Biographies

Shola is the CEO and co-founder of Paystack, a technology company powering payments and growth for businesses in Africa. Over 60,000 businesses of all sizes – from startups to government agencies – use Paystack’s robust suite of payment APIs to collect and transfer online and offline payments securely.  Paystack processes over 50% of all online […]

Ezra Olubi, the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of PayStack, is known as one of the pioneers of the online payment system in Nigeria. He’s a major player in Nigeria’s tech space who recently received a national award.  Ezra Olubi also has a unique fashion sense that has earned him diverse audiences on various

Nelly Chatue-Diop is CEO and co-founder of Ejara: Africa’s first non-custodial wallet and blockchain-based mobile investment platform uniquely tailored for Francophone Africa and the diaspora. After earning her degree in computer science and MBA from HEC Paris and London Business School, Nelly has spent the last 15+ years across Europe and the United States building

Ghanaian entrepreneur Miishe Addy is the founder and CEO of Jetstream Africa, a digital logistics platform in Ghana which makes her the first female CEO in the tech industry. Jetstream Africa provides end-to-end supply chain management solutions to businesses in Africa. But her journey to success was not an easy one.  Miishe had to overcome

Meghan McCormick is the Co-founder & CEO of OZÉ, a fintech company in Ghana that equips African entrepreneurs to make data-driven decisions to both improve their business performance and access capital. Meghan McCormick is a systems thinker and strategist, passionate about designing solutions that bring real value to customers, corporations, and communities.  She has spent

A passionate advocate for financial inclusion and economic development in emerging markets, Carmelle founded EMTECH, a NY-based Fintech, to help Central Banks around the world adopt modern technologies to provide financial inclusion by design and develop resilient financial market infrastructures. Carmelle is an experienced Finance and Business Leader in the Enterprise IT sector, with specializations

Dr. Lydiah Kemunto Bosire is the Founder and CEO of 8B Education Investments, the first VC-backed student finance platform facilitating affordable loans for Africa’s globally mobile university students.  8B’s platform innovatively brings together lenders and universities and equips students to search, compare, and apply for financing options, thereby building a bridge to the fastest-growing, university-age

Sara Menker is an entrepreneur and the CEO of Gro Intelligence, a company that uses artificial intelligence to forecast agricultural and climate trends. She grew up in Ethiopia and later worked as a commodities trader for Morgan Stanley before founding Gro Intelligence in 2014 to leverage her skills in data analytics for social good. Gro

Lesley Marincola is the founder and CEO of Angaza, a company that provides a customer management solution for product distributors. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Product Design and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. Marincola has over 15 years of experience in the technology industry, having worked at Amazon (Lab126) with

Who is Hilda Moraa? Well, Hilda Moraa is an award-winning innovator, author, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in Fintech and regulation. She is the Founder and CEO of Pezesha, a digital financial infrastructure company based in Kenya. Pezesha provides a peer-to-peer micro-lending marketplace that offers access to affordable financial services for Small