Payments & Regulatory Strategy Executive
I build payment infrastructure that runs at continental scale
20+ years leading payments and regulatory strategy across M-Pesa Africa, Visa, Letshego, and Binance
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Track Record
A career spent building the systems that move money.
2026–Present
General Manager, Africa — Binance
Oversaw $20B+ in crypto transaction volume across Sub-Saharan Africa.
2024–2025
Group Chief Digital & Data Officer — Letshego Group
$1B lending portfolio across 11 markets, with $78M in new digital revenue.
2021–2024
Executive Head, Business Payments — M-Pesa Africa
Grew merchant base to 1M+ across 7 markets, supported by a 600,000-strong agent network.
2017–2021
Director, Products & Solutions — Visa Sub-Saharan Africa
Led global payment and remittance partnerships across 13 markets.
Impact Snapshot
Leadership measured in durable outcomes.
$20B+
crypto transaction volume overseen
1M+
merchants Acquired and served
$18B+
Mobile Money payment volume
20+ Years
Experience across Africa
When I Help
Built for the moments when leadership has to move the system.
Crypto Firms Entering Africa
Regulatory strategy, licensing pathways, and central bank engagement across multiple African jurisdictions.
Banks Needing Real Infrastructure
Payment rails built by someone who has run both the issuer and network side.
Fractional Executive Support
Operator experience, not advisory-only guidance.
Approach
The work is strategy made operational.
01 — Trust before scale
Design every decision around resilient controls, reliable experiences, and the confidence to grow.
02 — Partnership is infrastructure
Align banks, networks, regulators, and merchants around shared economic value and clear accountability.
03 — Local insight, global rigor
Bring world-class operating discipline to the realities of each customer, market, and payment corridor.
Publishing soon — regulatory alignment as growth infrastructure
Core Values
Continental Scale Execution
Regulatory Trust as Infrastructure
Traditional Finance + Crypto Fluency
Institutional Partnership Building
Build-From-Zero Operator