Femi Aghedo

Femi Aghedo is the co-founder and COO of Grey, the cross-border banking platform he built alongside Idorenyin Obong to give Africans real foreign currency accounts. Based in Nigeria, Aghedo leads the operations that have scaled Grey to more than three million users across 70 countries, facilitating payouts to more than 170 destinations. His role spans partnerships, business operations, and the regulatory relationships that allow Grey to function as genuine banking infrastructure for African remote workers, freelancers, and businesses receiving international payments.

Aghedo belongs on the Borderless 100 because Grey has become essential infrastructure for Africa's globally employed professional class, and the operational depth he brings has been central to the company's ability to serve that class at scale. Grey Business — a USD corporate account product licensed by FinCEN and FINTRAC — extends his operational remit into African enterprise, building the rails before the volume arrives.