About Bamboo

Bamboo is a digital investment platform, founded in Lagos, Nigeria in 2019, that lets people in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and the diaspora invest in U.S. stocks, Nigerian stocks, Savings, Treasury Bills and more. Today, over 1.2 million investors across Africa use Bamboo to grow their wealth. Bamboo is registered with Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission, and U.S. stock access is provided through DriveWealth LLC, a FINRA-registered broker-dealer.

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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 (known on the App Store and Google Play as "Bamboo: Invest. Trade. Earn.") 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).

Nigerian Stocks

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

Naira Savings

a flexible savings plan that earns interest.

Treasury Bills

fixed returns backed by Nigerian government-issued Treasury Bills.

Fixed Return

dollar-denominated investments with a fixed return at maturity

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.

Safe-guard Your Investments

Regulation and Trust

Bamboo is registered with Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as both a Digital Sub-Broker and a Corporate Sub-Broker. Nigerian stocks trades are executed through Lambeth Capital, a licensed trading license holder on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). In the United States, U.S. stock trades are executed and custodied through DriveWealth LLC, a broker-dealer registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). You can verify this directly on FINRA BrokerCheck

Awards and Recognition

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.

Nigerian Exchange's largest broker

In April 2026, Bamboo became the Nigerian Exchange's largest broker by trading volume, overtaking CardinalStone with an 11.13% market share, the first time Bamboo recorded more trading activity on the NGX than on the U.S. stock market in a single quarter.

Leadership Team

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

Richmond Bassey

Richmond Bassey

Co-Founder & CEO

Yanmo Omorogbe

Yanmo Omorogbe

Co-Founder & COO

Ebizimowei Wanapere

Ebizimowei Wanapere

VP, Platform Operations, Treasury & Wealth Bamboo

Damilola Akinyemi

Damilola Akinyemi

Head of Finance

Jennifer Aban

Jennifer Aban

Head of Customer Experience

Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu

Ugochukwu Iwuchukwu

Head of Retail Engineering & Marketing

Oleg Medvedev

Oleg Medvedev

Head of Design

Seun Afolayan-Imthiyaz

Seun Afolayan-Imthiyaz

Head of People

Ikechukwu Kalu

Ikechukwu Kalu

Head of Engineering

Oluwakemi Agbaje

Oluwakemi Agbaje

Head of Legal

Misan Omagbitse

Misan Omagbitse

Head of Revenue and Growth

Yuliiana Chernyaeva

Yuliiana Chernyaeva

Head of Operations and Compliance

Backed By

Bamboo is backed by leading global and regional investors.

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