The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of OPay Nigeria, Mr. Olu Akanmu, has tendered his resignation to the company’s board of directors after two years of his appointment as the digital payment firm marked its 5th year of operations in the country.
The digital payment expert, who announced his resignation via a Twitter post on Monday morning, did not state why he took the decision but stressed the need for all players in the digital finance ecosystem in the country to collaborate in the drive for improved financial inclusion in Nigeria
Akanmu pointed out that achieve the target of capturing the millions of unbanked Nigerians into the financial net, collaborations, public-private partnerships, and more deliberate coordination at the digital public infrastructure ecosystem layers remain critical
He expressed his gratitude to his colleagues for the good work they jointly did to deepen financial inclusion in the country and the ecosystem partners and enablers for their support for the company that helped it to deliver on its lofty mission, which is to deepen financial inclusion through technology.
The OPay chief said: “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.
“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.
“Collaborations, public-private partnerships, and more deliberate coordination at the digital public infrastructure (#dpi) ecosystem layers would be critical to ensure we succeed in doing the next heavy lifting to extend the digital financial rail to the next 20 million”, Akanmu added.
