About Kemi Okusanya

Kemi Okusanya’s career has always focused on bringing the benefits of financial services to more people and places in Africa. Since joining Visa in 2017, she launched Visa on mobile in Ghana and expanded it in Nigeria to thousands of new merchants across the country. She expanded access to new strategic fintech partnerships including Flutterwave, Konga, and Paystack and has been instrumental in the growth and adoption of Visa Direct. Kemi Okusanya joined Visa from MoneyGram International, where she was head of Anglophone Africa, responsible for a 23-country region, comprising 18,000 locations and 5,000 automated payment points. Prior to this, she had a 10-year stint with Zenith Bank. With an MBA from Warwick Business School UK, Kemi has and has over 17 years’ experience in Global Payments, Money Transfer and Banking.