. stocks, Nigerian stocks, savings products, and Treasury Bills.

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Our Story

Bamboo was co-founded in 2019 by Richmond Bassey and Yanmo Omorogbe with a simple idea: investing in global markets shouldn't require a foreign bank account, a broker with a minimum-deposit requirement, or paperwork most first-time investors find intimidating.

Bamboo started by giving Nigerians a way to buy fractional shares of U.S. companies from their phone, and has since expanded into Nigerian stocks, savings, treasury bills, and dollar-denominated fixed income, with a growing footprint across Ghana, South Africa, and the diaspora.

Our Products

What You Can Invest In With Bamboo

Invest in multiple asset classes across local and international markets, all on one platform.

U.S. Stocks & ETFs

whole and fractional shares of over 3,500 global companies, ETFs, and REIT listed on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

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Nigerian Stocks

shares and ETFs listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX).

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Naira Savings

a flexible savings plan that earns interest.

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Treasury Bills

fixed returns backed by Nigerian government-issued Treasury Bills.

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Fixed Return

dollar-denominated investments with a fixed return at maturity

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Diaspora NGX Investing

investors living in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, South Africa, and Ghana can now invest directly in the Nigerian Stock Exchange from wherever they live.

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Regulation and Trust

Bamboo is registered with Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a Digital Sub-Broker. In South Africa, Bamboo is registered with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) as a Category 1 Financial Services Provider. Through its affiliate, Bamboo Securities LLC, Bamboo is a broker-dealer registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), giving customers access to U.S. markets through a regulated brokerage entity. Customers can independently verify this registration through FINRA BrokerCheck.

Bamboo also operates under partnerships with Tenth Capital and Kestrel Capital in Ghana and Kenya, respectively. Both are regulated by the respective capital market authorities.

Awards and Recognition

NGX Made of Africa award trophy presented to Lambeth Capital Limited

Made of Africa Award

In 2024 and 2025, Bamboo, in partnership with Lambeth Capital, won the Nigerian Exchange Group's Made of Africa Award for Trading License Holder with the Highest New Retail Accounts Onboarded.

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Nigerian Exchange's largest broker

Bamboo investors drove 22% of all trade volume on the Nigerian Exchange between January and July 2026, the largest share of any broker on the exchange. Source: NGX July 2026 broker performance report.

Leadership Team

Bamboo is led by a team of builders, investors, and operators focused on making global markets accessible to Africans and the diaspora. Meet the people guiding that mission.

Richmond Bassey

Richmond Bassey

Co-Founder & CEO

Yanmo Omorogbe

Yanmo Omorogbe

Co-Founder & COO

Ebizimowei Wanapere

Ebizimowei Wanapere

VP, Platform Operations, Treasury & Misan by Bamboo

Damilola Akinyemi

Damilola Akinyemi

Head of Finance

Jennifer Abah

Jennifer Abah

Head of Customer Experience

Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu

Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu

Head of Retail Engagement & Marketing

Oleg Medvedev

Oleg Medvedev

Head of Design

Seun Afolayan-Imthiyaz

Seun Afolayan-Imthiyaz

Head of Product

Ikechukwu Kalu

Ikechukwu Kalu

Head of Engineering

Oluwakemi Agbaje

Oluwakemi Agbaje

Head of Legal

Misan Omagbitse

Misan Omagbitse

Head of People and Culture

Yuliana Chernyaeva

Yuliana Chernyaeva

President, Bamboo Securities LLC

Backed By

Bamboo is backed by leading global and regional investors.

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