Akeem Lawal

Akeem Lawal

Divisional CEO, Interswitch Group

Akeem Olujinmi Lawal is part of the founding management team at Interswitch Group and currently leads the Payments Processing division of Interswitch Group as Divisional Chief Executive Officer where is responsible for the business line that contributes about half of the groups revenue. He is a first class graduate in engineering with business degrees from the prestigious Lagos business school and the IESE business school.

He has over twenty (23) years’ experience in electronic payments, payments technology, strategy and business management. 

His experience includes the Financial Technology, Information and Communications Technology as well as Technology in the Oil & Gas industry. He was the head of the Engineering team that built the InterSwitch Super Switch infrastructure. He is a business leader. He has been responsible for building and managing several business lines in his career and has also been responsible for the successful launch of several of the innovative products into the African Fintech Ecosystem.

He is adept at spotting business opportunities and executing efficiently. His deep insight into the opportunities in Africa and his knowledge of the payments business helps him to gain the confidence of customers, partners and the respect of his peers.

He has been a integral part of the Fintech revolution in Africa, not only as co-founder of the first African fintech Unicorn, but has also been involved in supporting Fintech companies in various capacities across the continent. He is currently a member of the Governing Council of the Fintech Association of Nigeria.
 
He is an enthusiast of the intelligent use of technology for the transformation of Africa. He has a passion is for creative endeavour and ground breaking innovation. He is responsible for some of the innovations driving the payments industry in Nigeria today. 

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