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Empire and Legacy: African Business ChroniclesMeet the CEOs – Fintech Frenemies: Flutterwave vs. PaystackDive into a visceral CEO showdown. This bonus episode explores the personalities of two African fintech founders—Olugbenga “GB” Agboola and Shola Akinlade. Uncover how their unique values, strengths, and vulnerabilities became the superpower behind each company’s strategy and legacy.
Feel the tension. Hear the ambition. Understand why their story is more than fintech—it’s about purpose, grit, and building Africa’s future.
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2025-07-0222 min
Fintech One•On•OneOlugbenga “GB” Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, on creating African payments infrastructureAfrica is quietly becoming one of the hottest areas for fintech investment. I am overdue to focus on Africa here on the podcast, so when the chance to interview the CEO of the largest African fintech presented itself, I jumped at the opportunity. In a similar way to Latin America, Africa has leapfrogged from offline financial infrastructure to mobile-centric and the one company that has made much of this leapfrog possible, at least when it comes to payments, is Flutterwave.My next guest on the Fintech One on One podcast is Olugbenga Agboola, who goes by GB...2025-06-0528 min
The Startup Leap PodcastThe 5-Minute Startup Advice That Could Save You Years (and Millions)In this episode, experienced entrepreneurs share insightful advice they would give to their younger selves. They emphasize trusting your instincts, asking for help, believing in yourself, and the importance of small, achievable goals. Real-world experiences highlight the significance of resilience, execution over strategy, and the importance of maintaining personal well-being while navigating the challenging journey of building a business.00:00 Advice to Younger Self: Startup Insights00:14 Trust Your Instincts and Keep Going00:58 The Reality of Entrepreneurship01:42 Personal Growth and Self-Belief02:43 Strategic Advice for Entrepreneurs03:22...2025-04-1504 min
The Startup Leap PodcastLessons From Building Africa's Most Valued Fintech Unicorn with ‘GB’ of Flutterwave Join hosts Maria and Yvonne on the Startup Leap Podcast as they dive deep into the inspiring journey of Olugbenga Agboola, popularly known as “GB” Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, Africa's leading fintech company making African payments seamless.Discover how Flutterwave scaled to become one of Africa's most valued startups, operating in over 30 markets, processing over $31billion in transactions and serving almost a million businesses. Learn about the challenges of navigating the regulatory landscape, building trust, and creating a seamless payment ecosystem across Africa. Hear personal anecdotes from GB, the importance of r...2025-02-1829 min
Africa Tech NewsFlutterwave’s Disha Pauses All ActivityDisha announced the product will be paused indefinitely from March 31, 2024. Its 100,000 creators have until then to migrate their content and profiles to other platforms. Flutterwave’s CEO Olugbenga Agboola says at the time, that he considered Disha the creator version of Flutterwave Store which now serves over 900,000 businesses across 154 countries. Early in 2022, Flutterwave also paused its Barter by Flutterwave, its virtual dollar card service, due to problems its partner company, Union54, faced with chargeback fraud.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/africa-tech-news--5512041/support.2024-02-2101 min
The FlipOlugbenga 'GB' Agboola: Hard-Earned Lessons Building FlutterwaveToday's guest is Olugbenga Agboola, better known as the one and only GB - the Co-founder and CEO of Flutterwave. It's been a trying last year or so for Flutterwave with issues of fraud, allegations of impropriety inside the company, regulatory hurdles, and the general challenges of scaling a fintech in a tough operating environment.Yet through it all, Flutterwave has "technology reach" in 34 countries, they've continued to ship new products beyond their core payments technology, including their rebranded remittance product Send App, and there are rumors swirling about t...2023-09-2241 min
Fintech BeatCan Africa’s Payments Unicorn Conquer the World?Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola joins the show to demystify building digital infrastructure in Africa, and lessons learned in the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2023-08-3025 minAfrica Tech NewsFlutterwave Integrates Google Pay Into Payment OptionsPan-African fintech giant Flutterwave raised $250 million in a series D raise, the company held an event where it announced, amongst other things, that it would integrate Google Pay and Apple Pay into its suite of payment options. The company is making good on its promise about Google Pay, as users of the global payment service can now use it for transactions with merchants on Flutterwave’s stores. With this integration, Google Pay users worldwide can pay businesses on Flutterwave within an average transaction completion time of 3 minutes. According to Flutterwave, this move will reduce the cart abandonment ra...2022-09-3002 min
Affairage AirwaysSauce béninoiseDans ce dernier vol de la saison, Aissata et Laurence parle de travaux scolaires en groupe (01:50), de l'adoption de Bitcoin comme monnaie par la Centrafrique (04:15) et de la sauce béninoise dans laquelle se trouve le CEO de Flutterwave, Olugbenga GB Agboola (18:10). Le vol se poursuit avec des coups de coeur musicaux comme Baba God d'Asake et Yamore de Salif Keita feat Cesaria Evora (37:10). Bonne écoute et merci pour votre soutien!2022-05-0750 minAfrica Tech NewsFlutter Wave CEO Faces Inside Trading AllegationsDavid Hundeyin, journalist and founder of West Africa Weekly, stated that he began working on a story about the Nigerian payment company, Flutterwave, six months ago. Hundeyin accuses Flutterwave CEO, Olugbenga Agboola, of bullying and committing some crimes. These include insider trading, and inflating and deflating stock prices as desired. He also said that Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola illegally exploited the assets, information, and contacts of Access Bank, where he worked.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/africa-tech-news--5512041/support.2022-04-2000 min
T2S2How Nigerian fintechs like Flutterwave and Lidya are flourishing – T2S2With a valuation reportedly of $3bn, Nigeria's Flutterwave is one of the most successful – and inspiring – startups in Africa. Stuff Studios editor-in-chief Toby Shapshak spoke with its CEO and cofounder Olugbenga Agboola during a recent trip to Lagos, where he also interviewed Lidya co-founder Ercin Eksin. Read more on Stuff Studios.2021-10-1833 min
Wharton FinTech PodcastCreating an African Fintech Giant - Olugbenga Agboola, Co-Founder & CEO of FlutterwaveIn this episode, Miguel Armaza sits down with Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, Co-Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, a revolutionary company building the digital payments infrastructure for Africa that’s enabling businesses to receive or make payments across the continent and the entire globe.
Launched in 2016, Flutterwave has grown at an astonishing rate and in 2019 processed 107 million transactions worth $5.4 billion. The company has also raised over $55 million in equity from a long list of top VCs, including Y-Combinator, Visa Ventures, Fintech Collective, Endeavor, Mastercard, Golden Palm Investments, and many more!
Olugbenga Agboola
Olugbenga Agboola is the co-founder and CEO of Flutterwave. Prior to co...2020-11-0617 min
eDigital Radio Show with Faith HistoryHave you heard about Flutterwave payments? (164)Flutterwave is one of the foremost Fintech startups in Africa, straight out of Nigeria.
It was founded by Iyin Aboyeji & Olugbenga Agboola to tackle the payment challenges of the African population. This phenomenal brand has been fluttering around the Continent providing seamless international payments.
Their technology connects Africa to the global market and some of their products are 'Rave', and 'Barter'. Flutterwave provides a payment platform that is unique in its rights. Listen in as the Product Marketing Manager Ashiwel Ochui, speaks about the giant strides they have made and the many...2019-05-2017 min