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Mayowa Kuyoro
Mayowa Kuyoro is a partner in McKinsey Nigeria, where she joined as the first business analyst. She leads the firm's fintech work across Africa and our Financial Services Practice in West Africa.
With over ten years of experience, Mayowa works closely with private-, public-, and social-sector institutions across Africa on topics related to corporate finance, growth and large-scale transformation, strategies for foreign direct investors, financial analysis, scenario development, organization design, digital marketing, and payments. She leads our work with start-up companies—especially fintech companies across the continent and is a thought leader on innovation across the financial-services sector.
Mayowa is passionate about gender equity and the role of technology in advancing inclusion and serves as a leader of McKinsey’s initiative to support women in the workplace.
Published work
Fintech in Africa: The end of the beginning
Seeds of outperformance: How M&A can help banks thrive in the next normal
Harnessing Nigeria's fintech potential
Nigeria’s banking sector: Thriving in the face of crisis
African banking after the crisis
How the COVID-19 crisis may affect electronic payments in Africa
Advancing women’s equality in Africa
African retail banking’s next growth frontier
Education
- Harvard Business School
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- University of Warwick
MEng, mechanical and manufacturing engineering with business management