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Philips Akinyele

Chief Technology Officer at Payaza Africa

Philips Akinyele serves as Chief Technology Officer at Payaza Africa Limited since April 2022 and as Chief Executive Officer at Payfi since September 2020, where efforts focus on creating a Klarna-like platform for Africa. Previous roles include Chief Technology Officer at Bankly from April 2021 to October 2021, Engineering Manager at Woven Finance from August 2020 to April 2021, and Senior Software Engineering Manager at FirstBank Nigeria from December 2018 to August 2020, where responsibilities included driving digital transformation and automating branch processes. Philips holds a Master's degree in Information Technology from the University of Lagos and is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at MIT Sloan School of Management from April 2024 to April 2026.

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