Shola Akinlade

POSTPONED: Listen to Shola Akinlade, CEO – Paystack share lessons from his entrepreneurial journey.

Building from Ground Up, Events

15th October 2020

Editor’s Note: This event was earlier slated for Friday, October 23rd but has unfortunately been postponed due to the horrendous shootings in Lagos on October 20th and the ongoing violence in Nigeria. A new date will be announced soon. Sign up here and follow us on Twitter to stay informed. In 2014, Shola Akinlade realized […]

Building the Future, with Shola Akinlade: How to build a big business by solving painful problems

Podcast

Dotun Olowoporoku

4th September 2017

On the podcast today, we have the CEO and Co-Founder of Paystack, Shola Akinlade. Paystack is a payments processing company which lets businesses accept payments via debit card or money transfer on their websites or mobile apps. Paystack was the very first Nigerian company to get into YC – which is no small feat! Shola […]

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20.10.20: Between preserving history and fighting gross misinformation

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