Mayowa Kuyoro is a partner in McKinsey Nigeria, where she joined as the first business analyst. She is the global leader of our Fintech Practice and also leads our Financial Services Practice in Africa.
With over ten years of experience, Mayowa works closely with private-, public-, and social-sector institutions across Africa on topics related to corporate finance, growth and large-scale transformation, strategies for foreign direct investors, financial analysis, scenario development, organization design, digital marketing, and payments. She leads our work with start-up companies—especially fintech companies across the continent and is a thought leader on innovation across the financial-services sector.
Mayowa is passionate about gender equity and the role of technology in advancing inclusion and serves as a leader of McKinsey’s initiative to support women in the workplace.
Published Work
“Leading, not lagging: Africa’s gen AI opportunity,” McKinsey & Company, May 2025
“Redefining success: A new playbook for African fintech leaders,” McKinsey & Company, December 2024
“A McKinsey Africa podcast with Ashraf Sabry, founder and CEO of Fawry,” McKinsey & Company, October 2023
“The path to greater productivity and prosperity in Africa,” McKinsey & Company, August 2023
“Acquiring the advantage in a fast-evolving industry,” McKinsey & Company, July 2023
“Microregional data uncover a richer picture of development in Nigeria,” McKinsey & Company, June 2023
Reimagining economic growth in Africa: Turning diversity into opportunity, McKinsey & Company, June 2023
“Fintech in Africa: The end of the beginning,” McKinsey & Company, August 2022
“Seeds of outperformance: How M&A can help banks thrive in the next normal,” McKinsey & Company, July 2021
“Harnessing Nigeria's fintech potential,” McKinsey & Company, February 2021
“Nigeria’s banking sector: Thriving in the face of crisis,” McKinsey & Company, December 2020
“African banking after the crisis,” McKinsey & Company, June 2020
“How the COVID-19 crisis may affect electronic payments in Africa,” McKinsey & Company, June 2020
“Advancing women’s equality in Africa,” McKinsey & Company, November 2019
“African retail banking’s next growth frontier,” McKinsey & Company, February 2018
Past Experience
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Group strategy manager
Education
Harvard Business School
MBA
University of Warwick
MEng, mechanical and manufacturing engineering with business management