Uzoma Dozie is the founder and chief executive officer of Sparkle, a digital microfinance bank licenced by the Central Bank of Nigeria- CBN, and the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation- NDIC. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Bank until…
Hilda Moraa is currently Founder & CEO of Pezesha, a digital financial infrastructure enabling SMEs and institutions in Africa. She previously founded WezaTele, a Fintech startup in Kenya that was later acquired in 2015. She also led Pezesha to be…
Jesse Moore is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of M-KOPA, a leading provider of connected financing to underbanked customers. Since its commercial launch in 2012, M-KOPA has financed over 3 million customers across Africa with affordable solar home power…
Katlego Maphai is the co-founder and CEO of Yoco, a South Africa-based fintech company that develops tools and services, including the company’s mobile point-of-sale platform and card reader, to enable small businesses to accept card payments. This has revolutionized how…
Andrew Takyi-Appiah is the founder of Zeepay, a payment infrastructure company operating in more than 20 countries of the world. Zeepay is an indigenous African brand that has proved true indeed that technology has democratized the world and quickened the…
Francis Obirikorang is an enthusiastic Ghanaian entrepreneur and Co-founder/Chief Executive Officer at AgroCenta Technologies, a Pan-African Fintech company dealing in rural communities’ financial inclusion. Founded in 2015, AgroCenta Technologies was founded by Obirikorang and his friend Michael Ocansey, driven by…
Tunde Kehinde co-founded and has served as the chief executive officer at Lidya, a digital fintech lender operating in Africa and Europe, offering financing and the ability to build credit scores for SMEs in fast-growing economies within a record 24…
Fehintolu Olaogun is the CEO & Co-founder of CredPal-a consumer credit platform that gives buyers the power of choice in how and when to pay, while at the same time assisting merchants in acquiring more customers to increase their sales. Fehintolu…
Having worked in banking, technology, and payments, Adedeji Olowe, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Lendsqr, knows how foundational systems become the catalyst for growth. Thus, he said, the opportunity to spur growth into the African economy is being a lending…
Having spent over a decade working in the field of digital technology across a number of industries, Ebi Atawodi has had quite the career at just 33 years-what any person would dream of. Today, Ebi Atawodi works as a Director…
Yanmo Omorogbe is co-founder and COO at Bamboo, a digital investment platform that gives Nigerians real-time access to buy, sell, or hold assets traded on the US stock exchange from their mobile phones or computers. With Bamboo, the average Nigerian…
Tayo Oviosu is the founder and CEO of Paga, Nigeria’s leading mobile payments platform, his goal: to ensure that one billion people can easily access and use money online. With over 17 million customers and a network of 27,000 agents…
Ngozi Dozie is one of Africa’s most influential figures in fintech. By co-founding the digital financial services platform Carbon, he revolutionized the way individuals and organizations access credit and perform any financial activity. Originally launched as Paylater in 2016, Carbon…
Elizabeth Rossiello is one of the groundbreaking faces that have made a difference in the African fintech landscape. She is the founder and CEO of AZA Finance, where she has been at the helm in creating first-to-market solutions to facilitate…
The world of technology and industry often forgets that behind inspiring stories are outstanding people. One such story is that of a Nigerian software engineer-turned-entrepreneur Shola Akinlade, who changed the face of the Fintech sector. It’s hard to do justice…