Engineering executive, business leader, and entrepreneur building companies, teams, and AI products across Africa.
Kayode Olayiwola is Head of Engineering at Prembly (YC-backed) and Co-founder and CEO of Cuoral, where he is building a Silent Churn Intelligence Platform. At Cuoral, he leads the company's overall strategy and growth, spanning business development, sales and marketing, and product direction.
Over the past decade, Kayode has led engineering teams, developed products, and helped scale businesses serving governments, fintechs, and enterprises across Africa. From identity infrastructure serving millions to AI-powered customer intelligence systems, his work connects commercial goals with the teams and technology needed to achieve them.
His focus is building durable businesses and products that help people make better decisions.
Leading engineering, security, and platform infrastructure for Africa's premier identity verification company. Building systems that power businesses across 30+ countries.
Visit →Leading Cuoral's business and product development while building the Silent Churn Intelligence Platform. The platform uses AI to help businesses understand customer behavior and address friction before customers leave.
Visit →Prembly (YC W22)
Leading engineering, security, and platform infrastructure for Africa's premier identity verification company serving 30+ countries.
Cuoral
Building the Silent Churn Intelligence Platform using AI to help businesses understand customer behavior and detect friction.
3MTT • Federal Government of Nigeria
Led engineering for Nigeria's largest technical talent initiative, building infrastructure to train 3 million developers.
Identitypass
Built core identity verification infrastructure, government integrations, and API platforms powering fintech across Africa.
BigFix
Led engineering delivery for enterprise applications and managed development teams.
Developing strategy, products, and teams to build and scale technology businesses
Taking technology products to market, reaching customers, and driving sustainable growth
Building AI-native SaaS products that solve real business problems at scale
Scaling teams, defining architecture, and building high-performance engineering cultures
Distributed systems, cloud platforms, identity services, and payment infrastructure
Behavior analytics, session replay, and AI-powered churn prediction systems
Building sophisticated fraud engines and risk management systems for financial services
Architecting solutions for critical business challenges at the intersection of technology and scale
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