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Moniepoint Group (@moniepoint) has announced a landmark N3 billion investment to establish three Innovation Hubs across major Nigerian universities. These Universities include: • Obafemi Awolowo University • University of Nigeria Nsukka • Ahmadu Bello University This initiative represents one of the largest private‑sector contributions to Nigerian higher education in recent years and is designed to ensure that opportunities for tech talent development are spread across different regions of the country. Each hub will function as a hands‑on centre for software engineering, data science, AI, robotics, design, product development, and entrepreneurship. Open to students from all faculties, the programme will offer structured cohort learning, mentorship, real‑world project experience, and direct engagement with Moniepoint’s engineering and product teams. The initiative builds on earlier investments such as the CAD/CAM lab at OAU and the HatchDev programme at UNILAG, reinforcing Moniepoint’s commitment to capacity building in Nigerian institutions. Speaking at the launch, Moniepoint CEO, Tosin Eniolorunda (@Eniolorunda) emphasised that Nigeria’s digital future depends on homegrown, industry‑ready talent trained within Nigerian universities. University leaders echoed this sentiment, noting that the hubs will expand learning opportunities and inspire students to pursue innovation. Beyond infrastructure, Moniepoint will provide curriculum support, mentorship, internships, and industry exposure, ensuring the hubs become launchpads for future innovators, not just classrooms. The initiative aligns with Moniepoint’s broader mission to strengthen Africa’s prosperity by investing in both financial infrastructure and the human capital that will drive the continent’s digital economy.

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Two years ago, Tosin Eniolorunda of Moniepoint (@moniepoint) created a CAD/CAM laboratory for the mechanical engineering department at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. At the time, the idea was to create a space where students could move beyond theory and get hands-on exposure to design, prototyping, and practical engineering tools. This same project was also done at Moniepoint’s Co-founder, Felix Ike’s alma mater, the University of Lagos, with the HatchDev Program in Nithub. I hear this will now be expanded across other universities and STEM courses. The aim is to give students access to practical technology training, mentorship, modern tools, and collaborative workspaces. Something big will be announced next week. Stay glued!

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“Based on their impact on building infrastructure, attracting investment, and scaling high-growth startups, the TOP FIVE most impactful TECH FOUNDERS in Nigeria are Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Andela/Flutterwave), Olugbenga Agboola (Flutterwave), Tosin Eniolorunda (Moniepoint), Tayo Oviosu (Paga), and Shola Akinlade (Paystack).”

I have followed with rapt attention the discourse that followed my conversation at the Platform Nigeria on May Day. The stark reality is this - opportunities are few and far between, unemployment/underemployment is high and sadly there are too few employers for a huge market such as ours, at least when compared to other markets such as China, India that have similar youth bulge. We Nigerians are some of the most hardworking and gritty people in the world. But we must tell ourselves the truth. Nigeria currently doesn’t have enough highly skilled technical talent resident in Nigeria to build companies that can scale globally. Interestingly, I have also read a lot of employers double down and agree with my current diagnosis around our country’s technical talent pipeline gap and confirmed it is true. Former Minister, Kemi Adeosun also referenced Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote comments around finding the right quality and quantity of talents for his refinery project. Let me ask a hard question - can we say that Nigeria has enough highly skilled technical talent still resident in Nigeria? That's a huge conundrum that any organization that wants to maintain market leadership must solve for. How many engineering executives do we have remaining in Nigeria that lead a payments team that handles payments infrastructure processing tens millions of transactions daily without fail? How many senior data scientists do we have in Nigeria that can create data models to appraise millions of customers while managing prudent NPLs? How many senior growth executives in Nigeria have the experience of growing a digital apps towards acquiring 80k customers a day through digital and offline channels while maintaining prudent CACs? It is important to note that this is not about Nigerians generally, this is about senior Nigerian talents still resident in Nigeria. Nigeria is not producing enough high quality senior technical talent and the little we have are emigrating. I can explain these to be that Nigeria does not have too many feeder industries across the board. As such, there are fewer starter companies that young talent can come from to feed into senior roles in other companies. Every one then ends up fighting for the same pool of senior leaders that have experience and bandwidth to deliver and win in the market. The effect of the Japa wave has been very well chronicled and I must add that this has been a trans-generational challenge. Remember that time in the early 80s where a lot of our medical professionals left for places like Saudi and the UAE? As at March 2024, Nigeria had lost around 16,000 medical doctors to other countries, most especially the US and the UK. The quality of technical education is also falling as our standard of education is lagging behind global counterparts. Can we say we have enough senior technical talent in Nigeria to compete with global competition especially China? But Moniepoint, Dangote, Flutterwave, LemFi are competing with them. Training young talents can fill the gap for the future but is inadequate for today. Companies need senior talent and cannot wait the eight to ten years needed to get them to senior levels to compete. In training young talent, Moniepoint has seen a lot of bright spots through our various interventions that are aimed at deepening the talent pool. So we are indeed doing something about improving talent density for the ecosystem. Through our DreamDevs programme, which is in its second year, we're training talented young engineering graduates with the skills they need to enter the workforce as top talent. We have supported the government's 3MTT agenda as well as a partnership with Unilag’s NITHUB to push the HatchDev initiative. Our Women in Tech internship programme, which now in its sixth year, provides women with the access, training and opportunities they need to build careers in tech. I also personally have a scholarship program for STEM students across select Nigerian universities in every geo-political zone. Competing globally also means that you spend top dollars to retain top Nigerian talents that you have nurtured. We routinely retain Nigerians that emigrate and pay them according to their local market standards. A recent example is an exceptional first class graduate we nurtured through our women in Tech program and had to go to school just as a path to emigrate and we had to retain abroad and offer an alternative naturalization path for her. Moniepoint has over 3,500 full time employees with over 90% Nigerian talents, and we’re growing 20% YoY. We’d love a world where this is at 99% while building for the world. Self deception isn’t a virtue and we must tell ourselves the home truth - we need to raise the quantity and quality of our technical talents resident in Nigeria to compete. No organization can rise above the quality of its output and execution is everything in this game. Nigeria will be great. Let’s all do the work together. By the way, top tech talents still resident in Nigeria, we need you badly. We pay above market rates and you will make real impact. Please apply here: moniepoint.com/careers For top Nigerian talents out of the country, we hire out of the UK, Portugal, Spain, India and Pakistan. Also apply, we are building digital banking infrastructure that provides financial happiness for emerging markets.

Osi, it’s easy to say “Citibank, Microsoft, Oracle, Shell, Chevron, MainOne and BAT hire Nigerians, so Moniepoint should too,” but that comparison ignores context. Those multinationals have spent decades building talent pipelines in Nigeria (graduate trainee programmes, internships, global rotations), and massive training budgets. They don’t just find talent; they develop it. Moniepoint is a much younger, fast‑scaling Nigerian company competing directly with global fintechs. Their talent needs are different, their growth pace is different, and their internal training infrastructure is still evolving. So, saying others can hire Nigerians, why can’t Moniepoint oversimplifies the issue. Multinationals built systems that produce the talent they need. Moniepoint CEO is simply being HONEST that Nigeria needs more of those systems. As such, it was not an insult on Nigerians rather a call for better skilled graduates and more investment in talent development across the ecosystem. Moniepoint is also building local talent through DreamDevs and Women in Tech (now in its 6th year). They can't solve it all bro.