NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 5 – Pan-African payments firm Cellulant has appointed long-serving technology executive Michael Muriuki as its Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), as the company sharpens its focus on product-led growth and platform scale.
The new role brings product strategy and technology execution under one office, reflecting Cellulant’s push to strengthen enterprise payment solutions and expand infrastructure capacity across its African markets.
Muriuki joined Cellulant more than a decade ago as an implementation engineer, when the firm was focused on mobile banking services. He has since played a central role in building the company’s payments infrastructure as it evolved into a large-scale platform operating across the continent.
Earlier in his career, he led the consolidation of M-Pesa business-to-customer integrations for Kenyan banks, redesigned Cellulant’s mobile banking platform, and supported the rollout of Ecobank’s mobile banking system across 33 African countries.
Most recently, as Vice President for Software Engineering, Muriuki oversaw the modernisation of Cellulant’s Tingg platform, migrating it to a cloud-native microservices architecture. The changes improved system reliability and enabled significant growth in transaction volumes. In 2025, Tingg scaled from processing about one million transactions a day to 4.5 million.
Cellulant Chief Executive Officer Peter O’Toole said Muriuki’s appointment reflects his long-term contribution to the business.
“He has been central to building scalable, customer-focused solutions and to Cellulant’s journey to profitability,” O’Toole said. “As we focus on scaling, it makes sense to have a leader with deep knowledge of our products, infrastructure and customers take on this role.”
As CPTO, Muriuki will oversee product development, platform strategy and software engineering. His mandate includes strengthening Cellulant’s technology foundation, expanding data and artificial intelligence capabilities, and ensuring reliable execution as the company grows its payments services.
Muriuki said he looks forward to leading the next phase of growth.
“Cellulant has consistently adapted to the realities of Africa’s payments landscape,” he said. “I’m excited to work with our teams to scale our platforms and deliver greater value to the businesses we serve.”
Cellulant operates in more than 24 African countries, supporting over 200 payment methods through its Tingg platform, which serves sectors such as e-commerce, telecoms, travel and remittances.
