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Ibukun Awosika
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Ibukun Awosika: The Woman Who Built Her Own Seat at the Table

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Ibukun Awosika: The Woman Who Built Her Own Seat at the Table From studying chemistry to building a manufacturing business, becoming the first woman to chair FirstBank, and championing the next generation of entrepreneurs, Ibukun Awosika’s story is about refusing to let circumstances define the size of her ambition. There are moments when a person’s […]

Jim Ovia: The Builder Behind Zenith Bank
01
Sep

Jim Ovia: The Builder Behind Zenith Bank

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Jim Ovia: The Builder Behind Zenith Bank How one Nigerian entrepreneur built a financial institution that grew into one of Africa’s major banking brands—and why his story extends far beyond banking. There are people who run businesses, and there are people who build institutions. Jim Ovia belongs to the second group. In June 1990, Ovia […]

Shola Akinlade
28
Aug

Shola Akinlade: How He Built Paystack Into One of Africa’s Biggest Fintech Stories

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Some African technology companies begin with a big idea. Paystack began with a frustrating problem. For businesses trying to sell online in Nigeria, accepting payments could be complicated, unreliable and unnecessarily difficult. Customers wanted to pay. Businesses wanted to get paid. But the technology connecting the two was not keeping up with the growth of […]

Odunayo Eweniyi
28
Aug

Odunayo Eweniyi: Building PiggyVest and a New Generation of African Fintech

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Odunayo Eweniyi did not begin her entrepreneurial journey by trying to build one of Nigeria’s best-known fintech companies. She began by solving problems. That pattern has followed her through almost every stage of her career — from her early work in technology and recruitment to the creation of Piggybank.ng, which would later become PiggyVest, and […]

Mitchell Elegbe
25
Aug

Mitchell Elegbe: How He Built Interswitch and Helped Transform African Payments

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Mitchell Elegbe: How He Built Interswitch and Helped Transform African Payments By GINAGIDA Editorial Team GINAGIDA Profile Information Full name: Mitchell ElegbeCompany: Interswitch GroupCurrent position: Founder, Group Managing Director and CEOFounded Interswitch: 2002Education: Electrical/Electronic Engineering, University of BeninIndustry: Fintech, payments and digital commerceKnown for: Building Interswitch and contributing to Africa’s digital payments infrastructure. There was […]

Tosin Eniolorunda
25
Aug

Tosin Eniolorunda: The Engineer Building the Financial Infrastructure Behind Africa’s Businesses

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Tosin Eniolorunda: The Engineer Building the Financial Infrastructure Behind Africa’s Businesses By GINAGIDA Editorial Team LAGOS, Nigeria — When Tosin Eniolorunda started TeamApt in 2015 with Felix Ike, the ambition was not to build one of Nigeria’s best-known fintech companies. The company began by building technology for banks. Today, the business is known as Moniepoint, […]

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The Entrepreneur Behind Two of Africa’s First Startup Unicorns
24
Aug

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The Entrepreneur Behind Two of Africa’s First Startup Unicorns

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: The Entrepreneur Behind Two of Africa’s First Startup Unicorns From building Bookneto to co-founding Andela and Flutterwave, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji has played a defining role in the evolution of Africa’s technology and startup ecosystem. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji — Nigerian entrepreneur, investor and technology builder. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is one of the entrepreneurs who helped put African […]

Tony Elumelu: Biography, Business, Career & Achievements | GINAGIDA
22
Aug

Tony Elumelu: The Banker Who Bet on Africa

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Tony Elumelu: The Banker Who Bet on Africa Some entrepreneurs begin with an idea. Tony Elumelu began with an opportunity that many other people might have considered too risky. In 1997, Elumelu and a group of investors took control of a struggling Nigerian bank known as Crystal Bank. He was just 34. The bank was […]

Aliko Dangote: Africa’s Industrial Empire
21
Aug

Aliko Dangote: The Entrepreneur Who Built an African Industrial Empire

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There are entrepreneurs who build companies, and there are entrepreneurs who build industries. Aliko Dangote belongs to the second category. Over more than four decades, the Nigerian businessman has transformed a trading business that began with commodities into the Dangote Group, a diversified industrial conglomerate with interests spanning cement, sugar, fertilizer, food and energy. The […]