As Nigeria deepens its transition toward a technology-driven economy, the Technology Industry Leadership Watch (TILW), has commended Femi Adeoti, the managing director of Routepay and co-founder of Routelink Group, for his active role in shaping enterprise digital adoption and infrastructure development, positioning the group as contributors to the country’s evolving technology landscape.
TILW is an industry wide platform that assesses and tracks executive impact and enterprise innovation across Africa’s digital economy. Based on the TILW assessment, Adeoti was listed among Nigeria’s influential technology chief executives for 2025.
According to the assessment, Adeoti was recognised for his role in expanding enterprise technology, payments infrastructure and digital services that support banks, fintech firms, telecom operators and government agencies across Nigeria.
TILW also indicated that industry analysts who contributed to the report described Adeoti as one of the key figures driving the ‘quiet but critical’ growth of Nigerian-owned digital infrastructure, particularly in payments, cybersecurity and enterprise systems.
“With a background spanning engineering, finance and executive leadership, Adeoti has built a reputation for managing complex technology operations while scaling indigenous solutions in a highly competitive and fast-evolving digital market,” Routelink said in a statement.
According to the statement, Adeoti partnered with Stanley Odua in 2012, to establish Routelink Group, with the objective of building a Nigerian-owned technology company capable of delivering world-class digital solutions.
Over the years, the group has grown into a multi-vertical technology provider with interests spanning digital payments, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, broadband communications and enterprise systems.
Routepay, one of the group’s flagship platforms, operates within Nigeria’s growing digital payments ecosystem, providing secure and scalable transaction solutions for businesses and institutions.
Adeoti holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, an MBA in International Finance from the University of Liverpool, and has completed executive programmes at Harvard Business School and Lagos Business School. He also earned a certificate in Artificial Intelligence from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
His most extensive corporate role was at Inlaks, where he served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for Africa Operations, overseeing the expansion of financial and enterprise technology infrastructure across multiple African markets.
Before co-founding Routelink Group, Adeoti held senior leadership roles across global technology firms. At Cisco Systems, he served as Head of Regional Business for West Africa and was inducted into the Cisco Chairman’s Club in recognition of performance. He also worked with Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) and Comtec Systems in the United States.
