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In January 2024, we hosted a live show in Lagos with The Subtext's Osarumen Osamuyi on the relationship between the tech ecosystem and the media. It was a follow-up to a 2020 episode we published entitled Much Ado About the Media.A lot of founders still feel the media is acting in bad faith amidst more accountable media coverage. In this episode, we explore this tension and have an important discussion with the ecosystem players themselves.00:00 - Intro01:22 - Reflecting on 2020's episode08:20 - Paga's Tayo Oviosu's founder perspective12:20 - TechCabal's Tomiwa Aladekomo's media perspective19:04 - What about business models?22:20 - Stears Nchedolisa Akuma on subscriptions24:58 - Moniepoint's Didi Uwemakpan's marketing perspective28:14 - The global perspective from TechCrunch's Tage Kene-Okafor30:49 - FT's Aanu Adeoye36:20 - How to give local context to a global audience42:02 - Local vs. global media45:43 - Who keeps the media in check?46:36 - Editorial perspectives from TechCabal's Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega50:03 - Negative stories about advertising partners53:03 - Osarumen & Justin's retrospectiveMuch Ado About the Media, part one: https://theflip.africa/podcast/s2e9Our Links - 

In this episode, we had Tayo Oviosu, the CEO of Paga, who broke down the business behind the fintech company. We discussed Paga's progress over the years, from simplifying payments to digitizing cash transactions and providing financial services to everyday people. We also talked about Paga's go-to-market strategy in Nigeria, which combines offline and online channels. Tayo shared some interesting facts and figures about Paga, including reaching ₦1 trillion annual total processed value (TPV) for the first time in 2021, with plans to double that by 2023. He also shared valuable lessons learned from more than a decade of running a business and building financial products. Don't forget to share this episode with your friends and colleagues. Subscribe to our newsletter, and follow us on Twitter @TeardownPodcast for more insightful takes and stories. Timestamp 00:00 - 00:37 Intro 00:38 - 04:00 Stories from the trenches 04:01 - 05:15 Importance of good relationship with coworkers 05:16 - 08:09 What is Paga and how has it evolved over the years 08:10 - 15:00 What the first launch with Paga was like 15:01 - 17:47 How frequently Paga released products/pushed things to production 17:48 - 18:59 Building Micro-Services 19:00 - 22:55 Evolution of business model 22:56 - 28:50 Competitors and their adoption of the agency banking model 28:51 - 31:00 Processing 7 Trillion Naira in a year 31:01 - 32:45 How much margin they had to reduce for growth 32:46 - 34:38 Technology Inflection Point that unleashed the barrage of retail agency banking 34:39 - 39:11 Can the market support all the businesses that leverage retail agency banking 39:12 - 42:05 How to get started with a retail agency banking 42:06 - 42:45 Could an agency banking be built using Paga 42:46 - 44:23 Customer Acquisition Cost and agent commission 44:24 - 45:15 At what point will an idiot be able to run Paga 45:16 - 45:55 Outro

Nigeria, Africa's largest nation, has declared a new leader after a highly disputed presidential election. Officials say Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the contest despite a growing outcry from opposition parties. A top priority of his will be tackling economic issues like inflation, unemployment and the recent bank notes shortage in an economy where 90% of transactions are made in cash. That's something today's featured guest, Tayo Oviosu, knows well. He's the Founder/CEO of Paga, a Nigerian money transfer firm that processes over $800 million of transactions each month by allowing users to digitally send and receive money and access financial services via their app or one of their many retail agents. He joins Julia from Lagos.Also on today's show: Will Marshall, Cofounder/CEO of Planet Labs, which designs, builds and operates a constellation of over 200 imaging satellites in orbit, capturing daily snapshots of the world.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:47) > Fintech in Africa has been fueled by a youthful and urbanizing population, increasing mobile phone penetration, falling data costs, limited physical banking, and an increasingly favourable regulatory environment. We talk to Tayo Oviosu, the Founder & CEO at Paga about the potential of this sector.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Fintech in Africa has been fueled by a youthful and urbanizing population, increasing mobile phone penetration, falling data costs, limited physical banking, and an increasingly favourable regulatory environment. We talk to Tayo Oviosu, the Founder & CEO at Paga about the potential of this sector. Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:47) >

Tayo OviosuQuote- “A life of service is worth living.”The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropolitans who aren't afraid to step into the unknown and walk in purpose. With this podcast we hope to empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potential and contribute to the development of a bold and progressive black community.Our guests will share their working formulas, the hard facts about leaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevant afterwards.This episode features Tayo Oviosu, founder and group CEO Paga,a mobile payments company focused on digitizing cash in emerging economies.The Stanford educated professional saw a huge opportunity in the financial service industry and came up with what is now paga. With over 19 million users, paga is unrelenting in bringing financial services to the unbanked. Listen and enjoy as Tayo talks to us about the impact of FinTech companies in Africa and how Paga aims to serve the unbanked. Tayo's reading list True North by Bill George https://www.amazon.com/True-North-Discover-Authentic-Leadership/dp/0787987514My American Journey by Colin Powellhttps://www.amazon.com/My-American-Journey-Colin-Powell/dp/0345466411Shoe Dog by Phil Knight https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-Nike-ebook/dp/B0176M1A44 Show Notes 1:33 Paga Mission4:00 Has paga solved the pain point of carrying cash around in Nigeria6:26 Unique challenges faced while starting paga 8:43 Fundraising challenges founders in Africa face12:28 How paga has engaged regulatory bodies15:58 Insights on agency banking model22:01 How paga has been able to recruit and retain talent25:52 Operational challenges paga faced during covid30:01 leadership challenges31:26 Books that have impacted Tayo's life 36:05 First encounter with failure as an entrepreneur42:46 Concept of product management in the tech ecosystem. The Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.Listen and subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, or wherever you get your podcasts.Want to learn more about Afropolitan? Twitter - https://twitter.com/afropolitanWebsite - https://www.afropolitan.io/Afropolitan Community - https://linktr.ee/afropolitangroup

Fintechs dominate Africa's tech industry, and for good reason. For instance, in 2021, two-thirds of venture funding raised by African startups went to fintechs. 6 out of Africa's 8 unicorns are also fintechs. Although the entry of fintechs into African financial services first seemed like a threat to traditional players, particularly banks, that is fast changing. Today, banks are seeing fintechs less as competitors and more as partners as it has become clearer that collaboration is what the industry needs to enter into a new wave of growth. On Friday, April 22nd, for the first edition of the Ecobank Fintech Breakfast series, several industry experts spoke about what these fintech-bank collaborations entail and how they can benefit both sides. They included Tomilola Majekodunmi, CEO of Bankly, Gbenga Ajayi - Partner, QED Investors, Daniel Ahouassa -Co-founder and Co- CEO, Weblogy, Isaac Kamuta - Group Head: Cash - Payments, Cash Management and Client Access, Ecobank Group, and Tayo Oviosu, Founder and CEO, Paga Group. They discussed how to identify the right partners, how to structure partnerships that work, how to manage the challenges that may arise from partnering, and how to expand across the continent by leveraging partnerships

This is the sixth episode of the FATE audio & video podcast series, Journeys in Entrepreneurship II.This episode featured Kofo Akinkugbe, Founder/CEO, SecureID Nigeria, who was interviewed by Tayo Oviosu, Founder/Group CEO, Paga.Kofo is the Managing Director/CEO, of SecureID. SecureID is a MasterCard, VISA and Verve certified Smartcard Personalization Bureau and Digital Technology company whilst Secure Card Manufacturing is the first polycarbonate Smartcard manufacturing plant producing high-security identity cards and documents for Banking, Telecoms and Public sectors across Africa and beyond. She also founded SID Digital Limited, a digital solutions company.Interviewing her is the 2020 FATE Model Entrepreneur Award Recipient– Tayo Oviosu, the founder & Group CEO of Paga. Paga is a mobile payment company, building an ecosystem to enable people digitally send and receive money as well as create simple financial access for everyone. Paga is the leading mobile money service in Nigeria, its first market.We are certain that you will be inspired by their journeys in Entrepreneurship in the Fintech space!Don't forget to share your feedback, comments and experience with us too in the comment section.Remember to refer someone (aspiring/emerging entrepreneur) to also watch/listen to this episode.

This is the sixth episode of the FATE audio & video podcast series, Journeys in Entrepreneurship II. This episode featured Kofo Akinkugbe, Founder/CEO, SecureID Nigeria, who was interviewed by Tayo Oviosu, Founder/Group CEO, Paga. Kofo is the Managing Director/CEO, of SecureID. SecureID is a MasterCard, VISA and Verve certified Smartcard Personalization Bureau and Digital Technology company whilst Secure Card Manufacturing is the first polycarbonate Smartcard manufacturing plant producing high-security identity cards and documents for Banking, Telecoms and Public sectors across Africa and beyond. She also founded SID Digital Limited, a digital solutions company. Interviewing her is the 2020 FATE Model Entrepreneur Award Recipient– Tayo Oviosu, the founder & Group CEO of Paga. Paga is a mobile payment company, building an ecosystem to enable people digitally send and receive money as well as create simple financial access for everyone. Paga is the leading mobile money service in Nigeria, its first market. We are certain that you will be inspired by their journeys in Entrepreneurship in the Fintech space! Don't forget to share your feedback, comments and experience with us too in the comment section. Remember to refer someone (aspiring/emerging entrepreneur) to also watch/listen to this episode.

Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Nasir Ahmad, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Kevin Chong, Co-Head, Outward VC Veronique Barbosa, CEO & Co-Founder, Flux With soundclips from: Tayo Oviosu, CEO, Paga Marko Wenthin, Co-Founder, Dock Financial Will Carmichael, CEO, RoosterMoney We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Retail investor platform PrimaryBid wins SoftBank backing - 4:40 New Flux CEO calls paltry number of female fintech bosses "insane" - 13:10 UK's leading fintech bosses call on government to ramp up efforts to overhaul regulation - 31:55 Twitter adds Paga as a payment provider for its "Tips" feature in Nigeria - 40.25 Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians - 49:05 Dock Financial prepares for the launch of a new Banking-as-a-Service platform - 53:22 The pocket money pinch - inflation fuels the surge of the 'school kid side hustle' - 55:45 This episode is sponsored by CompyAdvantage What role will blockchain play in the future of financial services? How are innovative FinTechs expanding access to online banking in Africa? And would more bankers in orange jumpsuits change the way money laundering is perceived? Subscribe to Uncover, the ComplyAdvantage podcast, to explore these questions and much more: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/uncover/id1601611340 Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It's hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Kevin Chong, Marko Wenthin, Tayo Oviosu, Veronique Barbosa, and Will Carmichael.

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Meet Adam Abate and Tayo Oviosu from Paga, and Victor Basta, CEO of DAI Magister, and hear about the hurdles and high points of an East-meets-West African fintech acquisition.Adam's entrepreneurial journey began when he and two fellow Ethiopians started Apposit, a consulting firm building technology that would work in African contexts — low bandwidth, low human capital, and affordable. Turns out that was exactly what Tayo needed to create Paga, now the leading payments platform in Nigeria. What started as a simple consulting agreement turned into a long-term, strategic relationship and ultimately paved the way for Paga's acquisition of Apposit in 2020.Victor Basta says while this isn't the norm for acquisitions, it's a wise strategy to develop relationships with the people you might acquire or be acquired by. Victor helps fast-growing, tech-enabled businesses like Paga do everything from raising capital to acquisitions. He says one of the keys to getting bought, not sold, is “developing relationships with companies that are likely buyers years ahead of when they actually might buy. You can always go search for companies, but people buy people they know or people they've heard of, and there's a degree of comfort and confidence with that.”The two entrepreneurs learned a lot in the process about the importance of trust, talent, and having a shared vision that will make both sides of the acquisition feel right about the decision.According to Adam “A lot of it came down to gut and how you really felt about it inside. Did all the pieces fit together? Did you wake up every day thinking, yes, this is the right decision despite the difficulties in negotiation? Even now, almost two years down the line with all the little problems we faced along the way I often asked myself, "was it the right decision?" and overwhelmingly it comes back to yes because the fundamental principles of why we got into discussion in the first place...are still there. They haven't changed.”Listen to Adam and Tayo's story and Victor's insights to learn how to set your own business up for buying or selling to the right partner.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We dedicate this episode to Fahim Saleh, the Founder and CEO of Gokada, who was killed in New York City on July 13th. Our heartfelt condolences go out to his family and the entire Gokada team.This year, Nigerian fintech companies Paga and Migo are expanding to Latin America, to Mexico and Brazil, respectively. Another Nigerian startup, Gokada, was launched by an entrepreneur who built a successful ride-hailing company in Bangladesh, where there was a similar set of market conditions. In this episode, we explore the similarities - and the opportunities - between emerging markets across the Global South. 3:57 - Why is Paga expanding to Mexico? And why is Migo expanding to Brazil? We hear from Paga's CEO Tayo Oviosu, and Migo's former VP of Growth, Adia Sowho. 7:42 - Fahim Saleh launched Gokada after successfully founding a ride-hailing company in Bangladesh. What was it about Nigeria, and his experience in Bangladesh, that compelled him to move to Nigeria to build Gokada?12:39 - Investors like Cikü Mugambi with IFC's venture capital team, in evaluating deals are increasingly looking to markets in Latin America and South Asia for comparables and insights. 14:32 - Sayo Folawiyo and Justin Norman sit down to reflect on this topic, and discuss the notion of market size and under penetration of financial services as the core driver of opportunity for startups in Africa, Latin America and South Asia alike.

Paga is one of a handful of non-bank companies that have succeeded in building a truly mainstream financial product in Nigeria.Over 11 million Nigerians use Paga's mobile wallet to send and receive money and pay their bills. In 2018, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) recognized Paga with an award for being the top mobile money operator, by transaction count, for the third year in a row.Paga recently celebrated their 10 year anniversary, and in this episode, Paga CEO Tayo Oviosu tells us the story of how his team built a B2C African fintech success over the course of a decade.In this episode, we talk about03:11 - Why Tayo built Paga09:27 - How Paga drives brand awareness13:32 - [Paystack Merchant Alert] Introducing PiggyVest paystack.com/piggyvest16:20 - All the ways you can use Paga's USSD offering to access services17:38 - How Tayo sees Paga's offerings evolving over time20:15 - The most surprising trend Tayo has witnessed from his time in the payments industry22:56 - Paga's international expansion strategy26:01 - Why building in-house was tough, and totally worth itFollow UsThe Decode Fintech newsletter is a weekly email summary of the most important news in African fintech. Subscribe to receive original commentary and curated stories, as well as the latest episode of the podcast.Subscribe to the Decode Fintech NewsletterFollow Decode Fintech on TwitterDecode Fintech is brought to you by PaystackPaystack helps Africa's most successful fintechs build powerful and scalable financial service products with the industry's best-documented APIs. Please visit paystack.com/fintech to find out more.

Financial technology in Africa is changing at an accelerating rate, and with it, the very nature of business on the continent. To understand what’s actually happening on the ground, you need to hear from the teams in the field. The Decode Fintech Podcast takes you directly to the operators on the frontlines. As one of the largest payments companies in Africa, the Paystack team is constantly speaking to teams doing amazing work all over the continent. The Decode Fintech Podcast allows us to hit "record" and share what we're learning! We'll be speaking with a broad range of players from across the African fintech ecosystem, from startup founders, to bankers, to the folks who run the card networks, to regulators, and many others. In each episode, an operator breaks down the ground truth of how they’re handling everything from product development to marketing in some of the world’s toughest business environments. Tune in as the people building Africa’s financial infrastructure share what they’re seeing on the frontlines — what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next. Subscribe to the Decode Fintech email newsletter at decodefintech.com

In this podcast, Justin Karfo (WG ’19) chats with Tayo Oviosu, Founder and CEO of Paga. Founded in 2009, Paga is a Nigerian mobile payments company that allows users to send money, pay bills and receive payments easily from any mobile phone. Today Paga is the largest fintech company in Nigeria, with over 8.5 million users, 15,000 agents across Nigeria and 200+ employees. During this podcast, Justin and Tayo discuss the African and Nigerian fintech ecosystems and highlight the challenges associated with building an organization such as Paga. Tayo also shares his entrepreneurial wisdom and journey so far. This podcast was recorded at the Africa Fintech Summit in Washington DC. Tayo has over sixteen years of experience in a variety of technical and business roles in high−tech and Private Equity. Most recently, he was Vice President at Travant Capital Partners where he was responsible for executing the firm's investment strategy in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose California. In that role, he was responsible for strategy, acquisitions, and private equity investments in four technology sectors − Virtual Computing, Application Networking, Security, and Network Management. Tayo also helped lead Cisco's investment expansion in Africa. At Cisco, Tayo led numerous acquisition and private equity investment opportunities, including the $130m acquisition of Reactivity, and investments in Aquantia (10G Base−T, Series A), and Guardium (Database Security, recently sold to IBM). Tayo was also responsible for the private sale of 22% of Cisco's South African operations to a consortium of investors in 2007. Prior to Cisco, Tayo was a Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting in the CRM and Technology practice. At Deloitte he worked on cases in five industries − high tech, telecom, pharmacy retail, government, and healthcare. He was primarily responsible for leading technical implementation teams. Tayo also had stints at start-ups Biomorphic VLSI as a Semiconductor Chip Design Engineer, and Event411 as a Software Engineer. Outside of work, Tayo is passionate about encouraging entrepreneurship across various sectors. He believes entrepreneurship is a major driver of sustainable change and growth across the continent. This passion has led Tayo to work with entrepreneurs to develop their ideas as an Angel investor and adviser. He is currently an investor and adviser in Yswara, Africa's home-grown luxury brand; ReelFruit, a Nigerian fruit processing agribusiness; and ChopUp, a mobile gaming start−up. Tayo also takes time to volunteer at the Bake for Change charity organization, working with young kids who have been displaced from their homes. Alongside Paga's numerous achievements, Tayo has been nominated for the West African Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2013 All African Business Leaders Awards. He is also an Ambassador for Junior Achievement − working with one of the largest non-profit youth groups, to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. Tayo earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California. He also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

Jamarlin Martin catches up with Tayo Oviosu at SXSW 2018. Oviosu is the Founder and CEO of Paga, the leading mobile payments company in Nigeria. They discuss building Paga, bitcoin prospects in Nigeria, Elon Musk, Aliko Dangote, why the African economic opportunity is really Nigeria, superior Nigerian academic performance in the US, and whether Tayo would ever run for President. Recorded on March 11, 2018, in Austin, TX.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Africa Fintech Rising, a podcast from the Africa Fintech Summit. This week Leland talks with two of Africa's leading fintech entrepreneurs: Tayo Oviosu, CEO & Founder of Paga (Nigeria) and Vahid Monadjem, CEO of Nomanini (South Africa).

More than two billion people worldwide are without bank accounts, and only one in three adults in sub-Saharan Africa have access to any type of financial services. But Tayo Oviosu, Founder of Nigeria’s leading mobile payment platform says financial technology—or fintech, is making access to finance possible for millions of un-banked Nigerians. Tayo Oviosu, Founder and CEO of Paga, Nigeria’s mobile payment platform. Watch webcast of IMF World-Bank Spring meetings panel on Digital Financial Inclusion

This week on Knowledge Bandits, Tayo Oviosu shares the story of Paga and his entrepreneurial journey and insight with us. Paga is one of Nigeria’s leading payment businesses. With hundreds of agents across the country alongside a web and mobile platform, Tayo has built a business where banked and unbanked citizens can send money across the country quickly and efficiently. Find out Tayo's ideas about the future of technology and his recommendations for young entrepreneurs. Follow Tayo on Twitter (@oviosu) and check out Paga at mypaga.com. Knowledge Bandits is inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs who want to start a business in Africa through stories of successful entrepreneurs.