Olaoluwa Awojoodu

Olaoluwa Awojoodu is the CEO of E-settlement Limited- a leading financial services firm in Lagos, Nigeria. He is a thought leader shaping the future of financial inclusion services in Africa and beyond. As an impact-driven entrepreneur, his dream is to build sustainable systems to solve Africa’s unique financial challenges. In 2009, Olaoluwa played a pivotal role in Nigeria’s Fintech sector when he set up one of Nigeria’s first payment gateways – Cashenvoy. This feat paved the way for others and opened up the frontiers of payment services in Nigeria. For over a decade, he has continued to hold prominent positions in Nigeria’s rapidly evolving Fintech space. In 2013, he led the team that designed the architecture behind the first Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) in Nigeria, making PayPad the pioneer in mPOS design and distribution. Fueled by his unquenchable desire to remain a trailblazer, his company’s flagship product-PayCentre provides financial inclusion services to millions of Nigerians in communities across the country. Through sheer determination and hard work, Olaoluwa has grown E-Settlement and its subsidiaries; PayCentre, CashEnvoy, and PayPad from zero to a business conglomerate that is raking in billions in revenue through millions of transaction volumes whilst steadily expanding its network beyond the shores of the country. Mr. Awojoodu, a Computer Science and Engineering graduate from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, quenches his insatiable desire for knowledge scouring through the pages of books and shares his wealth of knowledge and experience with his rapidly expanding team of over 100 diverse multi-disciplined high-performance staff. Laolu, as he is fondly called, is driven by the belief that the impossible is nothing and that the human mind has the potential to achieve anything. As a mentor, Olaoluwa has dedicated a vast amount of time investing in young tech graduates most of whom are under his employ and are leaders in various sectors of the financial services system. Olaoluwa’s vision is to create employment opportunities and financial access for millions of people through his rapidly growing Agent Banking network and ensuring the financial inclusion of excluded populations in communities across Africa.