About
Maxwell Obi co-founded Amplify, a Nigeria-based fintech acquired by Carbon in 2019, and later served as Global Head of Business at Sendwave, which was acquired by Worldremit. He holds a degree in Computer Science and has experience in software engineering and partnership development across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Founder at WazaYC W23
Intro paths
Maxwell went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Waza's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Maxwell can intro founders to Waza's investors below.
Waza's investors · 6
Co-founders at Waza
Experience
- Waza (YC W23)Co-founder & CEOcurrent2022 — present
- Sendwave (International Remittance)Global Head of Business Development2020 — 2022
- Sendwave (International Remittance)Head of West Africa Partnerships2019 — 2020
- CarbonHead, Payments and SME2019Lagos, Nigeria
- Amplified Payment Systems LtdCo-Founder/CTO at Amplified (Acquired by Carbon)2015 — 201919b Adeyemi Lawson Street, Ikoyi, Lagos
- Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)Entrepreneur in Training2015 — 2016Accra, Ghana
- Platform TechnologiesHead of Product2014 — 2015Nicon building, Independence Layout Enugu
- Unified Payment Services LimitedSenior Software Engineer2012 — 2014No 3, Idowu Taylor Street, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Skills & more
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WindowsMicrosoft SQL ServerLanguages English · Igbo
- Bsc. Computer Science — Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Maxwell Obi?
- Maxwell Obi co-founded Amplify, a Nigeria-based fintech acquired by Carbon in 2019, and later served as Global Head of Business at Sendwave, which was acquired by Worldremit. He holds a degree in Computer Science and has experience in software engineering and partnership development across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
- Where does Maxwell Obi work?
- Maxwell Obi is Founder of Waza.
- What companies did Maxwell Obi found?
- Maxwell Obi founded Waza.
- Where did Maxwell Obi go to school?
- Maxwell Obi studied at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science).
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