Afrigather Olugbenga Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, Africa’s main funds expertise firm was introduced to have been chosen to affix the Wall Avenue Journal (WSJ) CEO Council.
Flutterwave made the announcement in the present day.
The members of the CEO Council, which comprise 350 CEOs, lead corporations that collectively make use of greater than 11 million folks, generate over $4.48 trillion in annual income and characterize 28 international locations throughout a large spectrum of industries.
Agboola being a member of the Council offers him a chance to listen to and drop his quota on rising economies, funds, and world fintech in conversations with leaders of the world’s most influential and iconic corporations.
Flutterwave co-founder has been eager on driving the event of Fintech options for a number of organizations and monetary establishments comparable to PayPal, Commonplace Financial institution, and Google, amongst others. His earlier Fintech enterprise targeted on simpler and non-card strategies of creating funds and was acquired by a high financial institution in Nigeria.
Agboola’s tutorial degree and recognitions
Agboola’s academic background contains the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise, the Wharton Faculty of Administration, and the College of Westminster.
He was named African Management Journal’s Younger Enterprise Chief of The Yr (2020). He has additionally been acknowledged for his achievements in management and innovation by Fortune Journal’s prestigious 40 beneath 40 lists and Time Journal’s 2021 Subsequent 100 record, respectively. He studied the Superior Administration Program on the Columbia Enterprise Faculty and graduated in 2023.
He was conferred with the Nationwide Honor, Officer of the Order of the Niger, by President Muhammadu Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in October 2022.
Agboola mentioned “As Flutterwave continues to innovate and supply funds infrastructure in Africa and past, it’s an honor to affix the ranks of WSJ’s esteemed CEO Council, an necessary platform for thought management and the change of concepts,”
“Flutterwave’s work is an instance of the transformative energy of economic expertise, and I stay up for bringing my perspective as the corporate’s CEO to the Council,” he added.
Different members of the Council embrace Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Group Managing Director and CEO, Zenith Financial institution, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, Börje Ekholm, President and CEO at Ericsson, Allan Thygesen, CEO, Docusign, Todd Boehly, Chairman and CEO, Eldridge, Arvind Krishna, CEO, IBM, amongst others.
Earlier in 2023, Flutterwave CFO Oneal Bhambani joined the Wall Avenue Journal’s CFO Community.
