
#7 | Paystack |
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CEO | Shola Akinlade |
Year Founded (in Nigeria) | 2015 |
Website | www.paystack.com |
Head Office | 126 Joel Ogunnaike Street, Ikeja GRA, Ikeja, Lagos |
Nationality | NG |
Paystack is a technology company solving payments problems for ambitious businesses and with a mission is to help businesses in Africa become profitable, envied, and loved by helping them to accept payments by anyone, anywhere in the world via credit card, debit card, money transfer and mobile money on their websites or mobile apps.
From new startups, to market leaders launching new business models, Paystack makes it easy for businesses to accept secured payments from multiple local and global payment channels, and then they provide tools to help businesses retain existing customers, and acquire new ones.
As makers and business owners themselves, they are inspired by a vision of millions of exceptional businesses across the continent who’re profitable, envied, and loved. We believe that in our lifetimes, businesses in Africa will routinely go toe to toe with the best companies on the planet, and win. Building that world gives us purpose, every day.
Powering a new generation of businesses in Africa, Paystack is breaking all barriers so that African businesses can quickly and easily accept payments from anyone, anywhere.
PayStack became a sensation few days ago with the news of its $200 million acquisition by the global fintech giant, Stripe, in the biggest M&A deal in Nigerian tech

