Shola Akinlade
Shola Akinlade bụ onye injinia sọftụwia Naijiria na onye ọchụnta ego, nke a kacha mara amara dị ka onye rụpụtara ya na onye isi oche nke Paystack, ụlọ ọrụ teknụzụ ego nke ụlọ ọrụ ịkwụ ụgwọ US Stripe nwetara na 2020 na nkwekọrịta kwuru na ọ ruru ihe ruru nde $200.[1] N'afọ 2022, onyeisiala Naịjirịa bụ Muhammadu Buhari nyere ya nsọpụrụ mba ofesi Officer of Order of the Niger (OON) maka ntinye aka ya n'ịkwalite teknụzụ na ego na azụmaahịa.[2]
Ndụ mbido
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Akinlade ma zụlite ya na Lagos, Naịjirịa. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na St Gregory's College, Lagos. N'afọ 2006, ọ nwetara akara ugo mmụta na sayensị kọmputa na Mahadum Babcock . [3] Ọ malitere ịrụ ọrụ na Heineken dị ka onye a na-enye ọzụzụ maka njikwa nchekwa data nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. O mechara rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye injinia ngwanrọ na ọtụtụ ụlọ akụ. N'afọ 2016, ya na Ezra Olubi guzobere Paystack.[4][5]
Ọrụ azụmahịa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Za
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Akinlade mepụtara Zap, usoro na-enye ndị mba ọzọ nọ na Nigeria ohere iji kaadị mba ọzọ kwụọ ụgwọ.[1][2] Dabere na Guardian Nigeria, Zap, nke ewepụtara na mbụ na 14 Nọvemba 2024 wee kwalite na 3 Maachị 2025, enwetala ihe karịrị otu puku nbudata na Play Store.[6]
Ebe a na-akwụ ụgwọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ụlọ ọrụ Akinlade Paystack bụ akụkụ nke mmalite mmalite Y Combinator's 2016 batch of start-ups. E guzobere ụlọ ọrụ ahụ iji nyere azụmaahịa dị n'Africa aka ịkwụ ụgwọ n'ịntanetị na n'ịnọpụghị.[7]
N'afọ 2020, na-esochi nweta Paystack site na Stripe, Akinlade kwuru, "Anyị enweghị ike inwe obi ụtọ karịa isonyere Stripe, onye ebumnuche ya na ụkpụrụ ya dabara na nke anyị, iji zụlite azụmaahịa na-agbanwe agbanwe na kọntinent ahụ."[8]
Sporting Lagos F.C.
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 2022, Akinlade guzobere otu klọb bọọlụ, Sporting Lagos F.C. nke ọ na-ekwu na ọ bụ ikpo okwu maka mmepe obodo na mgbanwe mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya.[9][10]
Aarhus Fremad
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Na Machị 2023, Akinlade nwetara pasentị iri ise na ise na klọb bọọlụ nke abụọ nke Denmark bụ Aarhus Fremad. Atụmatụ a bụ maka Aarhus Fremad ka ọ kwado ọrụ ọkachamara nke Sporting Lagos FC, dabere na Sporting Lagos F.C. dị ka ụlọ akwụkwọ nkà mmụta na nloghachi.[11]
Ihe nrite
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 2022, Onye isi ala Muhammadu Buhari nke Naịjirịa nyere Akinlade Onye isi nke Order of the Niger (OON) iji kwado onyinye ya maka ọganihu nke teknụzụ na ego na azụmaahịa.[2]
Edensibia
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Silicon Valley payments firm Stripe buys Nigerian startup Paystack. Reuters (15 October 2020). Retrieved on 27 March 2025.
- 1 2 Tech founders Aboyeji, Olubi, Ola Brown, others receive national honours. Business Day (16 October 2022). Retrieved on 27 March 2025.
- ↑ Meet Sola Akinlade, co-founder of Nigeria's foremost payment platform Paystack (en-GB). Nairametrics (8 September 2018). Retrieved on 14 June 2021.
- ↑ Nigeria: "The hard work is still in front of us" - Paystack CEO (en-US). The Africa Report.com (23 October 2020). Retrieved on 14 June 2021.
- ↑ Nsehe. Nigerian Fintech Startup Paystack Raises $1.3 Million (en). Forbes. Retrieved on 14 June 2021.
- ↑ Soaga (25 March 2025). Paystack launches 'Zap' App for fast bank transfers in Nigeria. The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved on 26 March 2025.
- ↑ Combinator. Helping African Businesses Get Paid, Shola Akinlade of Paystack (en-US). Y Combinator. Retrieved on 29 January 2022.
- ↑ Stripe acquires African payments startup Paystack in €180m deal. Irish Independent (15 October 2020). Retrieved on 27 March 2025.
- ↑ Christiansen (28 March 2023). Aarhus Fremad får ny ejer: IT-milliardær fra Nigeria køber sig ind i klubben (da). Århus Stiftstidende. Retrieved on 2 August 2023.
- ↑ Reporter (2024-09-24). Nigerians who own football clubs in Europe (en-US). The Nation Newspaper. Retrieved on 2025-06-24.
- ↑ Salaudeen (20 April 2022). From fintech to football: With Sporting Lagos, Paystack's Shola Akinlade hopes to change the game in Nigeria (en). CNN. Retrieved on 16 October 2022.