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BackgroundCareer & partnerships
Interview identifies Akinlade as Paystack co-founder and CEO
Shola Akinlade · co-founder.
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Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Context only; no XP awarded. Historical roles and announcements do not establish continued status in 2026.
Y Combinator · Published 16 Oct 2018 Checked 8 Oct 2026 · Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation
BackgroundCareer & partnerships
Said Paystack launched in January 2016
Shola Akinlade · co-founder.
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Personal or organisation account · Date stated by the source.
Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Context only; no XP awarded. Historical roles and announcements do not establish continued status in 2026.
Y Combinator · Published 16 Oct 2018 Checked 8 Oct 2026 · Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation
BackgroundCareer & partnerships
Paystack joined Y Combinator Winter 2016
Shola Akinlade · co-founder.
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Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Context only; no XP awarded. Historical roles and announcements do not establish continued status in 2026.
Y Combinator · Published 16 Oct 2018 Checked 8 Oct 2026 · Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation
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BackgroundCareer & partnerships
Akinlade described building Precurio with Mayowa and distributing it through SourceForge around 2007 or 2008.
Shola Akinlade · software co-builder.
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Personal or organisation account · Source describes the event interval as 2007-2008. No single date is assigned.
Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation Context only; no XP awarded. Historical roles and announcements do not establish continued status in 2026.
Y Combinator · Published 16 Oct 2018 Checked 8 Oct 2026 · Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation
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Personal or organisation account · 2026-10-08
Akinlade said he worked at Heineken for two years after college before leaving to build software.
Y Combinator · 2018-10-16 Checked 2026-10-08 · Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation
Personal or organisation account · 2026-10-08
Akinlade said he met Ezra Olubi at Babcock University and later invited him to build Paystack together.
Y Combinator · 2018-10-16 Checked 2026-10-08 · Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Historical biography or publisher statement is not a complete current career inventory. Original transcript 01:10, 01:35 and 06:02; dates are not inferred from age or graduation
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