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Uzoma Dozie
Born (1969-11-02) 2 November 1969 (age 55)
London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipNigeria
Education
Occupation
Years active2005 — present
Known forBanking
FatherPascal Dozie
RelativesPeace Anyiam-Osigwe

Uzoma Dozie (born 2 November 1969) is a banker, tech investor and financial inclusion advocate. He is the CEO and Founder of Sparkle, a financial technology community and 'ecosystem'. Before launching Sparkle in 2019, he was the GMD and Bank CEO of Diamond Bank from 2014 and successfully implemented a merger with Access Bank Plc in 2018. While at Diamond Bank, Uzoma also served as Executive Director of Corporate Banking and Executive Director of Regional Business Lagos & West Regions.

Early life

Uzoma was born in London, United Kingdom to Pascal Dozie, the founder of Diamond Bank.

Career

Following his time in the Nigerian banking sector, Uzoma Dozie launched Sparkle, the mobile-first platform which is focused on Nigeria’s retail sector and will tackle how retailers achieve their daily objectives and scale their businesses. In addition to the typical current and savings accounts, the platform provides a suite of innovative lifestyle services such as inventory management, invoicing statements, foreign exchange services and a POS-via-mobile function.

He is also known for investing in a number of Nigerian technology start-ups through his angel fund, Black Knights.

Public life

Uzoma is also on the Board of Women’s World Banking and regularly speaks at conferences and events around the world, on the subject of financial inclusion, technology and how technology can scale.

He is also a well-known advocate for showcasing technology start-up CEOs and has fronted an online TV show called Tech Turks for a number of years, whereby he discusses challenges and opportunities of building tech businesses in Nigeria, with some of the country’s leading entrepreneurs.  

He also launched TechFest in 2018 bringing together leading dignitaries of Nigeria’s technology and business sectors.

References

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  2. "Dozie: Most Nigerians Are Unbanked". THISDAYLIVE. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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  4. "Uzoma Dozie: Access Bank's merger with Diamond Bank is not a sign of our failure but success". CNBC Africa. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  5. "Executive Profile Pascal G. Dozie Co-Founder, Partner, and Non-Executive Partner, African Capital Alliance". bloomberg. 4 October 2023.
  6. Nsehe, Mfonobong. "After Running One Of Nigeria's Largest Banks, Uzoma Dozie Launches Sparkle, A Mobile-First Platform". Forbes. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  7. "After finalising Diamond Bank acquisition, Uzoma Dozie floats a new firm, Sparkle, to help reduce operational risks of small businesses in Nigeria". www.pulse.ng. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. "Dozie launches Sparkle to provide financial & lifestyle services to retail sector". businessday.ng. August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. "Black Knights - Coming Soon..." www.black-knights.net. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. "Uzoma Dozie". Women's World Banking. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  11. "Nigeria's Fintech regulation plans". CNBC Africa. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  12. "Tech Turks". Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  13. "TECHFEST storms Lagos in May, to assemble experts". Daily Post Nigeria. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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