Team
We were first small business owners before becoming business enablers. My team and I have over 15 years experience managing SMEs across supply sourcing and cross border payments. We have a strong technical background, and growth experience working with teams in the Nigeria financial sector.
Mark Afolabi, CEO and Co-founider
Mark is a business developer at Vella, he directly helped 100+ merchants pay for $2M worth of imports (2015-2018). Bootstrapped a small scale e-commerce ($20k MRR)
Gabriel Ajenifuja, CTO & Co-Founder
Gabriel leads development and engineering at Vella. He has over 7 years experience as a Software Engineer. He is also a Blockchain Dev with a MSc in Big Data from Birmingham (UK).
Tolu Adedayo, COO & Co-Founder
Tolu is a growth catalyst with a product marketing track record with Kuda MFB, Sterling Bank, Brilla FM.
Segun Fagbami, CPO & Co-Founder
Segun has over 10 years experience in designing for both traditional and digital services.