Shola Akinlade

Shola Akinlade is the co-founder and CEO of Paystack, a leading digital payments company in Africa. Prior to Paystack, they were a software engineer and database manager at Nigerian Breweries PLC, one of the largest brewing companies in Africa. Shola then went on to co-found Klein Devort, a software development and consulting company, where they served as software architect. In their current role at Paystack, they are responsible for leading the company's growth and expansion across Africa.

Shola Akinlade has a B.Sc in Computer Science from Babcock University.

Some direct reports include Emmanuel Onyia - Growth, Omonehmie Okoeguale - Growth, and Akinade Adejumo - Growth.