Tosin Eniolorunda

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Tosin Eniolorunda
Born
Oluwatosin Michael Eniolorunda

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater Obafemi Awolowo University,
Lagos Business School
OccupationEngineer

Tosin Eniolorunda (born Oluwatosin Michael Eniolorunda; September 1985) is a Nigerian software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded and is the CEO of the Nigerian fintech bank, Moniepoint Inc. [1] He began his early career with Interswitch as a software engineer before starting TeamApt in 2015. [2]

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Early life and education

Eniolorunda was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to Rotimi, an Engineering Contractor and Ajoke Eniolorunda, a teacher. He is from Ose local government, Ondo State but spent his early life in Ibadan, Oyo State. He is the first of three children. [3]

For his primary school education, Tosin attended the University of Ibadan Staff School between 1990 - 1995, and from there, he proceeded to the Command Day School, Odogbo Ibadan, where he received his secondary school education between 1995 - 2001. He was a member of the Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientists (JETS) Club during his time there. [4] He was admitted to Obafemi Awolowo University in 2002 to study Mechanical Engineering [5] and graduated with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2007. His fondest memories in school come from consulting [6] and building projects for other final-year students in school.

Career

Tosin joined Interswitch as a Software Engineer in 2009. At Interswitch, he worked as a Senior Software Manager, Unit Head of Application Development, and Product Manager.

In 2015, Tosin left his role at Interswitch [7] [8] and started TeamApt with Felix Ike, which later rebranded to Moniepoint Inc, a financial technology company that provides business payments and banking solutions. He initially bootstrapped the company with his personal funds. [9]

Personal life

Tosin Eniolorunda is happily married with children.

Recognition

On June 25, 2021, Endeavor announced Tosin and his co-founder at Moniepoint, Felix Ike, as Endeavor Entrepreneurs. [10] [11] Tosin was also on the cover of the August–September edition of Forbes Africa magazine in 2021. [12] In 2022, he was listed among the 100 most influential Africans. [13] [14] In 2023, he was listed as Legit Business Leader. [15] [16]

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