OPay Employee Share Scheme Faces Court Scrutiny Before IPO
A court ruling has placed OPay's employee share scheme under legal scrutiny weeks ahead of a potential IPO attempt by the Nigerian fintech. The dispute exposes structural risks in employee equity arrangements at African startups pursuing public listings.
OPay IPO: your options are only worth what you can prove
OPay's impending IPO is the moment thousands of African startup employees dream about — the point where years of equity awards finally become real money.
But Oloso Komisola's case shows exactly how that dream collapses. He held 100,000 options, claimed he tried to exercise them, and walked away with nothing — not because the court doubted his intentions, but because he couldn't produce a single email, screenshot or acknowledgment showing he'd followed the plan's formal steps.
For every founder telling early hires that equity is part of the deal: the paperwork trail is the deal.
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