Aguessy Hermann

A 2022 We Are Tech Africa profile says Aguessy earned a master's in computer science at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin. It lists an ITIL Foundation certificate in 2013 and a certificate from Oxford's fintech program in 2018. Aguessy began in 2012 as IT manager at the headquarters of the Francophonie organization in Senegal. A year later, Aguessy co-founded the technology lab BLOLAB as a programmer-analyst. In 2014, Aguessy returned to Benin as head of the IT department at the polytechnic school of Abomey-Calavi.

Financial Afrik's May 2026 profile says Aguessy founded Nautilus Technology in 2015, a software engineering firm doing digitalization projects for public institutions and businesses. The profile says Nautilus built an e-learning platform used by public universities in Benin and developed solutions for Sanlam-Allianz in Côte d'Ivoire and NSIA Vie in Benin. We Are Tech Africa says Aguessy was managing partner of DUCIEL Sarl from 2016 to 2018, a company in investment, import-export and international trade.

We Are Tech Africa says Aguessy founded FedaPay with Boris Koumondji and describes it as a payment aggregator that takes Visa, Mastercard and Mobile Money. Financial Afrik puts the co-founding in 2017. The We Are Tech Africa profile says Aguessy received funding of 23.4 million FCFA, about $38,000, from the Fonds d'appui à l'entrepreneuriat numérique in May 2021. It also cites financing from Benin Business Angel Network, obtained in early 2022, with no amount given.

Financial Afrik says Aguessy launched Finplex in 2020, a platform meant to digitize the operations of microfinance institutions, combine digital channels and cut costs. Financial Afrik also says FedaPay was used to collect Covid-19 test fees in Benin. We Are Tech Africa says Aguessy has led the launch of FedaPay in Niger since January 2022 and speaks of developing FedaPay in other French-speaking African countries, notably Burkina Faso and Cameroon.

CIO Mag reported on September 21, 2024, that Aguessy was elected president of the Association des Fintech du Bénin, which was founded in Cotonou on September 17. Counting all Beninese fintechs and bringing the association into line with national and regional laws were among the priorities named. Financial Afrik's May 2026 profile says FedaPay is deployed in Benin, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Niger, with expansion prospects in West and Central Africa.