Joke Akintara

Product Lead | Growth Product Manager

Joke Shalom Akintara is a dynamic Senior Product Manager with a track record of driving innovation and growth spanning 7 years across the EntTech and FinTech sectors. Her journey is marked by continuous achievements that highlight her commitment to excellence. Joke is the Product Lead at FanBants (Techstars’23), where she coordinates product strategy, development, and execution. FanBants is building the ultimate fan destination, connecting Africans through competition and community. Before transitioning from the FinTech Industry, she accepted as Growth Lead for Credo, the awards for Payment Innovation Company of the Year and Social Payments App of the Year at the prestigious BAFI Awards, 2022 hosted by BusinessDay. Joke has a passion for knowledge sharing, providing advisory services for startups, mentoring with organizations like TechinHeels by Treford, Tech Marketers Hub, and via her community WeTheNewTribe which houses 100s of ambitious youth. She holds a Master of Science in Marketing from the University of Lagos and First-Class Honors in Business Administration from Babcock University.