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Azeez Oluwafemi

Co-Founder, CTO at Blackcopper

Azeez Oluwafemi has a diverse and extensive work experience. Azeez is currently working as the Co-Founder and CTO at Blackcopper since September 2020. Before that, they held various positions at Flutterwave, starting as a Senior Software Engineer in July 2017 and rising through the ranks to become the SVP Product and Design in January 2022. At Flutterwave, they also served as the Head of Product Engineering and Innovation, Head of Product Development and Innovation, and Head of Product.

Prior to their time at Flutterwave, Azeez worked at FirstBank Nigeria as the Head of IT Application Solutions from December 2018 to June 2019. Azeez also had an earlier stint at Flutterwave as the VP Product Engineering from January 2018 to December 2018.

Before joining Flutterwave and FirstBank Nigeria, Azeez worked at Access Bank Plc as a Team Lead of Application Development from December 2016 to June 2017, and as a Senior Software Developer from June 2016 to December 2016. Azeez also has experience with GTBank where they held various roles, including Team lead of External Applications Development, Senior Application Developer, and Team Member in both Application Development and Funds Transfer departments from 2008 to 2016.

Azeez started their career as a System Analyst at Multisoft Consulting from January 2008 to October 2008. Overall, they have demonstrated expertise in product development, engineering, innovation, and IT application solutions across multiple organizations in the banking and technology sectors.

Azeez Oluwafemi's education history begins in 1992 when they started attending Molusi College. However, there is no information available about any degree or field of study obtained during that time. From 2000 to 2006, Azeez Oluwafemi attended Olabisi Onabanjo University, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computer Science.

In terms of additional certifications, Azeez Oluwafemi obtained the PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate from AXELOS Global Best Practice in November 2017. During the same month, they also became a Registered PRINCE2® Practitioner. In April 2019, they obtained certifications from The Open Group, including the TOGAF® Certification Program and The Open Group Certified: TOGAF® 9 Certified.

No specific information is available regarding any Microsoft certifications obtained by Azeez Oluwafemi.

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  • Co-Founder, CTO

    September, 2020 - present

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