John Oke
Network Engineer at UBA Group
San Francisco, California, Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Oke is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and fintech leader, currently guiding Spring in Africa as Founder, Chairman and CEO, where he has driven the development of Wallet.ng, Wallets Africa, and Wallets Global since 2016. Based in San Francisco, he leverages global exposure and Nigeria’s fintech heritage to scale digital wallet platforms for Africa and beyond. His track record spans early engineering roles at ALAT by Wema and Interswitch consulting, followed by fundraising and product-building as a founder-in-chief. He is actively connected to startup ecosystems, having attended Y Combinator in 2019 and A16z Crypto Startup School in 2020, signaling a blend of traditional fintech and crypto-savvy strategy. In addition to leading Spring in Africa, he founded Resistance Capital, reflecting a hands-on investor mindset and a penchant for shaping early-stage fintech ventures. Outside of work, he humorously notes that he blocks Instagram ads in his free time, a reminder of his practical, user-focused approach to tech.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Network Engineering, Certificate in Network Engineering at ICTWatch Nigeria/Next Technology Nig. Ltd. LagosCertificate in Telecoms Engineering, Certificate in Telecoms Engineering at IMT Computers, Ikeja.B.Sc, Computer Engineering, B.Sc, Computer Engineering at Olabisi Onabanjo University
English, Yoruba
Github Skills (6)
flutterwave9
api6
flutter5
c-library5
dotnet4
csharp4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
johnoke/QuickTellerServices
Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 8 months
johnoke/walletscsharp
May 2021 - May 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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