Jul 2022 – Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Lagos State, Nigeria · On-site

• ✅ Led a 14-month initiative to launch a digital fintech bank by acquiring a retail microfinance institution, securing in-principle license approval, and aligning capital and regulatory strategy across multiple financial authorities.
• ✅ Directed the 0→1 build and launch of a full-stack SME-focused digital banking platform, delivering payments, lending, savings, and compliance features via omni-channel touchpoints (USSD, card, PoS, web, and mobile).
• ✅ Built and managed a lean cross-functional team (<10) to develop core banking infrastructure and integrated fintech services, accelerating go-to-market via strategic partnerships in KYC, credit scoring, and collections.

Jan 2022 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

• ✅ Advise early-stage startups on scaling and product-market fit strategies, collaborating with incubators to drive ARR growth and user acquisition.
• ✅ Helping to position emerging tech companies for scalable success.
• ✅ Advisor to startups developing curriculum to raise technical talents for AI, web3 and Fintech companies.

Oct 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos · England, United Kingdom · Remote

• ✅ Generated $73M in transaction volume within 6 months by launching segment-specific onboarding flows and white-labeled solutions for enterprise clients providing on-ramp payment processing for forex, and crypto merchants in need of cross-border payment processing solutions.
• ✅ Managed a globally distributed team working from the USA, India, Jordan, Philippines, U.A.E, and UK, scaling operations in fintech, and developing partnerships that contributed to global expansion.
• ✅ Specialized in integrating local payment options, including mobile money solutions with partners in Africa to bridge the gap between international and domestic financial systems. Facilitated the expansion of financial services to new markets, and developed and executed bespoke business development strategies.
• ✅ Increased platform retention by 20% through data-driven customer segmentation and in-product success interventions, aligning usage patterns with lifecycle messaging and support automation.
• ✅ Increased merchant activation by 35% by leading a cross-functional initiative to redesign onboarding—streamlining UX, embedding risk controls, and aligning product with legal requirements for compliant scale-up.
• ✅ Led corporate partnership strategy for Hong Kong based Fintech company

Mar 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Lagos, Nigeria

• ✅ Led product roadmap for onboarding 2,000 agents, 10,000 wholesalers, driving $23.4 million GMV for SpaceForce, later pivoted to Sabi Market—an FMCG distribution platform with dynamic logistics, embedded financing, and multi-party verification.
• ✅ Managed cross-functional, international teams to develop payment infrastructure and launch an experimental e-commerce platform to aggregate demand for pre-vetted offline business during COVID-19, generating over $100,000 in GMV while the product was in Beta.

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 5 mos

• ✅ Led product and GTM strategy for SME-focused SaaS tools, enabling 350 small businesses to process over $10M in monthly transactions through payment solutions, bookkeeping, and business automation.
• ✅ Co-founded Coopify Africa, a financial operating system for top-tier thrift and cooperative groups managing over $100 million in annual float to streamline operations, automate member contributions, loan processing, and investment tracking. The product is used by cooperative unions of top-tier Nigerian banks, finance houses, and over 700 thrift and cooperative groups in Africa.
• ✅ Managed the full product lifecycle for ProbityFarms, a farm management platform piloted by 700 smallholder farmers—delivering tools for task tracking, weather forecasts, and financial insights that boosted yields by up to 80%. The platform was recognized as a leading example of digital tools transforming agricultural markets in Africa by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA.

Jan 2017 – Dec 2017 · 11 mos

Sep 2016 – Nov 2016 · 2 mos · Lagos, Nigeria

• ✅ Developed the company’s B2B API-as-a-service business, facilitating seamless integration with enterprise business partners and expanding the reach of the company's services. This successfully bridged the gap between technology and transportation, contributing to the growth of a sustainable and innovative transportation platform.
• ✅ Worked directly with the Co-founders (CEO and CTO) as well as product team to ideate and implement growth marketing initiatives for MaxOkada, MaxEats and other business units.

Sep 2015 – Feb 2020 · 4 yrs 5 mos

• ✅ Led GTM strategy that scaled VoguePay to $137M in transaction milestone in 2018 by driving growth through product-led acquisition, referral loops, and content-driven user activation.
• ✅ Co-developed the product concept for VPD.Money, a financial app offering cross-border banking, payment, savings & investment products to Africans and the Diaspora.
• ✅ Led key initiatives to increase international merchant signups by 60% by redesigning onboarding workflows—streamlining email flows and improving UX for faster, frictionless activation.
• ✅ Implemented corporate brand positioning, leading to recognition of Voguepay as African Fintech Company of the Year at the British Award for African Development in 2020, among several other awards.
• ✅ Leveraged analytics and voice of customer surveys to identify and reduce 80% of recurring customer friction/ support issues by launching self-service tools and improving UX, saving over 160 hours/month in support team workload.

Mar 2015 – Jul 2015 · 4 mos

• ✅ Provided oversight to in-house social media team with goal of improving brand awareness and generating new merchant account signups

Sep 2012 – Feb 2020 · 7 yrs 5 mos

• ✅ Manage the team responsible for executing digital growth initiatives and brand campaigns for all company portfolios, generating $25 million monthly and serving users across Europe, Asia, North America and Africa.
• ✅ Provided growth support (PR, branding and strategy) for office operations in Bahrain, UK, Estonia and Nigeria

Aug 2012 – Nov 2012 · 3 mos

• ✅ Helped VoguePay to reach its first 10,000 merchants.
• ✅ Defined the company's early-stage growth direction, UX audit, and reputation management, which contributed to investments from other co-founders who joined the company later.

May 2014 – Apr 2015 · 11 mos · Lagos

• Provided project management support to cross-functional, multi-located team of consultants on the proposed N100 billion Naira Abuja International Convention center (a project of the Central Bank of Nigeria)
• Member of the project advisory consultancy team that advised on financial & commercial value analysis and operational model for the Center.

Feb 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Lagos

• Prepared investment appraisals and real estate development plans for multiple portfolios of mixed-use, commercial and luxury residential developments in Lagos and Abuja, worth over N16 billion.

Jan 2010 – Feb 2017 · 7 yrs 1 mo · Lagos

• Provided strategic growth consultancy, driving clients' ARR through B2B and B2C digital marketing strategies. Worked with a portfolio of clients to implement numerous digital marketing strategies across B2B and B2C including email marketing, blog and newspaper outreaches, PR, social media and contextual advertising management.
• Some accomplishments include:
• ✅ Growing the ARR of an SME client to N32 million within 6 months of engagement.
• ✅ Design of business launch plans.
• ✅ Oversight management of a chemical company’s business strategy and customer communications.
• ✅ Development of numerous digital marketing strategies for clients across B2B and B2C companies.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr · Lagos, Nigeria

• I worked independently and also coordinated a team of property consultants to drive sales and maintain client relationships. Secured and managed ten (10) accounts for the company worth fourteen million naira (N14M) in value.