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Tayo Oviosu

Founder of Paga

Nigeria

Overview 

Tayo Oviosu is the Founder & CEO of Paga, a leading financial services company in Nigeria. He has a background in business development, venture capital, and strategy, and has made significant investments in various startups, focusing on sectors like FinTech and E-commerce. Oviosu holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, has served on the boards of organizations like the African Leadership Foundation, and is known for his involvement with impactful initiatives like Unreasonable and Kairos Angels.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Group CEO

    2009 - Current

    Paga is a mobile payments company with a mission to transform lives by delivering innovative and universal access to financial services.

  • Board Member

    2023

    The African Leadership Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports transformative change in Africa by developing and connecting the continent's next generation of leaders.

African Leadership Foundation is a non profit organization that supports change in Africa by developing leaders.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022

    At the Institute for Governance and Economic Transformation we help African countries create a different and prosperous future by themselves and for themselves. We work to improve public policy and its implementation in the areas of macroeconomics, human development, business & finance and governance & public policy.

  • Co-Founder

    2018

  • Unreasonable Fellow

    2014

    The Unreasonable Group builds community between entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors to profitably solve pressing global problems. The Unreasonable Fellowship is by invitation only and provides a lifetime of support to select entrepreneurs operating at the nexus of impact and profit. I’m grateful to be part of this lifelong Fellowship and the broader Unreasonable community.

Unreasonable builds community between entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors to profitably solve pressing global problems.

  • Vice President

    2008 - 2009

  • Manager, Acquisitions and Venture Investments

    2005 - 2008

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  • Business Development Summer Associate

    2004 - 2004

  • Senior Consultant

    1999 - 2003

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