Summary
Achille Arouko is a founder and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building payment and commerce infrastructure, now steering Bujeti from Paris as Founder & CEO. Previously a Tech Lead and Senior Engineer at Paystack, he led teams across Commerce, Subscriptions, Invoices and Merchant tooling, combining deep backend API knowledge with product-focused execution. His startup pedigree includes CTO and co-founder roles (OyaPay, Skylar Labs) and hands-on full-stack development experience, giving him fluency from systems design to customer-facing features. Trained in computer software engineering across European and African institutions, he blends formal engineering rigor with AfroTech and Afrofuturism cultural perspectives that inform his product vision. Notably, he moves between strategic leadership and code-level problem solving, preferring to ship pragmatic, scalable payments experiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur Computer Software Engineering, Diplôme d'ingénieur Computer Software Engineering at UTBM
Diplôme d'ingénieur Ingénierie informatique, Diplôme d'ingénieur Ingénierie informatique at Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte (Riga Technical University)
Bachelor’s Degree Téléinformatique, Bachelor’s Degree Téléinformatique at Ecole Superieure Multinationale des Télécommunications de Dakar
Associate’s Degree Informatique Industrielle et Maintenance, Associate’s Degree Informatique Industrielle et Maintenance at Instiut Supérieur FOPASE
English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian