Mitchell Elegbe
Interswitch Group - Payment Solutions Firm of the Year
Profile
ABOUT
MITCHELL ELEGBE
Before establishing Interswitch in 2002, Mitchell worked with TELNET as the Group Head for Business Development after an impactful time as a Wireline Engineer at Schlumberger.
An alumnus of the IESE/Wharton/CEIBS Global CEO Program, Mitchell is a Bishop Desmond Tutu fellow of the African Leadership Institute. Building a remarkable career on his background as an Electrical/Electronic Engineering graduate from the University of Benin, Nigeria, he has won several awards, including the CNBC/Forbes All African Business Leader (AABLA) for West Africa, and Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Mitchell currently serves as a Board Member at Endeavor and is reputed as a High Impact Entrepreneurship Enabler.
ABOUT INTERSWITCH GROUP
The Interswitch brand is our Masterbrand, deriving its essence from the founding vision of the company; to facilitate interaction and interconnect the different elements within the financial services sector. Our mandate is straightforward; create a cashless, convenient, and clear interchange; transactions at the speed of thought; a seamless experience…. Intuitive Exchange.
We are an Africa-oriented technology-driven company focused on payments. We create and sustain a payment ecosystem that helps commerce evolve, businesses grow and individuals thrive.
Today, Interswitch is a leading player with critical mass in Africa’s rapidly developing financial ecosystem and is active across the payments value chain, providing a full suite of omni-channel payment solutions.
Interswitch’s broad network and robust payments platform have been instrumental to the development of the Nigerian payments ecosystem and provide Interswitch with credibility to expand across Africa.
We are enterprising
At heart, we take initiative. Founded in Nigeria, committed to Africa, taking transactions across the continent to the next level.
We are insightful
New perspectives arise when we put ourselves in your shoes. We look for deeper and more accurate understanding of the bigger picture.
We are relentless
We are on a continuous mission to innovate. We are relentless in our pursuit to make transactions seamless, intuitive, and convenient.
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