Serigne Dioum

Speaker Bio

Serigne Dioum currently serves as Group CEO of MTN Group Fintech, a subsidiary of MTN Group Limited. Prior to this, Serigne was the MTN Group Executive for Mobile Financial Services. Serigne joined the MTN Group in September 2013 and has since then been responsible for driving MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) and related mobile financial services products and services across the MTN footprint.

Since 2009, he has held several leadership roles within the MTN Group of companies including MTN Cote d'Ivoire Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager of MTN Mobile Money in the West and Central Africa region. He also serves on the Board of various MTN Group companies and is a member of the MTN Group Executive Committee. Prior to joining MTN, Serigne headed Orange Money Skill Centre from 2008 to 2010 where he coordinated the launch of Orange Money in several Orange affiliates. Serigne holds a qualification in Telecommunications Engineering from the French institution ENST Bretagne.

His most pivotal projects include significant business growth and customer digital transformation successes which resulted in being recognized locally and globally for delivering consistent and outstanding business results, and meaningful partnerships with customers and businesses alike. Under his leadership, MTN’s fintech offering has expanded to 14 countries, serving over 64 million customers, 1.3 million agents and 2.1m million merchants and businesses generating a transaction value of US$340bn+ recorded for the nine-months ended 30 June 2025. In 2024, MTN Fintech, with Serigne at the helm, achieved a key milestone through the announcement of a commercial partnership with Mastercard as well as a minority investment which valued MTN Fintech at US$5.2bn. The collaboration will help strengthen local infrastructure for digital payments, support potential expansion of transactions in the future and drive financial inclusion through access to assets.

Serigne is passionate about financial inclusion and is spearheading MTN’s ambition to build Africa’s largest fintech platform, accelerating economic and social development through digital innovations for the benefit of citizens across the continent and beyond.