Collins KATHULI

Collins Kathuli is a technology innovator and second-time fintech founder building inclusive financial infrastructure for Africa's underserved communities. He is the Founder and CEO of Oliq Africa, an AI-driven B2B SaaS platform delivering a modern core banking solution for financial institutions such as fintechs, credit unions, and community-based lenders. Oliq transforms grassroots savings behavior into structured, bankable data by embedding AI-powered credit scoring, predictive analytics, fraud detection, and compliance-ready reporting, while seamlessly integrating with banks and mobile money providers. In just one year, his team has grown Oliq to serve 150 active paying institutions. Collins' entrepreneurial journey began with Kyanda Africa, a neobank that scaled rapidly to thousands of users and processed millions of transactions across Kenya and South Africa. His work has been recognized globally: Fintech Founder of the Year – East Africa (2020), Global Student Entrepreneur Awards Kenya (1st Runners Up in 2020 and 2021), and the Ivory Mark in IT at the CIO100 Awards (2021).