Olugbenga Agboola

Olugbenga Agboola OON (born 1985) is a Nigerian software engineer, entrepreneur, and business leader. He is the CEO and co-founder of Flutterwave, Vice Chairman of the U.S.-Africa Business Center Board, and a member of prominent business organizations including the Milken Institute Africa Business Leaders Council, the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, and the Fast Company Impact Council. Quotes “our greatest strength lies in our people." his quote on linkdin "Let’s build the rails together and unlock Africa’s boundless potential." " his quote I personally believe in just doubling down and getting the work done which is why I’ve been busy building the infrastructure, the technology, building the company. https://techpoint.africa/feature/olugbenga-agboola-new-flutterwave-ceo/ As it is, M-Pesa works amazingly well in Kenya but it cannot work in Nigeria. Our goal is to make it easy for you in Lagos to sell to somebody in Kenya, they pay with M-Pesa and it comes to your account in Nigeria here or you send money to your supplier in Kenya and they receive it seamlessly. That’s our goal, to make it simple to accept payments globally. https://techpoint.africa/feature/olugbenga-agboola-new-flutterwave-ceo/ When we started the company, our goal was to build a superhighway infrastructure for payments in Africa; our goal has not changed. We believe very strongly in enterprise payments, in ensuring that you build best-in-class technology and infrastructure for top-range merchants across Africa – both local and global. https://african.business/2025/07/african-banker/laser-sharp-focus-and-iron-discipline-guide-africas-most-successful-fintech We have worked on our corporate governance, infrastructure, compliance system and that’s what we are going to keep doing as a company and part of that is why we brought Mitesh in. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/17/africa/flutterwave-nigeria-payments-agboola-interview-cmd We believe in the digital future of Africa. So we have to build for long-term sustainability. We have to build with patience, build for scale, and at the same time build for the myriad, multiple, fragmented, permanent types. That’s what we have to do and that’s what we’ve done. If you were to ask me what my goal is, it is to build the largest private tech company from Africa that is profitable and sustainable. As a founder, you have to learn to operate like a firefighter and an architect, sometimes both in the same day. Leadership can’t be stagnant. You have to evolve. A company can need a different kind of leadership at different times. You have to build the people. You have to build the opportunity. You have to build everything alongside you. It wasn’t just about building a company. We were driven by a mission to create something greater than ourselves—a platform that could fundamentally change how financial transactions happen in Africa and beyond. At the end of the day, it’s about creating opportunities and making a difference. That’s what drives us, and that’s what will continue to guide us as we grow. Human resources mean everything when it comes to building a successful technology company, and we are lucky that Nigeria has an expansive pool of talent to support our operations. Trust is the business we’re in. We’ve been working tirelessly to regain that trust I personally believe in just doubling down and getting the work done which is why I’ve been busy building the infrastructure, the technology, building the company. External Link Category: living people Category: Entrepreneurs Category: Company founders Category:1985 births Category:Nigerian people in technology