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Akeem Lawal

Divisional Chief Executive Officer•Interswitch
Nigeria
Founder

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Expertise

Electronic payments
Payments technology
Strategy and business management
Financial technology
Information and communications technology
Project management
Business development
Digital transformation
Technology innovation
Fintech ecosystem development
Primary Sector
FinTech
1Roles
0Investments
-Raised

Biography

Akeem Olujinmi Lawal is a founding management team member of Interswitch Group since 2002, currently serving as Divisional Chief Executive Officer of Payments Infrastructure and Processing. With over 26 years of experience in electronic payments, payments technology, strategy, and business management, he leads the division responsible for approximately half of the group's revenue. He headed the engineering team that built the InterSwitch Super Switch infrastructure and is co-founder of Africa's first fintech unicorn. Prior to Interswitch, he worked with Oildata Services in Port Harcourt and TELNET as a Senior Engineer. He is a member of the Governing Council of the Fintech Association of Nigeria, an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow of the African Leadership Institute, and a believer in the intelligent use of technology for Africa's transformation.

Education

U

B.Sc. Electrical/Electronics Engineering (First Class Honours)

University of Benin

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MBA

Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University

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Business degree

IESE Business School, University of Navarra

Languages

No languages listed.

Awards

  • 🏆Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow - African Leadership Institute
  • 🏆Associate Member - Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
  • 🏆Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)