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Olu Owoeye

Dr. Olu Owoeye

Senior Program Officer, Digital Payment Platforms, Gates Foundation

20+ years of professional and executive leadership experience working at the intersection of technology operations, national payment innovation, and product strategies.

Led notable payment infrastructure modernisation programs across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, including the first ISO 20022 interoperable real-time payment system launch in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Olu currently leads the Gates Foundation's continent-wide strategy on improving the quality of inclusive real-time payment systems.