We are on a mission to power commerce across the continent. Our platform provides businesses with a comprehensive, easy-to-use system for handling both local and international payments. With our multi-currency wallets, businesses can negotiate, exchange, and send funds in various currencies from a single platform, making cross-border trade between South Africa/Kenya and other regions more efficient.
Whether you are managing payments for global suppliers or handling transactions with international clients, Duplo ensures secure and efficient financial operations with advanced features designed to reduce friction in your payment processes. Our platform is fully compliant with industry regulations, offering businesses peace of mind when it comes to financial transactions.
Yele Oyekola, Co-Founder and CEO Yele began his career as a credit-focused Financial Analyst before moving to the United Nations supporting national governments in Africa on their economic policies.
In 2019, he founded a Buy-Now, Pay-Later startup for East Africa, Julla focused on helping e-commerce businesses start, manage and grow their business with ease.
Julla ran its operations till December 2020 and in January 2021, Yele took his learnings from Julla and joined Carbon as a Product Lead scaling their Buy-Now, Pay-Later product. Now, Yele is focused on building and scaling Duplo with the vision to be the premier payment rail powering global trade.
He holds a BA in Economics and Finance from the University of Reading, United Kingdom.
Tunde Akinnuwa
Co-Founder and CPO
Tunde leads the product team at Duplo. Before launching Duplo, Tunde worked at Jumia building JumiaPay Business and Consumer businesses. He was the Country Manager at Seedstars where he launched multiple fintech companies like Quickcheck and Lendigo. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Information Systems from Northumbria University and an MBA from HEC Paris.