Tosin Eniolorunda (born Oluwatosin Michael Eniolorunda; September 1985) is a Nigerian software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded and is the CEO of the Nigerian fintech bank, Moniepoint Inc.[1] He began his early career with Interswitch as a software engineer before starting TeamApt in 2015.[2]
Early life and education
Eniolorunda was born in Lagos, Nigeria, to Rotimi, an Engineering Contractor and Ajoke Eniolorunda, a teacher. He is from Ose local government, Ondo State but spent his early life in Ibadan, Oyo State. He is the first of three children.[3]
For his primary school education, Tosin attended the University of Ibadan Staff School between 1990 - 1995, and from there, he proceeded to the Command Day School, Odogbo Ibadan, where he received his secondary school education between 1995 - 2001. He was a member of the Junior Engineers, Technicians and Scientists (JETS) Club during his time there.[4]
He was admitted to Obafemi Awolowo University in 2002 to study Mechanical Engineering[5] and graduated with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2007. His fondest memories in school come from consulting [6] and building projects for other final-year students in school.
In 2015, Tosin left his role at Interswitch[7][8] and started TeamApt with Felix Ike, which later rebranded to Moniepoint Inc, a financial technology company that provides business payments and banking solutions.
He initially bootstrapped the company with his personal funds.[9]
Personal life
Tosin Eniolorunda is happily married with children.
Recognition
On June 25, 2021, Endeavor announced Tosin and his co-founder at Moniepoint, Felix Ike, as Endeavor Entrepreneurs.[10][11] Tosin was also on the cover of the August–September edition of Forbes Africa magazine in 2021.[12] In 2022, he was listed among the 100 most influential Africans.[13][14] In 2023, he was listed as Legit Business Leader.[15][16]
