Based in London, Ifunanya is originally from Nigeria where she began her career working in the finance industry working across Retail, Commercial and Corporate sector of Pan African banks. She became involved in the fintech industry as a pioneer staff at Flutterwave, a US-based fintech startup with a Pan African strategy. She later joined Interswitch Group, a Pan African digital payment and commerce company. Moving to Hong Kong, she joined OPay Digital Services Ltd Hong Kong, a Chinese-funded fintech focused on emerging markets in Africa and South East Asia.
Her expertise in merchant payments and mobile wallets runs deep and bolsters KoreFusion’s acumen in the fast growing payments market in West Africa.
Experience
- Partnerships, Flutterwave
- Business Development, Interswitch Group
- Strategy Director, OPay Digital Services Ltd
Expertise
- Commercial Payments
- Merchant Payment
- Mobile Money Payment
- Real- time Payment
- Alternative & Emerging Payment
- Fintech partnerships
Education
- Bachelor of Science, Political Science. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
- Masters of Art, Industrial Relations & Human Resources. University of Warwick, United Kingdom
- Masters of Science, Finance (FinTech and Financial Analytics). Hong Kong Baptist University