How exactly would Stripe branch out to Nigeria? It might be less risky and cheaper to just buy a local team with a proven track record, than trying to transplant yourself into a culture that you know nothing about.
Similar things happened with eBay in Germany, the clone was named Alando (then sold for $43m in 1999 after running for a few months).
Maybe the winners aren't willing to sell early/cheap.
Should Stripe be investing in seed/Round A start-ups? Having Stripe as a resource could be big -- funding, advice, and potentially infrastructure.
And that’s what they did when the led Paystack’s $8m series A funding 2 years ago when they were almost 3 years old.
https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/28/paystack-with-ambitions-to...