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In 2002, long before “fintech” became a buzzword in Africa, one Nigerian engineer saw a broken financial system and envisioned a seamless digital payments network. That engineer, Mitchell Elegbe, would go on to found Interswitch, the company that built the rails for Nigeria’s electronic payments ecosystem and became a blueprint

In Nigeria’s fast-evolving fintech sector, Moniepoint has emerged as one of the most transformative players, redefining how millions of small businesses and individuals access financial services. Founded in 2015 by former Interswitch engineers Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, the company set out to close a critical market gap: the lack