He is a remarkable entrepreneur who has contributed significantly to the development of technology in Africa. His vision and leadership have enabled his fintech startup, InTouch SA, to become one of the leaders in the African mobile payment industry.  

Omar Cissé (photo), the founder and CEO of fintech startup InTouch SA, is a Senegalese entrepreneur renowned in the African fintech ecosystem. A graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Dakar where he earned a degree in computer science and design engineering, he also holds a master’s in business administration from the Higher Institute of Management (still in Senegal). 

In 2014, he founded InTouch SA, a financial technology company that provides a mobile payment platform for financial transactions in Africa. The company provides innovative technology that allows it to manage all of its customers' transactional needs in a secure, efficient, and simple manner.

His financial technology company enables its customers to collect and settle payments in real-time across the continent through an application that offers features such as payment acceptance, customer retention, airtime top-up, billing and dunning, expense management, deferred payment, money transfer, and intercontinental settlement.

InTouch SA has become one of the leaders in the mobile payment industry in Africa with partners such as Total, Orange Money Senegal, and IFAD (International Fund for Agriculture Development). To date, it has a network of 2,000 corporate customers and 50,000 TouchPoints (distribution points) in 14 countries. Far from sitting on its laurels, it is taking action to reinforce that network.  The company has also built and regularly updates a catalog of over 400 digital services. It plans to establish its subsidiaries in 25 African countries and have a network of partners in every country on the continent by 2025. 

Its founder and CEO, Omar Cissé, is also the administrator and co-promoter of  Teranga Capital, a Dakar-based investment firm that invests in SMEs. In 2001, he co-founded 2SI, an IT engineering services provider. He managed the company from 2005 to 2010 before launching CTIC Dakar, Dakar’s first incubator. 

Melchior Koba