Olugbenga “GB” Agboola, Founder and CEO of Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, has been named a member of the Silicon Valley & The World Advisory Board’s Founders Council, joining a select group of global entrepreneurs and business leaders helping shape dialogue around technology, artificial intelligence, and its growing impact on economies and societies.
Silicon Valley & The World is a first-of-its-kind, multi-year initiative connecting the leaders building transformative technologies with the policymakers shaping their deployment.
Launched by Semafor, this initiative is co-chaired by prominent figures in the tech industry, including Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA; Divesh Makan, Partner at ICONIQ Capital; Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO of Microsoft; Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google; and Lisa Su, Chair and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices.
Agboola joins the expanded Global Advisory Board, which includes more than 50 global figures identified for their role in building businesses and technologies influencing the next phase of global innovation.