About Starks
Making it easier to do business across Africa.
Starks is a financial institution built for businesses and institutions that need to move, manage and access money across Africa and global markets. We connect the payments, currencies, settlement and financial services businesses need to operate across borders — through one trusted partner.
Our story
Africa is full of opportunity. Moving money across it shouldn't be this difficult.
Doing business across Africa can mean dealing with different currencies, payment systems, banking relationships and settlement processes in every market.
For businesses operating across borders, that creates friction — money moves slowly, access to local currency can be difficult, and managing multiple financial partners becomes complicated.
Starks was built to change that.
We started with a simple idea: businesses operating across Africa should have easier access to the financial services they need to move and manage money.
Today, Starks brings together payments, local settlement, currency management, accounts and other financial services to help businesses and institutions operate across African markets with greater speed, control and confidence.
Africa is where we started. Connecting it to the world is where we're going.
One partner. Multiple markets.
From payments and collections to local settlement, currency management and access to financial services, Starks brings the pieces together so businesses don't have to manage every market separately.
Move money
Send, receive and settle across African markets.
Manage money
Access local currencies, accounts and tools to manage cross-border flows.
Grow with confidence
Get the financial support and infrastructure needed to expand into new markets.
Built for the realities of African markets.
How we work
Speed
We get the job done swiftly and efficiently.
Solution Oriented
We're focused on solving problems.
Reliable
You can count on us any day, anytime.
Collaboration
Teamwork makes the dream work.
The people behind Starks
Starks is built by a team with deep experience across financial services, technology and African markets.
Wale Ajisafe, ACSI
Chairman
Decades of leadership in corporate banking, structured finance and credit risk across Africa.
Adewole Adedeji
Executive Director
Chartered Accountant who has overseen treasury portfolios and investment funds worth over $5B.
Oreoluwa Adeyemo, ACA, ACIB
Executive Director
Chartered Accountant and Chartered Banker who has structured over $3B in transactions and financing.
Kunle Adedeji
Executive Director (Risk and Compliance)
Deep expertise in compliance, anti-money laundering and global trade finance.
Africa is only the beginning.
Africa's economies are becoming increasingly connected to each other and to the rest of the world. We're building the financial connections that make that growth easier — helping businesses and institutions move money, manage their finances and access opportunities across markets.
If you're building across Africa, we're building for you.