At the head of a neobank, he helps entrepreneurs develop their businesses by providing access to collateral-free commercial loans and several innovative payment methods.

Nigerian innovator and entrepreneur, Samuel Eze (photo), is the CEO and founder of OurPass Business Banking, a global neobank offering comprehensive banking, payment, and business management tools for businesses of all sizes. Initially launched in 2021 as a one-click payment platform to address the issue of abandoned shopping carts in online businesses, OurPass has evolved into a company providing end-to-end solutions that foster business growth. The company, backed by investors such as Techstars, Tekedia Capital, Berrywood Capital, and Volition Capital, aims to create a world without borders for successful businesses.

OurPass Business Banking, licensed as a microfinance bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria, offers businesses access to collateral-free commercial loans. It provides merchants with the ability to generate payment links via email and SMS for instant payment, and also offers offline payment collection through point-of-sale terminals.

Eze, a graduate of the University of Ilorin in Nigeria with a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering, completed an innovation course at Leeds University in London in 2019. He is also the founder of Parkcrowdy, a parking app, where he served as CEO from 2019 to 2020.

He began his career in 2015 as an IT engineering trainee at Acti-Tech Ltd. He later worked as an IT trainee at Huawei West Africa in 2016 and served as a Key Account Manager at consumer goods company Procter & Gamble from 2017 to 2018.

In 2019, Eze and his parking app, Parkcrowdy, won several awards and competitions, including the Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition by Digital Africa and the Wennovation Hub Demo Day. Parkcrowdy was also recognized as one of the top 10 best African mobility start-ups at the Bosch Demo Day organized by Founders Factory Africa.

Melchior Koba