Founder & CEO @theflutterwave | Backing Africa’s builders @r17_ventures | Shaping how money moves in Africa. OON

Joined November 2012
OluGB 🦋 retweeted
Big launch at the office today! So you see, HR technology in Africa has largely been built for people who sit at a desk, whereas most of Africa's workforce doesn’t. Even the guys who do, sometimes don’t want to log in to a whole new system to carry out simple tasks. So today, @getPaidHR is launching WhatsApp and USSD access across Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. Employees can now check or download their payslips, request leave and access their earned wages without downloading an app or logging into a portal. For employers, this means every worker gets the same HR experience as your office staff, whether they are on a site, in a warehouse, at a branch or on a shift. It needs no new hardware and no new app. Personally, this is a massive milestone for me. I’ve always wanted to break the barriers and obstacles of adoption on our platform and I’m more than proud of the team who worked on this to give thousands of people on the PaidHR platform more access to the life-improving tools we built for them. Shout out to @lekanutty and the whole team. Introduce me to your HR team, finance or ops teams. Let’s elevate the work experience for you and them.
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🚀 You can now buy REAL Dangote Refinery shares on Lagos Life! In partnership with @theflutterwave, @ChapelHillNg, and @mono_hq. Walk into the Flutterwave building in Lagos Life and purchase real Dangote Refinery shares starting from just ₦5,250, using Flutterwave’s secure checkout. 🛢️ Bonus: Shareholders unlock an exclusive VIP refinery tour in the game! 🎮 Get started: lagoslife.app Disclaimer Flutterwave acts solely as a Receiving Agent for the Dangote Refinery Initial Public Offering (IPO), in partnership with SEC-licensed stockbrokers. Flutterwave does not provide investment advice, stockbroking services, or hold investors’ shares. Investing in shares involves risk. Share values may rise or fall, and investors may lose some or all of their investment. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Real money | 18+ | Investment risks apply.
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Switched to flutterwave and my account was verified in under an hour very good !
Over 2 weeks now Paystack yet to verify my account for @frozenmartng smh
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Replying to @Akintola_steve
I think the approval is faster now actually. I recently opened one today and it took me less than 30 minutes to get approved and now it's live
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
Replying to @themadog2
In Rwanda only payment gateway works better and affordable is flutterwave as international transactions in websites.
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
GB's (@TechProd_Arch) motion is different. Abdul (@ijbguy) and @_KingNath are also of the same mould. #buildersinmotion. I am glad that they not only backed the insanely globally talented @Shalom_HeyEliy, Owen and team VERY QUICKLY, they all allowed me to be a part of this. It's time to build FOR THE WORLD. The Nigerians aren't just coming, we are here 😉 PS: Me gan follow take picture :). Yeah, I agree, I need to do something about that, abi na this hair 🥲.
OluGB 🦋
@TechProd_ArchOct 9
Great to catch up, @Shalom_heyeliy! As I told you: dream bigger. The possibilities are endless. 5m players already. The next global gaming giant can come from Lagos! Proud to back you at @R17_Ventures alongside @OoTheNigerian, @_kingNath and @ijbguy! xitter.cf/shalom_heyeliy/status/…
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Managing international payments just got easier with Flutterwave for business. Visit @theflutterwave to learn more. @SendAppbyFLW @theflutterwave #thefashionroundtable
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
Replying to @Shalom_HeyEliy
@Shalom_HeyEliy vision to build a global gaming giant is so inspiring. Nigeria to the world🚀 5M users now, road to 100M?👀 It was great to invest alongside my brothers too @TechProd_Arch and @ijbguy
OluGB 🦋
@TechProd_ArchOct 9
Great to catch up, @Shalom_heyeliy! As I told you: dream bigger. The possibilities are endless. 5m players already. The next global gaming giant can come from Lagos! Proud to back you at @R17_Ventures alongside @OoTheNigerian, @_kingNath and @ijbguy! xitter.cf/shalom_heyeliy/status/…
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
From Nollywood to London, the story continues. EbonyLife Place London - a new home for African and Black film, music, art, fashion and food - is now open! Proud to celebrate both Lagos and London, two global capitals of creativity 🇬🇧 🇳🇬
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
Na this Lagos life is huge.
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5 MILLION PLAYERS IN JUST 9 DAYS!!! 😭🇳🇬👑🔥 WHAT IS HAPPENINGGGG!!! 🚀🚀🚀 We just crossed 5,000,000 players on Lagos Life! 👑 5M+ players 🔥 110,000+ playing right now 🌍 34 MILLION+ visits ALL IN JUST 9 DAYS!!! What started as an idea is becoming something bigger than I ever imagined. To every single person playing, sharing, building, and making noise about Lagos Life, THANK YOU! ❤️ And the craziest part? WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED! 5M DOWN. 10M NEXT! 🚀👑🇳🇬 lagoslife.app/stats #LagosLife
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
1) I am a proud father today. The young woman behind Lagos Life, the phenomenal game that pulled in over 2 million players in its first days, started her tech journey in our nondescript training room in Aba, Abia Her name is Shalom. This is her story & ours. This is a thread 1/25
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Okay. How can I help? 🫡
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
4 million players in 8 days, and they’re just getting started. 🚀 Proud to back Vatar Inc. as they build Lagos Life.
🚨 Big Scoop 🚨 Vatar Inc., the parent company of viral gaming sensation Lagos Life, raises $500,000 in pre-seed from some of African tech's most recognisable names – at a $10 million valuation. Lagos Life co-founder and CEO @Shalom_HeyEliy opened and closed the round in 24 hours! Flutterwave CEO @TechProd_Arch backed the round through his fund, @R17_Ventures, along with Terra Industries CEO @_KingNath, Mono CEO & Flutterwave Chief Product Officer @ijbguy, and Angel Investor @OoTheNigerian. The $500,000 will go into improving the product: a premium interface, more depth, and creating more games for the company. Lagos Life has been on a generational run. In eight days, it’s crossed 4 million players, made $170,000 in revenue, and expanded to two cities. I have not seen anything like it in years.
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Lagos Life launched on October 1st. Just 9 days later, over 4.7 million people have played the game. Today, I’m excited to announce that Vatar, the parent company behind Lagos Life, has closed a $500K angel round led by AB Hassan (@ijbguy), Nathan Nwachuku (@_KingNath), and GB Agboola (@TechProd_Arch). Lagos is just the beginning. We’re building entire worlds, and there’s so much more to come. 🌍 vatar.com
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Launching Nigeria’s National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System is the first step. Its true impact will come as we weave it into how we live, do business, connect with one another and deliver services across every corner of our country. Every postcode should mean something tangible: a customer reached, a delivery completed, a community better served, or emergency help arriving where it is needed. In the days, weeks and months ahead, my office will work with @NipostNgn and key actors across government, business and the technology community to embed this new national asset in our everyday lives. So to our developers and innovators, let’s build on it. The API ( You can find documentation here - docs.postcode.gov.ng) provides a foundation for integrating the postcode into the products and services Nigerians use every day. So go on and register your organisation: dashboard.postcode.gov.ng/re… and start building. To access the API: 1. Create an organisation account. 2. Submit your Know Your Business (KYB) documentation. 3. Request API access, specifying the access level you need. 4. Receive staging tokens to develop and test your integration. 5. Complete User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with NIPOST’s technical and compliance teams, where required. 6. Receive production tokens and go live. I also want to hear your ideas. How can we embed the alphanumeric postcode in commerce, transport, healthcare, agriculture, emergency response and community life? What would you build, and what problem would it solve?
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His Excellency, Ambassador Lateef Kayode Are, attended the Africa Forward: Investing in the Next Decade of Growth Executive Roundtable, jointly convened by Flutterwave and Invest Africa in New York. The engagement focused on scaling Africa’s digital economy, strengthening public-private partnerships, and unlocking opportunities for sustainable economic growth across the continent. The Roundtable brought together leaders from the business, finance, and government sectors to discuss practical ways of advancing Africa’s digital transformation and investment potential. The Ambassador reaffirmed the importance of collaboration in creating jobs, promoting innovation, and strengthening Africa’s position as a leading digital and business hub.
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
Flutterwave works well and the settlement for GHS and other local currencies is T+1.
I'm still looking for a very reliable payment provider to collect international payments 😕 There's always one issue or another with the ones I'm using You'll think having 3 different providers will actually solve your issues but at the end of the day they don't I'm losing money daily and it's hurting me bad Currently facing some issues with collecting GHS and TZS
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I joined Flutterwave and Invest Africa for the Africa Forward: Investing in the Next Decade of Growth Executive Roundtable in New York. We talked about how to scale Africa’s digital economy and build the right partnerships to support its growth. It was encouraging to see leaders from business, finance and government in the room, focused on the opportunities ahead for Africa. Unlocking our continent’s potential will take real collaboration between the public and private sectors. For us in Lagos, we remain open to partnerships that create jobs and strengthen our position as a leading digital and business hub in Africa.
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OluGB 🦋 retweeted
Soon: NectarFi x NGX. Everyone is excited about tokenisation, and rightfully so. If major markets like the NYSE are already exploring how U.S. equities can move onchain, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NGX) shouldn’t be far behind. I recently spoke with TechNext about what it could take to bring NGX-listed assets onchain, the infrastructure required, and the opportunity this could unlock for market access. If anyone on the NGX side is actively thinking about or working on this, I’m open to a conversation.
Blockchain
@blockchainSep 23
We're excited to announce our partnership with @NYSE to bring 24/7 access to tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs to users around the world. Another win toward making markets more globally accessible.
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