- CEO
- Hao Chen
- Full Time Employees
- 797
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Application
- Address
- 28 West Grand Avenue Montvale NJ United States of America 07645
- IPO Date
- Oct 17, 2012
- Business
- Tingo Group, Inc. (TIOG) operates as a financial technology and agri-fintech company focused on delivering financial inclusion and upliftment to rural farming communities in Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East through its subsidiaries and platforms. The company provides core products and services including the Nwassa digital agriculture ecosystem platform that empowers rural farmers and agri-businesses with marketplace access for growing, selling produce domestically and internationally; TingoPay, a B2C and B2B super-app offering payment services, e-wallet, foreign exchange, and merchant solutions in partnership with Visa; Tingo Foods, a food processing business converting raw foods into finished products such as rice, pasta, and noodles; Tingo DMCC, a commodity trading platform and agricultural commodities export operation; smartphone device-as-a-service with pre-loaded platforms for airtime top-ups, utility payments, bill-pay, insurance products, lending access, and roadside assistance; an online automobile insurance after-market platform connecting customers to repair shops, wash stores, gas card recharges, online shopping, claim settlements, maintenance coupons, and loyalty points; and Magpie Invest, a proprietary online stock trading platform with margin financing. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Montvale, New Jersey, Tingo Group conducts operations primarily in Nigeria and other African markets, with expansion into Southeast Asia; it was formerly known as MICT, Inc., changing its name in February 2023 following the acquisition of Tingo Mobile's operating business and assets. Recent major changes include SEC fraud charges in December 2023 against founder Dozy Mmobuosi and related entities for alleged fabricated financial statements dating back years, resulting in a $250 million default judgment in September 2024, trading halts by Nasdaq, and a $200,000 settled enforcement action in August 2025 against its Nigerian auditor for concealing executive fraud; cessation of core activities by December 2024 with the company website placed for sale, layoffs of 40 contractors in February 2024, and furloughs of nearly all full-time employees in March 2024; and post-cessation Tingo-branded ventures launched by Mmobuosi in February 2025, including TingoGPT, an AI-driven agriculture platform for crop monitoring, predictive analytics, and supply chain optimization (launched in Los Angeles in April 2025), and Tingo AI Radio 102.5 FM in Lagos.