Tayo is the Founder, Group CEO, and Executive Chairman of Paga Group Ltd Board and Non-Executive Chairman of Paga Nigeria. Tayo’s background and experience is in a variety of technical and business roles in High-tech and Private Equity.
Prior to Paga, Tayo was Vice-President at Travant Capital Partners, a private equity fund in West Africa. Prior to joining Travant, Tayo was a Manager, Corporate Development, at Cisco Systems in San Jose, California.
Tayo’s work at Paga has been recognized globally – in 2014, CNBC selected Tayo as the Entrepreneur of the Year West Africa, and in 2015, the African Leadership Network selected Paga as the outstanding growing company of the year in Africa. Tayo is an Endeavor Entrepreneur.
Tayo has a passion to help entrepreneurs bring ideas to life and build scalable businesses. He is an active angel investor and a co-founder of Kairos Angels, an angel investment club.
Tayo earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, cum laude, from the University of Southern California and also has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.