• Oumar Rafiou Barry founded Cauridor in 2022 to improve payment interoperability between Africa and global markets.
• The company connects banks, money transfer operators, telecom firms, financial institutions and merchants through a unified payments network.
• Cauridor provides cross-border payment, money transfer and mass payout solutions for businesses operating across Africa.

Based in the United States, Guinean entrepreneur Oumar Rafiou Barry serves as co-founder and chief executive officer of Cauridor, a payment services company that seeks to simplify financial transactions between Africa and the rest of the world.

Founded in 2022, Cauridor connects multiple participants in the financial ecosystem through a single network. The company works with money transfer operators, banks, telecommunications companies, financial institutions and merchants. Through this model, Cauridor enables its partners to offer payment and money transfer services to their customers across several African markets.

Cauridor also focuses on cross-border payments, a segment that continues to attract growing interest from investors and financial institutions seeking to capitalize on Africa’s expanding digital economy. The company helps international businesses receive payments from African customers while enabling African companies to accept payments from clients in domestic and foreign markets.

In addition, Cauridor provides mass payout solutions for organizations that need to distribute funds to large numbers of recipients. These services support use cases ranging from business payments to remittances and other large-scale disbursement programs. By integrating multiple financial actors into a single infrastructure layer, the company seeks to reduce friction in cross-border transactions and improve access to digital payment services across the continent.

Before launching Cauridor, Barry built a career in financial technology and money transfer services. He founded Ez Money Transfer in 2011 and led the company until 2013. He subsequently founded BnB Transfer Corp in 2014 and served as chief executive officer until 2022. Today, Barry also serves on the board of directors of ChargeAutomation and Ulendo, further expanding his involvement in financial technology and digital innovation.

Barry earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Toronto. He began his professional career in 2008 at Hydro One, where he worked as a design engineer. He remained with the Canadian utility company until 2015 before focusing fully on entrepreneurship and financial technology ventures.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum