Summary
Oriaku Samuel is a seasoned software engineer and founder with nine years of experience building financial services technology from the front end to executive strategy. As Co-Founder and CTO of Growth Factor Technologies since 2018, he combines hands-on engineering with product leadership to deliver practical, scalable solutions for the fintech space. His background includes roles as a software and front-end engineer at startups like Casava and Inclusive Financial Technologies, giving him deep empathy for product-facing code and user experience. Trained in software development and entrepreneurship at MEST Africa after studying biochemistry, he brings a curious, cross-disciplinary approach to problem solving. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, Oriaku is known for translating complex financial requirements into usable, reliable systems while balancing growth-stage technical tradeoffs.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Software development and Entrepreneur, Software development and Entrepreneur at MEST Africa
Biochemistry, Biochemistry at Ekiti State University