CEONEARPAYS &YOURRIDERENERGIES

AboutVictor

Victor Daniyan is a fintech and clean energy entrepreneur, Founder and CEO of Nearpays and Yourrider Energies. With a professional background at Nokia, he transitioned into entrepreneurship to drive financial inclusion and sustainable mobility across Africa.

He led the development of one of Africa's pioneering SoftPOS solutions through Nearpays, raised funding from Plug and Play Tech Center and Visa, and was recognized by Ernst & Young for contributing to financial inclusion.

Through Yourrider Energies, he built and scaled one of the first EV swap and charging stations in Nigeria in partnership with NNPC, supporting electric mobility growth.

Victor is a Forbes 30 Under 30 (2024) nominee, winner at the inaugural GITEX Africa in Morocco, and a recipient of the United Nations AI for Good Award. His work focuses on scalable, people-centered innovation driving Africa's financial and clean energy transformation.

The Ventures

NEARPAYS[FINTECH]

Nearpays is a full-service financial platform that eliminates the need for expensive hardware. By turning any smartphone into an NFC-enabled payment terminal, we empower SMEs to accept secure payments anywhere, anytime.

www.nearpays.com

YOURRIDER[CLEAN ENERGY]

Building the infrastructure for a greener Africa. Yourrider provides the critical battery-swap and charging network required to transition the continent to electric mobility, reducing carbon footprints while optimizing logistics.

www.yourrider.com