Dada Gotring mounts the helm as Olu Akanmu quits as of CEO Opay

OPay Digital Services Limited (OPay) on Tuesday formally announced the resignation of its President/Co-Chief Executive Officer, Olu Akanmu, with effect from next month.

He would be succeeded by Dada Gotring subject to regulatory approval.

Mr. Akanmu’s exit was made known in a statement posted on the official Twitter page of the mobile money platform.

The firm said: “As the records and the indelible mark he leaves irrefutably show, Olu has been a critical part of our company’s success and goodwill while he was with us.”

It described Akanmu as an unrelenting enthusiast for even greater influence and deeper financial inclusion in Nigeria

“Olu has decided to pursue other goals all to the end that every Nigerian is able to access financial inclusion and representation. While we will miss him, we wish him well in his future endeavours.”

On his part, Akanmu described his exit as “End of a Chapter. Moving on to New Ones.”

He said: “My gratitude to all my colleagues for the good work we did deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria and ensuring that less and less number of people are left out in partaking out of the opportunities of the digital financial system.

“Many thanks also to all our ecosystem partners and enablers who complimented us, without which we would not have been able to deliver on the lofty mission of OPay which is to deepen financial inclusion through technology.”

The statement described Mr. Gotring as a veteran in the financial services industry and will continue to steer the OPay ship in the direction of even greater strides.

Gotring was a former director of the trade and exchange department at the Central Bank of Nigeria and also contested for the Plateau state gubernatorial seat in the last Nigerian general elections.

“OPay remains committed to its goal of making financial services more inclusive with technology,” the firm said.

Founded in 2018, Opay is one of the largest fintech companies in Africa, with over 30 million users, about 500,000 agents and more than 300,000 merchants.