Solape Akinpelu

Solape Akinpelu is a technology entrepreneur, best-selling author and gender-finance specialist. She is CEO and Co-founder of HerVest, a financial technology company providing savings, investment and credit solutions to African women, with more than 100,000 members.

She previously served as Head of Marketing at Meristem and Chairman of Technology at the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce. Solape contributes to national conversations on women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion and is the author of Stripped: An African Woman’s Guide to Building Generational Wealth.