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Adeleke Adekoya is co-founder and board member of Flutterwave (since 2016), which describes itself as a payment technology platform provider focused on connecting Africa to the rest of the world. Adekoya previously headed digital banking at Access Bank (2014–2016), held payments and e-business roles at Stanbic IBTC, and served as Business Solution Architect at Africa Fintech Foundry (2016–2019) and acting Managing Director of iQx Consult (2019–2021). Based in the United States.
Adeleke began as a process engineer at Nestlé in Agbara in 1999, after an engineering degree at Obafemi Awolowo University, then moved into banking and e-business: marketing and sales at GoldPoint Ventures, e-business officer at City Express Bank and regional head of e-business at Nextzon Business Services.
From August 2008 Adeleke spent nearly five years at Stanbic IBTC, building transactional products for corporate and business banking clients, then heading payment strategy and channels, and acted as head of e-business in early 2014.
In June 2014 Adeleke joined Access Bank, first managing corporate channels and then as Head of Digital Banking until May 2016. In May 2016 Adeleke became a co-founder of Flutterwave, a payment technology platform focused on connecting Africa to the rest of the world.
Adeleke was Business Solution Architect at Africa Fintech Foundry from 2016 to 2019, acting Managing Director of iQx Consult running FMDQ Group's IT from November 2019 to May 2021, and remains a Flutterwave board member. The profile headline also credits the founding of KairosHub and Kairos Central.