Dara is one year old!

It was just like yesterday that Dara (my daughter) literarily popped out into this mad mad world; and she's been a bundle of joy ever since.

And today marks her first year on planet earth. It's been fun all the way. I remember when I was so impatient that she wasn't walking on time, now I practically beg and bribe her to sit down and stay still. But children ain't corrupt like the rest of us, so she's not playing ball.

And tomorrow, I too will be a year older. Since from my own estimate I am now a member of the Elder's forum, I will get myself a decent walking stick and dab some white talc on my brow: Here comes Grandpa Deji!

Author: Adedeji Olowe

Adédèjì is the founder of Lendsqr, the loan infrastructure fintech powering lenders at scale. Before this, he led Trium Limited, the corporate VC of the Coronation Group, which invested in Woven Finance, Sparkle Bank, Clane, and L1ght, amongst others. He has almost two decades of banking experience, including stints as the Divisional Head of Electronic Banking at Fidelity Bank Plc. He drove the turnaround of the bank’s digital business. He was previously responsible for United Bank for Africa Group’s payment card business across 19 countries. Alongside other industry veterans, he founded Open Banking Nigeria, the nonprofit driving the development and adoption of a common API standard for the Nigerian financial industry. Beyond open APIs, Adédèjì works deeply within the fintech ecosystem; he’s the board chairman at Paystack. Adédèjì is a renowned fintech pundit and has been blogging on technology and payments at dejiolowe.com since 2001.

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