Biographies

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is a Nigerian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Andela, an engineering-as-a-service business that assists companies in building remote teams quickly and cost-effectively.  Aboyeji is also the founder and former managing director of Flutterwave, a technology that uses digital payment infrastructure that assists banks and businesses to build seamless and secure payments for […]

Mitchell Elegbe is Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors at Interswitch, a business he conceptualized and has led since 2002 when the company went into operation.  Under his leadership, Interswitch has remarkably diversified its business, broadened distribution channels, and expanded into new markets across Africa, driving revolutionary payment

Gregory Rockson is the co-founder and CEO of mPharma, a technology-driven, vendor-managed inventory and retail pharmacy operator with operations across eight countries in Africa. As an alumni of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community and tech pioneer, he was a PPIA Fellow in Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School and a Rotary Scholar at the

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