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Flutterwave
Flutterwave is an African payments-technology company founded in 2016, headquartered in San Francisco with its main base in Lagos, which had processed over $40 billion in payments by 2026.
Gregory Rockson
Gregory Rockson is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur who co-founded mPharma in Accra in 2013, led it as chief executive for about 12 years, and became its board chairman in 2025.
Ham Serunjogi
Ham Serunjogi is a Ugandan entrepreneur who co-founded the cross-border payments company Chipper Cash in 2018 and leads it as chief executive from San Francisco, California.
Hardy Pemhiwa
Hardy Pemhiwa is a technology executive serving as President and Group CEO of Cassava Technologies, a UK-headquartered pan-African digital infrastructure group, after six years leading Econet.
Ian Carnevale
Ian Carnevale is a Canadian technology founder who co-founded Andela in 2014, the talent company that began in Lagos placing Nigerian developers with global firms.
Idrissa Nassa
Idrissa Nassa is a Burkinabè businessman, founder of Coris Bank International, which opened in Ouagadougou in 2008 and grew into a leading West African banking group.
Interswitch Group
Interswitch Group is a Nigerian digital payments and commerce company founded by Mitchell Elegbe in 2002, operating in 32 African countries and owning the Verve card scheme and Quickteller.
iROKOtv
iROKOtv is a subscription streaming service for Nollywood, Nigeria's film industry, founded by Jason Njoku, launched in 2011, and often called the "Netflix of Africa".
Ismael Belkhayat
Ismael Belkhayat is a Moroccan technology entrepreneur, co-founder and chief executive of Chari, a Casablanca-based B2B e-commerce and fintech company he started with Sophia Alj in 2020, valued at $125 million by 2025.
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, known as Iyin Aboyeji, is a Nigerian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Andela in 2014 and Flutterwave in 2016, and now invests through Future Africa.
James Mwangi
James Mwangi, born 1962, is a Kenyan banker and Group CEO of Equity Group Holdings, which he led from a failing building society to a major African bank.
Jason Njoku
Jason Njoku (Jason Chukwuma Njoku) is a Nigerian entrepreneur who co-founded and leads iROKOtv, the Nollywood streaming platform often called the "Netflix of Africa", launched from the UK in 2011.
Jeremy Hodara
Jeremy Hodara is a French entrepreneur and former McKinsey consultant who co-founded the pan-African e-commerce company Jumia in 2012, leading it as Co-CEO until stepping down in November 2022.
Jeune Afrique Media Group
Jeune Afrique Media Group is a privately held pan-African media and events company based in Paris, led by Amir Ben Yahmed, son of founder Béchir Ben Yahmed.
Jide Odunsi
Jide Odunsi is a British-born Nigerian entrepreneur who co-founded and co-leads Moove, the mobility-fintech company launched in Lagos in 2020 that finances vehicles for ride-hailing drivers.
Jim Ovia
Jim Ovia is a Nigerian banker who founded Zenith Bank in Lagos in 1990, led it for 20 years as CEO, and returned as chairman from 2014 to 2026.
Jumia Nigeria
Jumia Nigeria is the Nigerian e-commerce marketplace of Jumia Technologies AG, a German-incorporated, NYSE-listed pan-African group launched in Lagos in 2012 under Rocket Internet's Africa Internet Holding.
Kanayo Awani
Kanayo Awani is a banker serving as Executive Vice President, Intra-African Trade and Export Development, at Afreximbank, the first woman to reach vice-president level there.
Karim Beguir
Karim Beguir is a Tunisian-British entrepreneur and mathematician who co-founded InstaDeep, Africa's biggest AI startup, in Tunis in 2014 and sold it to BioNTech in 2023.
Ladi Delano
Ladi Delano, born in 1982, is a British-Nigerian entrepreneur who co-founded and co-leads Moove, the mobility fintech that reached a $2.1 billion valuation in 2026.
Lincoln Quirk
Lincoln Quirk is an American fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Sendwave, sold to WorldRemit for up to $500 million, and Wave, Francophone Africa's first unicorn, with Drew Durbin.
Lionshare
Lionshare is a majority Black-owned investment holding company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded by Ike Cha (Isaac Chalumbira) and investing in real estate, fuel retail, transport, and energy.
Maijid Moujaled
Maijid Moujaled is a Ghanaian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Chipper Cash, a San Francisco-based cross-border payments company, in 2018 with Ham Serunjogi, and serves as its President.
Marwan Kenawy
Marwan Kenawy is an Egyptian serial entrepreneur who co-founded Lucky, a Cairo-based consumer credit fintech, in 2019 with Ayman Essawy and Momtaz Moussa, and is chief executive of Dsquares.
Mitchell Elegbe
Mitchell Elegbe is a Nigerian entrepreneur who founded Interswitch, a pan-African payments technology company, in Lagos in 2002 and has served as its Group Managing Director and CEO ever since.
Mobicel
Mobicel is a South African consumer electronics company founded in 2007 by Ridhwan Khan, selling budget phones and tablets and frequently among the top five brands in operator sales.
Momtaz Moussa
Momtaz Moussa is an Egyptian fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Lucky, a Cairo-based consumer credit and cashback company, serving as its chief executive from 2018 to 2024.
Moniepoint (Nigerian fintech company)
Moniepoint, formerly TeamApt, is a Nigerian fintech founded in 2015 by Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike that runs point-of-sale terminals and business banking, reaching a $1 billion valuation in 2024.
Moove
Moove is a vehicle-financing and fleet-management company founded in Lagos in 2020 by Ladi Delano and Jide Odunsi, lending to ride-hail and delivery drivers by collecting repayments from weekly earnings.
Mostafa Menessy
Mostafa Menessy, also printed as Mostafa El Menessy, is an Egyptian fintech entrepreneur who co-founded the Cairo payments company Paymob in 2015 and serves as its Chief Technology Officer.