Emmanuel Ashirifi

Emmanuel Ashirifi is the Founder and CEO of Sika, a financial infrastructure company building foreign-exchange settlement systems for emerging and frontier markets. He leads product, strategy, and regulatory engagement for Sika Box US INC, working with institutional partners to reduce principal risk and improve liquidity across high-volatility corridors. His work focuses on multilateral netting, Payment-versus-Payment models, and modernizing market infrastructure for the global south. Emmanuel’s background spans product leadership and multi-market operations across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, giving him a cross-border perspective on how capital moves and where financial infrastructure remains most constrained.