AFRIPAY
Chief Financial Officer
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🚨 WE’RE LOOKING FOR A CO-FOUNDER — NOT A CFO
AfriPay is looking for a strategic finance leader who wants to build, not just advise. This is not a traditional CFO role. We are looking for someone who can become a core member of the founding team, lead our next capital raise, build investor relationships, and help us scale the payment infrastructure Africa needs. If you're looking for a salary, benefits, and a conventional finance position, this opportunity is probably not for you. But if you're looking for meaningful equity, founder-level ownership, and the opportunity to help build a high-growth African fintech, keep reading.
🌍 ABOUT AFRIPAY
AfriPay is building cross-border payment infrastructure for African businesses and individuals, making it easier to move, receive, hold and spend money across borders. We are building for a continent where fragmented payment systems, expensive FX, limited access to global financial infrastructure, and complex cross-border transactions remain significant challenges. We are now preparing for our next fundraising round and are looking for a co-founder to lead this journey alongside the founding team.
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🎯 WHAT YOU'LL OWN
Fundraising — 70%
- Lead our fundraising strategy and execution
- Build investor target lists and outreach pipelines
- Refine our pitch deck, financial model and data room
- Source and engage angels, VCs, DFIs, family offices and strategic investors
- Lead investor conversations, negotiations and closing
- Build long-term investor relationships across Africa, Europe and the US
Finance & Strategy — 20%
- Own unit economics, valuation and cap-table strategy
- Drive financial planning and modelling
- Support board and investor reporting
- Help shape expansion, regulatory and revenue strategies
Post-Raise Leadership — 10%
- Build and lead AfriPay's finance function as we scale
- Establish the financial infrastructure required for our next stage of growth
🔑 WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR
You should be someone who:
- Has raised capital before You've personally led or played a significant role in an equity or debt raise and understand SAFEs, convertible notes, term sheets and investor negotiations.
- Has an investor network You already have relationships with African-focused VCs, angels, DFIs, family offices or strategic investors — and can open doors.
- Understands fintech Payments, banking, mobile money, financial services or emerging markets experience is highly valuable.
- Is a builder You're comfortable with ambiguity, ownership, risk and building from zero. Most importantly, you think like a founder.
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⭐ NICE TO HAVE
- MBA or Master's in Finance/Economics
- Previous founder experience
- Experience at a high-growth African fintech
- Investment banking or top-tier consulting experience
- Experience raising debt, venture debt or blended finance in emerging markets
💡 WHAT WE'RE OFFERING
This is a co-founder opportunity with meaningful equity participation. You won't simply be joining AfriPay's finance team. You'll be helping shape the company, the capital strategy and the future we're building. We're looking for someone who wants to say: "I helped build this."
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