OluGB is a fintech founder who co-founded Flutterwave and leads it as CEO, shaping cross-border payments and stablecoin infrastructure across Africa. OluGB's Twitter Score is 12 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #81,123 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
OluGB, whose full name is Olugbenga GB Agboola, also founded Resilience17 (R17), a venture platform backing African builders. He serves as Vice Chair at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce U.S.-Africa Business Center, sits on the board of Corporate Council on Africa, and is an inaugural member of the Milken Institute Africa Leaders Business Council. He also serves as an advisory board member to the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. Before building Flutterwave, he previously worked at Google Wallet in product management, at PayPal as an application engineer, and held roles at Access Bank, Sterling Bank, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, and Africa Fintech Foundry.
OluGB received Nigeria's Officer of the Order of the Niger national honour in October 2022. In April 2022, Agboola was accused of financial impropriety, conflict of interest, and sexual harassment, allegations he denied in an internal email reported by TechCrunch. Flutterwave separately faced money laundering and fraud allegations from Kenya's Asset Recovery Agency, but on November 9, 2023, the High Court allowed the agency to withdraw its only remaining case after further investigation found the company was not involved in the alleged criminal activities.
OluGB has been expanding Flutterwave's stablecoin capabilities significantly. The platform now supports fiat-to-stablecoin, stablecoin-to-fiat, and stablecoin-to-stablecoin transfers involving USDC, USDT, and RLUSD over Ethereum, Polygon, Solana, and Base. Ripple made a strategic investment in Flutterwave as part of its Series E round announced June 16, 2026, integrating RLUSD, Ripple Payments, and the XRP Ledger into the platform's infrastructure. Circle Ventures also made a strategic investment, with Flutterwave announcing USDC settlement across its platform on July 7, 2026. OluGB has published 3,734 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 24 accounts, with 37 total mentions.
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OluGB draws a following from across the fintech and startup ecosystem. The accounts that follow OluGB include 68 founders, 17 angel investors, 15 influencers and 5 VCs. Among his notable followers are Sandeep, Elad Gil, DEGEN NEWS, Cuy Sheffield, Josh Wolfe and Marc.