Shola Akinlade
Shola Akinlade
@shola_akinlade_ng
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Shola Akinlade is a Nigerian software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder and CEO of Paystack, a financial technology company acquired by U.S. payments firm Stripe in 2020 in a deal reported to be worth approximately $200 million. In 2022, he was conferred with the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari for his contributions to the advancement of technology in finance and business.
Shola Akinlade is known primarily for work in Business And Tech. They are based in Lagos. Co-founder of Paystack, acquired by Stripe for $200M+. Stanford-educated tech pioneer who made Nigerian payment infrastructure world-class.
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Shola Akinlade is known primarily for work in Business And Tech. They are based in Lagos. Co-founder of Paystack, acquired by Stripe for $200M+. Stanford-educated tech pioneer who made Nigerian payment infrastructure world-class.
Profile compiled from public sources including Wikipedia's article on Shola Akinlade (accessed July 2026).
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