France 24’s Stephen Carroll interviews Bassim Haidar at the World Economic Forum in Davos

Ahead of rolling out his latest project to tackle financial inclusion, Haidar shares his motivations and future plans with The Africa Report. He touches [...]

Medicinal cannabis is a booming industry. As it becomes a well-known treatment for illnesses as varied as Crohn’s disease, epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and [...]

Bloomberg UK interviews Bassim Haidar about what drew him to investing in South Africa’s medicinal cannabis industry, how demand and the market for SafriCanna’s [...]

Hot on the heels of a major expansion of SafriCanna, Bassim Haidar explains how South Africa can unlock the medicinal cannabis industry. According to [...]

Bassim Haidar spoke to Bloomberg’s Monique Vanek about Optasia’s plans to expand further in Africa and across continents, including how it will drive financial [...]

Sharing his optimism about Africa’s place in the tech world, Haidar tells Business Insider why he believes Africa will be a hub of growth [...]

In the interview with Family Capital's James Williams,  Haidar beats the drum for Africa's cannabis industry and talks about his foray into the cannabis [...]

Optasia has been named in Forbes’ Middle East’s Top 25 Fintech Companies 2022. Founded by Bassim Haidar in 2012, Optasia is a leading vendor [...]

Bassim Haidar recently had an in-depth conversation with Serena Haththotuwa at the Business Leader about his business journey and path to success. In it, [...]

Bassim Haidar joins several other leaders in the inclusive fintech space for a panel discussion at the Lisbon Web Summit’s MoneyConf. The summit brings [...]