OPay at 8: From POS Terminals to Millions of Nigerians, How the Fintech Grew With the Country

Eight years ago, OPay entered Nigeria’s fast-growing fintech space with a simple promise: make financial services easier to access. Today, that promise looks very different in scale. Since launching its Nigerian operations in 2018, OPay has grown into one of the country’s most recognisable digital financial platforms, with more than 45 million consumer users and over 1 million merchants and businesses, according to recent company figures.