Henry Chinedu Obike

Henry Obike is the Chief Innovation Officer at I&M Bank Rwanda. He has a wealth of expertise in digital finance with bias in product development, digital transformation and technology commercialization for business and market development. He was responsible for digital financial services and innovation while at FirstBank Ghana, a subsidiary of FirstBank Nigeria Plc. He also held prominent positions at the United Bank of Africa and Fidelity Bank Ghana where he led various transformational initiatives on the back of Bank and Telco partnership. Prior to joining I&M Bank, Henry also played in the consulting world, where he took up the role of digital financial service expert at IPC GmBH (a notable German consulting institution based in Frankfurt) where he was the senior digital financial service expert responsible for digital strategy development and implementation of DFI funded digitization projects for financial institutions and development partners across sub-Sahara Africa. With over 26 years’ experience working in the financial sector and proven expertise in product development and business innovation across multiple markets including Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, and francophone West Africa equips him with insights on key market drivers and strategic partnerships relevant for financial technology ecosystem development. Henry also holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation from the prestigious China Europe International Business School, Shanghai.