Operator, not observer
A decade of building and running payment infrastructure across African and global markets.
10yr+
02 — AboutLAGOS · GLOBAL
From payment operations to global liquidity strategy.
My credibility comes from building partnerships, developing payment infrastructure, navigating complex markets and executing commercial strategy across African and international corridors for over a decade.
“The world isn’t short of value. It’s short of liquidity in the right place, at the right moment.”
I started on the Nigerian payments floor, not in a boardroom. At Cellulant, my journey began with three years as an intern from around 2015, learning the business from the customer inward before I was formally absorbed full-time in 2018.
That apprenticeship is the foundation: payment journeys, merchant and retail ecosystems, proximity payments and acceptance, carried into commercial execution. The work processed more than $50.3M in digital transaction volume and delivered 400%+ growth across five African markets.
At UBank Connect in Dubai, I built PSP and banking partnerships, supported PSP licensing in Nigeria and Tanzania, and helped scale AI-driven orchestration to 100+ payment methods across 70+ countries on PCI-DSS-certified infrastructure.
Today, my work spans global payment strategy, orchestration, PSP and banking partnerships, treasury and liquidity, FX and OTC execution, and international settlement.
The through-line: moving money is a capital-structure problem as well as a payments problem. Pre-funding, FX leakage, settlement latency and corridor float are treasury questions with direct operating consequences.
What I bring02.1
Liquidity as strategy
Treasury, FX, OTC and liquidity across a multi-entity, multi-currency group.
360°Both ends of the corridor
Fluent in local payout networks and global settlement rails.
70+Education & credentials02.2
ACT CertT — Certificate in Treasury
Association of Corporate Treasurers. Completed five units in treasury context & FX, cash & liquidity management, corporate finance, ethics and governance, and risk management.
ATAEx “Rising Star in Tech” · 2024
“Mover of Mountains”, By Africa for African Awards · 2022.
FintechNGR · Africa Fintech Network
Professional Member, Fintech Association of Nigeria (PFM-0470); member, Africa Fintech Network.
English · Hausa · Yoruba
Trilingual operator across markets and communities from Lagos to the northern corridors.
Figures are attributed to roles and labelled as volume, revenue or reach. Company achievements are not presented as personal achievements.