Samuel Nnaoma Ekwuribe

Samuel Nnaoma Ekwuribe has over eight years of experience in community retail banking and providing financial services to the poor in rural Nigeria. He has worked with various banks in Nigeria leading the drive for financial inclusion by encouraging rural access to financial services through electronic banking channels. Samuel Nnaoma Ekwuribe managed the Nigerian government’s MDG/CCT social safety net project where he recruited, trained, and deployed over 600 mobile money agents who served as ‘rural banks,’ paying cash to over 52,000 monthly beneficiaries through their mobile phones. Samuel holds a Master of Business Administration in Development Finance and a degree in Accounting. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria. After completing the Washington Fellowship, he plans to focus on business projects and organizational partnerships that enhance financial access and economic opportunities for youths and women in rural Nigeria though his mobile money and agent banking business model.