Chief executive officer of OPay Nigeria Olu Akanmu has resigned from the company after two years.
Mr Akanmu announced his exit from the company via a tweet on Monday.
He said: “My Gratitude to all my colleagues at Opay for the good work we did together in deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria, ensuring that fewer and fewer number of our people are left behind in partaking out of the opportunities of the digital financial system.
“Many thanks also to all our ecosystem partners and enablers who complimented us, without which we would not have been able to deliver on the lofty mission of OPay which is to deepen financial inclusion through technology.
“Yet there is still so much to be done collectively by us as all to ensure that no one is left behind by the modern digital financial system.
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“The lesson of the cashless or limited Cash period earlier in the year is that millions are not yet included despite the progress we have made collectively as an ecosystem.
“For the Nigeria Fintech community, the imperative of ensuring that we serve not only the banked and underserved, but also the completely excluded which still represents at least 45% of our people should be our collective and greater patriotic mission, complementing the historic efforts of traditional players.”
His resignation comes amid ongoing celebration of the company’s fifth anniversary in Nigeria.
Akanmu, a former executive director at FCMB, joined the Nigerian division of the Chinese-backed fintech in November 2021.
