Tayo Ovoisu

Long-Form 

Tayo is the founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com). Paga is building the PayPal for  Africa and is one of the leading mobile payment companies in Nigeria, its first market.  

Before Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West  Africa. Before joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development at Cisco Systems in  San Jose, California. 

Paga has been selected to the prestigious Fintech 250 list of most promising Fintech companies  globally three times, most recently in 2022. Tayo’s work at Paga has been recognized globally - in  2014, CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year in West Africa, and in 2015 the  African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in  Africa.  

Outside of Paga, Tayo serves on the Merchant Council for Visa Inc CEMEA Region. He is also  the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club, and an Endeavor Entrepreneur. 

Tayo earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of  Southern California and a Master’s in Business Administration from the Graduate School of  Business, Stanford University. 

Short-Form 

Tayo is the founder & Group CEO of Paga (www.paga.com). Paga is building the PayPal for  Africa and is one of the leading mobile payment companies in Nigeria, its first market. Tayo  serves on Visa Inc’s Merchant Council, is the co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment  club, and an Endeavor Entrepreneur.