Moniepoint CEO gets recognition

Tosin Eniolorunda, co-founder and CEO of Moniepoint, has been named among the 100 rising leaders in TIME100 Next 2026, a list published by TIME magazine. The fintech company revealed this in a statement on Monday, highlighting Eniolorunda's role in expanding financial services access in Nigeria. Eniolorunda is the sole African among the business, technology, and AI leaders featured on this year's list.

Moniepoint, founded in 2015, became a unicorn in 2024 and now serves over 20 million businesses and individuals across the country. The company operates an agency banking network covering all 774 local government areas in Nigeria. Eniolorunda attributes this recognition to his team and the millions of users who trust Moniepoint with their livelihoods.

He also thanked Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, for his support of African entrepreneurship. TIME100 Next list was established in 2019 to recognize emerging figures shaping the future in business, technology, politics, science, sport, and culture.