UK–Nigeria trade boosts fintech hiring
UK–Nigeria trade hit a record £8.1bn as Nigerian banks and fintechs break into the UK market, prompting hundreds of new roles and giving London and regional hubs fresh hiring pipelines. That cross‑border expansion widens entry points for mathematically skilled graduates with coding chops. (africa.businessinsider.com)
UK trade ministry lists LemFi, Kuda, Moniepoint and Fidelity Bank among Nigerian firms formally expanding UK operations as part of new ETIP commitments. (gov.uk) LemFi has committed to invest £100 million over five years and to designate London as its global headquarters. (gov.uk) Moniepoint is targeting a London headcount of about 100 employees by 2026, while Fidelity (FidBank) plans to double a 62‑person UK workforce and Zenith Bank has opened a new Manchester branch as banks broaden UK footholds; FCMB is rolling out a UK‑based cross‑border digital payments platform. (techeconomy.ng) Kuda’s UK listings show product and engineering hires including a Backend (.NET) Engineer, VP of Product and growth roles in London, and external job boards list a Financial Analyst Lead role for Kuda in London. (jobs.workable.com) A recent Moniepoint Senior Data Scientist advert spells out day‑to‑day work: develop and deploy credit‑scoring, affordability and behavioral models, design experiments to optimise approval and loss rates, embed decision logic in real‑time systems, and use SQL plus Python/R for modelling. (uk.jobrapido.com) Early‑career routes are visible: Moniepoint runs the DreamDevs graduate programme for developer training, Kuda advertises multiple internship postings including an Account Management Intern and technology internships, and LemFi has part‑time growth intern roles in Europe. (scholarshipair.com)
