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shollsman
@shollsman
Cofounder & CEO @paystack (Y Combinator W16)
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    Nov 16, 2023
    Today was a difficult day at Paystack. We’re reducing our operations outside of Africa, and will be parting ways with up to 33 employees in Europe and the UAE. In the last 3 years, our hiring philosophy was to recruit great talent regardless of location, including opening an
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    Feb 3, 2022
    ✨I'm excited to introduce a community project that a group of friends and I have been working on: ⚽️ Sporting Lagos Football Club @SportingLagos ✨ We’re creating a modern football club to incubate the next generation of Nigeria’s sporting talent. And we need your help.
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    Sep 29, 2025
    Today is a special day for me and everyone at @SportingLagos 💙 Two of our Academy boys, Odinaka Okoro & Ebenezer Harcourt, will represent Nigeria at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile. When we scouted Odinaka, he was working as an aluminium apprentice in Owerri, playing football
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    @shollsman
    Feb 3, 2022
    ✨I'm excited to introduce a community project that a group of friends and I have been working on: ⚽️ Sporting Lagos Football Club @SportingLagos ✨ We’re creating a modern football club to incubate the next generation of Nigeria’s sporting talent. And we need your help.
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    @shollsman
    Jan 15, 2025
    🚀 I'm hiring an Executive Assistant 🚀 Looking for a driven individual to work directly with me at Paystack, Sporting Lagos, and my investments. 📅 12-18 month paid fellowship 📍 Location: Lagos, Nigeria 💪 Role: Project mgmt, travel/logistics, & personal office ops If you
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    @shollsman
    May 3, 2024
    Really enjoyed my fireside chat with Stripe CTO @dps at the Stripe HQ in San Francisco, off the back of Stripe Sessions. Was great to share the Paystack story and demo some products we're building. It was also great to host 30 African founders with @NubiKay 🎉🚀
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    @shollsman
    Nov 1, 2025
    The energy at #DevFestIlorin2025 was incredible. Proud of this community of builders. Big shoutout to @gdgIlorin for making it happen. 🙌🏾🚀
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    Jul 10, 2023
    🎙 I’ll be delivering the keynote at PITCH2WIN tomorrow morning at 9am, where I’ll be talking about lessons learnt from the early days of scaling Paystack. Looking forward to connecting with all the amazing founders building the future 🚀 Sign up here: lu.ma/PITCH2WIN
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    Jun 23, 2020
    I’m biased, but the Paystack team is really amazing ❤️❤️❤️ Please watch the video 🎉
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    Jun 23, 2020
    ⚡️ We're thrilled to announce Paystack Commerce, a toolkit that helps African creators bring ideas to market, beautifully. paystack.com/commerce (THREAD 👇🏿)
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    Sep 5, 2025
    Replying to @SemudaraAbayomi
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    Jun 12, 2024
    Live at #pitch2win 4. Looking forward to meeting all the founders 🚀🚀
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    Feb 3, 2022
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    We’re starting with a club but we have big ambitions. Can we build an academy? Can we build arenas that feel safe, fun & inclusive? Can we build something that lasts generations? And creates opportunity for millions? I think we can sportinglagos.com Let’s do this ⚽️🚀
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    shollsman
    @shollsman
    Dec 16, 2021
    Having @Kola_Aina as an investor in Paystack was extremely helpful. I'm glad more African founders can benefit from his support. Congratulations @vp_fund 🎉🎉
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    Kola Aina
    @kola_aina
    Dec 16, 2021
    I am happy to announce the 1st close of our $40m Pan-African fund @vp_fund - to invest in Market Creating Innovations.
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    shollsman
    @shollsman
    Feb 3, 2022
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    We're playing in the 2nd division NNL with ambitions to break into the 1st division NPFL. Come watch our first game! ⏱ When: Sat. Feb 12, 3 pm WAT 🏟 Where: Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere 🎟 Tickets: tix.africa/slfc
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    @shollsman
    Feb 3, 2022
    Replying to @shollsman
    While I helped get it started, Sporting Lagos will be led by a strong team including @genakhena, @ColinUdoh & @folasanwo I remain fully focused on @paystack & building payments systems for Africa