Jonah Chininga

Co-Founder & CEO at Woveo

Speaker

Jonah Chininga is the Co-Founder and CEO of Woveo, a Canada-based fintech building AI-powered credit infrastructure that connects institutional capital with underserved small and medium-sized enterprises. Woveo’s platform combines agentic AI underwriting, cash-flow intelligence and social collateral so financial institutions can lend profitably to businesses that traditional credit models overlook. In October 2026, Woveo launched a $10M credit partnership with the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC). The company has raised over $5M in venture capital from investors including BKR Capital and Relay Ventures, and has maintained a 98% repayment rate across its loan book. Woveo is now expanding into Africa, building digital trade finance infrastructure for SMEs to support cross-border trade and advance the AfCFTA vision of a single African market. A second-time founder who immigrated to Canada, Jonah also serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lenders Association.