Abdulfatai Suleiman is a Nigerian software engineer and fintech entrepreneur. He is known for co-founding the blockchain payment gateway Lazerpay and as the founder of Blockradar, a startup focused on cross-border payments. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Lazerpay

In 2021, Suleiman co-founded Lazerpay, a blockchain-based payment gateway. The platform was designed to enable businesses in Africa to accept payments in stablecoins. The company raised $1.1 million in a funding round. ^[1]​

Paystack

After his work with Lazerpay, Suleiman joined the engineering team at Paystack in 2023.

In this role, he contributed to the development of scalable payment solutions for the African fintech company. His work specifically included contributions to the Paystack Virtual Terminal project. ^[1]​

He was also a core team member behind Zap, Paystack’s first consumer-facing app. It was an experimental product aimed at simplifying everyday peer-to-peer payments for Nigerians, reflecting Paystack’s broader mission to drive innovation in Africa’s financial ecosystem. ^[2]

Blockradar

Suleiman is the founder of Blockradar, a startup that aims to simplify cross-border payments and remittances. The company's mission is to address the fragmented payment infrastructure prevalent in emerging markets. Blockradar provides a non-custodial, multichain wallet infrastructure for stablecoins.

This technology allows other fintech companies to utilize blockchain for payments without requiring deep in-house expertise in the field. As of late 2024, the Blockradar platform had processed a total payment volume (TPV) of over $12 million. ^[1]​

During a panel discussion at a Devcon event in Thailand, Suleiman articulated the company's strategic vision. He stated that Blockradar is positioned to lead blockchain adoption by "focusing on usability and utility, centering emerging markets." ^{[1] [2] [3]}