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Endeavor Nigeria Endeavor is the leading global community of, by, and for high-impact entrepreneurs. We dream bigger, scale faster, and pay it forward.

Adeola Adedewe (), Founder & CEO of Kredete (), is now an Endeavor Entrepreneur.Kredete is building the infrastructure p...
04/05/2026

Adeola Adedewe (), Founder & CEO of Kredete (), is now an Endeavor Entrepreneur.

Kredete is building the infrastructure powering how money moves across borders—making it faster, more efficient, and more accessible.

A journey shaped by real experience. A company solving at scale.

Welcome to the network.

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When a founder says they are an Endeavor Entrepreneur, this is what it means.A rigorous, multi-stage selection process d...
30/04/2026

When a founder says they are an Endeavor Entrepreneur, this is what it means.

A rigorous, multi-stage selection process designed to test scale, leadership, and potential at every level.

The Endeavor seal of approval carries real weight globally with investors, partners, and industry leaders—because it is not easily earned.

From early screening → to global mentorship → to the final International Selection Panel, every stage is built to challenge and refine the founde while provide critical feedback.

By the end of this process, the question is no longer if a founder can scale—but how far and fast they can go. 🚀

What does it take to be an Endeavor Entrepreneur?The bar is high. Intentionally so.We ask:⇨ Will the founder(s) have the...
29/04/2026

What does it take to be an Endeavor Entrepreneur?

The bar is high. Intentionally so.

We ask:
⇨ Will the founder(s) have the ambition and ability to become Big Bubble / Endeavor Multipliers in their ecosystem?
⇨ Does this candidate have the runway, fuel, and ambition to scale with Endeavor's support?

Beyond the business, we look at the person behind it — transparent, growth-minded, and ready to pay it forward and inspire the next generation to dream bigger.

Because we're not selecting for where founders are today, but for what they can become at scale.

Only a few make it through.

From Lagos, to 19 markets, to operating Waymo robotaxis in the United States.Ladi Delano is the most recently selected E...
24/04/2026

From Lagos, to 19 markets, to operating Waymo robotaxis in the United States.

Ladi Delano is the most recently selected Endeavor Nigeria entrepreneur — joining the network in 2025.

Moove is also unique in the Endeavor Nigeria portfolio: serviced jointly by Endeavor Nigeria and Endeavor UAE, reflecting the truly borderless nature of the business Ladi has built.

Moove is reimagining how mobility works for the people most excluded from traditional vehicle financing, and in doing so, reshaping how entire cities move.

Founded in Lagos in 2020, Moove started by solving a specific, overlooked problem: how do ride-hailing and logistics drivers, who lack traditional credit histories, access vehicles? The answer — revenue-based financing scored against real earnings data — turned out to be a model with global legs.

A 2026 Endeavor Outlier. And they are just getting started.

Built for the people the financial system forgot to design for.Ridwan Olalere was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur a...
23/04/2026

Built for the people the financial system forgot to design for.

Ridwan Olalere was selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur at the historic 100th in-person International Selection Panel in Dublin — joining 31 entrepreneurs leading 15 companies from around the world.

It was 2024, and LemFi () had already done something remarkable: built a trusted financial platform for immigrant communities in markets that global fintech giants had either ignored or underserved.

Endeavor Catalyst participated in LemFi's $53M Series B raise announced in January 2025 — led by Highland Europe, with Left Lane Capital, Palm Drive Capital and Y Combinator participating.

Here is how far this company has come since Ridwan and co-founder Rian Cochran launched it in 2020:

→ 1M+ active customers across 27 send-from markets and 20 send-to countries — including Nigeria, Kenya, India, China, and Pakistan

→ $1B+ in monthly transactions — up from $2B total in all of 2023. That is 12 months' worth of volume now processed every single month.

→ Asian corridor added in 2024, generating $160M in monthly TPV and growing 30% month-on-month since launch

→ Acquired Irish-licensed firm to enable independent European operations — with UK and Germany expansion underway

→ Acquired UK credit fintech Pillar in May 2025 — gaining FCA licenses and access to credit services for 20,000 cardholders

→ Launched Send Now, Pay Later (SNPL) — a credit-powered remittance product for its 2M+ global customers

→ 300+ employees across Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia

When Ridwan texted Rian during the Endeavor selection process: "We can actually go for a $10B company with this", — it didn't sound like a footnote. It sounds more like a roadmap.

A 2026 Endeavor Outlier.

Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike were selected as Endeavor Entrepreneurs at the 16th Virtual International Selection Pane...
22/04/2026

Tosin Eniolorunda and Felix Ike were selected as Endeavor Entrepreneurs at the 16th Virtual International Selection Panel in 2021.

They joined the network as the founders of a company that had quietly become indispensable to how Nigerian businesses operated, but whose biggest chapters were still ahead. Moniepoint is also an Endeavor Catalyst investee (invested in the 2021 Series B round).

What has followed since selection is a masterclass in compounding:

→ 150%+ CAGR over recent years — named by the Financial Times as one of Africa's fastest-growing companies for three consecutive years

→ Unicorn status reached in October 2024 — after closing a $110M Series C led by Development Partners International, with backing from Google's Africa Investment Fund and Visa. Total Series C: $250M (finalised October 2025)

→ 10M+ customers (businesses and individuals). 800M+ transactions processed monthly. $17B in monthly transaction value

→ Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer — processing the majority of the country's POS transactions

→ Named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025 — recognised alongside global giants including Alibaba, OpenAI, and SoftBank.

→ Named to CNBC's Top 250 Global Fintech Companies

→ Winner of two IBS Intelligence Digital Banking Awards 2025 — Corporate Banking and Digital Wallets

→ Acquired Kenya's Sumac Microfinance Bank — Moniepoint's first major acquisition and strategic entry into East Africa

→ Acquired Orda, a Nigerian restaurant management platform — expanding its tools for business owners

→ MonieWorld launched in the UK in April 2025 — the company's first product for the African diaspora

→ Moniebook launched in November 2025 — Nigeria's first solution combining payments and bookkeeping for MSMEs

90% of Nigeria's 40 million SMEs operate in the informal economy. Moniepoint is bringing them in — one business at a time.

Africa's payment rails didn't build themselves.Olugbenga 'GB' Agboola and Ife Orioke joined the Endeavor network at the ...
21/04/2026

Africa's payment rails didn't build themselves.

Olugbenga 'GB' Agboola and Ife Orioke joined the Endeavor network at the 87th International Selection Panel in Madrid in 2019 — selected alongside 38 entrepreneurs from 16 markets. At the time, Flutterwave was already building what would become the backbone of digital commerce across Africa. What has followed is one of the most significant scale stories the continent has produced.

Flutterwave is an Endeavor Catalyst investee (invested in 2020 Series B round) — one of the early bets our co-investment fund made on a company that went on to redefine what African fintech could look like on a global stage.

The milestones since speak for themselves:
→ Unicorn status achieved in 2021 after a $170M Series C — the largest raise by an African tech startup at the time. Valuation reached $3B at Series D in 2022.
→ 1B transactions processed, valued at $40B and counting
→ 30+ countries. 150+ currencies. 2M+ business customers — including Uber, Microsoft, and Wise
→ Named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies (EMEA) — 2024 and 2025
→ Named to CNBC's Disruptor 50 (2024) and CNBC/Statista's Top 250 Global Fintech Companies
→ Named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025 — as a Titan
→ Monthly profit margins doubled in H1 2025 vs. 2024 average — a signal that scale and sustainability are converging
→ 34 U.S. Money Transmitter Licenses secured; Send App now live across 49 states

From Lagos to San Francisco to 35 African markets and beyond — GB and Ife have built the infrastructure layer that lets African businesses connect to the world.

A 6x 2026 Endeavor Outlier. And still building.

First in. Still here. Still growing.When Tayo Oviosu and Jay Alabraba were selected as Endeavor Entrepreneurs at the 84t...
20/04/2026

First in. Still here. Still growing.

When Tayo Oviosu and Jay Alabraba were selected as Endeavor Entrepreneurs at the 84th International Selection Panel in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2018 — selected alongside 25 entrepreneurs from 15 markets — Paga Group Ltd was already doing what very few others in Nigeria were willing to: building payment infrastructure from scratch, in a cash-dominated economy, before mobile money was cool or well-understood.

That was seven years ago. Today, Paga is one of Nigeria's longest-operating and most consequential fintechs — and a founding name in the Endeavor Nigeria portfolio.

What does 17 years of disciplined building look like?

→ 23 million users served
→ 335 million transactions processed — worth ₦14 trillion — over its lifetime, with 80% of that volume recorded in the last five years alone
→ 124 million transactions processed in 2024 alone, worth ₦8.7 trillion (~$5.6B) — over 30% of its all-time transaction volume in a single year
→ Net income profitability achieved in 2024 — a landmark milestone
→ Named an FT Africa's Fastest Growing Company for three consecutive years — and recognised by The Economist and PwC
→ Paga Engine now powering 300+ businesses — including names like Meta, PayPal, LemFi, and Verto — as embedded financial infrastructure

Paga operates three businesses today: Paga (consumer), Doroki (SME retail management), and Paga Engine (enterprise infrastructure). Paga is more than a payments company; it is the foundation other companies are building on.

One of the first Endeavor Nigeria entrepreneurs. A return Endeavor Outlier.

Some companies show up early and stay the course. Paga is one of them.

What happens when the system does not work? Builders step in.In this year’s Outliers Building for Broken Systems story b...
17/04/2026

What happens when the system does not work? Builders step in.

In this year’s Outliers Building for Broken Systems story by , Flutterwave () and LemFi () are spotlighted for building critical financial infrastructure from Elsewhere to the world.

They are fixing fragmented payment systems and reducing the cost and friction of sending money across borders — turning real constraints into scalable solutions.

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Read the story via the link in our bio and story.

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to prove what’s possible. 🚀In the 2026 Endeavor Outliers class, 11 companies represent the ...
16/04/2026

Sub-Saharan Africa continues to prove what’s possible. 🚀

In the 2026 Endeavor Outliers class, 11 companies represent the region — with Nigeria accounting for nearly half.

Across the cohort, companies are building through complexity: navigating fragmented markets, scaling across borders, and sustaining growth where conditions are far from predictable. Fintech continues to lead, with Nigeria and South Africa as key markets, and over $1.1B raised.

Beyond the region, the same pattern is emerging globally — founders adapting to their environments, unlocking new markets, and scaling globally relevant companies. 🎉

Swipe to see how Outliers are rising across regions →

Meet the 2026 Endeavor Outliers from Nigeria.Olugbenga Agboola & Ifeoluwa Orioke (), Ridwan Olalere (), Tosin Eniolorund...
15/04/2026

Meet the 2026 Endeavor Outliers from Nigeria.

Olugbenga Agboola & Ifeoluwa Orioke (), Ridwan Olalere (), Tosin Eniolorunda & Felix Ike (), Ladi Delano (), and Tayo Oviosu & Jay Alabraba ().

5 companies. 46+ markets. 6 continents.

From Nigeria to global scale.

Read more via the link in our bio and story.

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