The founder and co-founder of Moniepoint Inc., Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike, have been applauded for redefining the narrative of African innovation, proving that world-class fintech solutions can be conceived, built and scaled from homegrown institutions.
The applause came against the backdrop of Moniepoint’s recent nomination to the 2025 TIME100 Most Influential Companies list.
According to stakeholders, the duo’s journey underscores the quality of talent nurtured within Nigeria’s university system.
Recall that Eniolorunda studied Mechanical Engineering at OAU and chose to build for Nigerian realities rather than pursue opportunities abroad. His deep immersion in the country’s financial ecosystem, particularly during his time at TeamApt Ltd, where solutions were being built for several Nigerian banks, laid the foundation for a series of industry-defining innovations.
Among these were the introduction of instant point-of-sale (POS) transfers, the launch of Nigeria’s first virtual account services, and the construction of a vertically integrated payments processing switch, fully licensed for switching and processing.
However, Ike brought the technical firepower to match that vision. A first-class graduate in Computer Science from UNILAG, Ike currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of Moniepoint, where he has built the engineering backbone that supports the firm’s rapidly expanding ecosystem.
Under their leadership, Moniepoint’s infrastructure now serves over 10 million businesses and individuals across Nigeria and other African markets, processing millions of transactions daily with systems designed to be scalable, resilient and secure.
In 2025, MoniePoint Inc. secured over $200 million in a major funding round aimed at expanding its digital financial services footprint across Africa and into new global markets.
Hence, the firm has maintained profitability at scale, a rare achievement in the global fintech space.
The accolades have followed steadily. In addition to its inclusion on the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, Moniepoint has been named among CNBC’s top UK fintech firms and ranked in the Financial Times’ Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies for three consecutive years.
Industry observers say the Moniepoint story is reshaping perceptions about where transformative innovation can emerge. Rather than relying on a foreign pedigree, Eniolorunda and Ike have demonstrated that Nigerian universities, when paired with opportunity, discipline and vision, can produce founders who do not merely participate in the global economy but actively redefine it.