The Tulupay Story/Felix Achibiri: The Catalyst Behind Tulupay

For Felix, Tulupay isn’t just another startup. It grew out of decades of real-world

experience navigating Africa’s financial, energy, and infrastructure sectors andseeing firsthand how broken systems exclude everyday people from progress. He’s

not an outsider looking in. With a career spanning energy, telecommunications,

fintech, agribusiness, and mobile money operations, Felix has repeatedly turned

ideas into working businesses across diverse African markets.

Why Tulupay Was Born

Felix saw a recurring pain point: traditional banking and payment infrastructure in

many African communities was slow, fragmented, or inaccessible. Remittances

stalled, merchants went underserved, and cross-border trade remained clunky. He

recognised that if Africa’s human and economic potential was going to thrive, the

continent needed a bridge not just in rhetoric, but in actual digital infrastructure.

Tulupay emerged as Felix’s response: a platform built not just on ambition, but on

years of sector-spanning experience, practical insight, and a deep sense of what

works and what doesn’t.

Under Felix’s stewardship:

  • Tulupay blends both Web3 and Web2 systems to create a hybrid infrastructure tailored for Africa’s unique needs: secure payments, cross-border remittances, digital identity, merchant tools, and capital access.
  • Beyond fintech, his leadership spans roles across sectors from energy to logistics, giving him a rare, holistic view of what real growth requires in Africanmarkets.
  • As a business catalyst, he has helped transform organisations: guidingstrategy, enabling growth, and promoting responsible governance, not just building products, but strengthening institutions.

A Vision Rooted in Purpose

Felix’s mission is simple: to create digital financial infrastructure that works for

ordinary people, entrepreneurs, merchants, and families across Africa. He wants to

close the gap between potential and opportunity, between ambition and access. With

Tulupay, he isn’t selling an idea; he’s delivering a foundation.

This isn’t about buzzwords or “disruption theatre.” It’s about rigorous execution,

cross-sector know-how, and building systems that can scale responsibly and

inclusively. More Than a Founder — A Catalyst for Change

Felix’s story isn’t one of overnight success. It’s a journey of building, learning, failing

sometimes and rising again, applying lessons from energy projects, microfinance,

mobile money, and infrastructure. Through that journey, he discovered a truth:African growth needs more than ideas. It needs integrity. It needs infrastructure. It

needs builders who understand context.

Tulupay is not the destination. It’s one milestone in a long walk. And with every

partnership, every line of code, every system launched, Felix is quietly but steadily

working toward a future where Africa’s financial and digital systems serve the many,

not just the few.