#072 – Building a High-Growth Startup in an Emerging Market with Shola Akinlade of Paystack

Synopsis

Shola Akinlade founded Paystack, an online payments processor positioned as 'Stripe for Africa,' scaling to 17,000+ merchants processing over $20M per month despite Nigeria's broken financial infrastructure and unreliable internet.

Ideas in this episode

• Emerging-market payments processor (Stripe for Africa)

  Indie Hackers features Shola Akinlade of Paystack describing the build of a 'Stripe for Africa' that reached 17,000+ merchants and over $20M/month despite broken local financial infrastructure.