Uzoma Dozie

Uzoma Dozie (born 2 November 1969) is a banker, tech investor and financial inclusion advocate. He is the CEO and Founder of Sparkle,^[1] a financial technology community and 'ecosystem'.^[2] Before launching Sparkle in 2019, he was the GMD and Bank CEO of Diamond Bank from 2014^[3] and successfully implemented a merger^[4] with Access Bank Plc in 2018. While at Diamond Bank, Uzoma also served as Executive Director of Corporate Banking and Executive Director of Regional Business Lagos & West Regions.

Uzoma Dozie
Born	(1969-11-02) 2 November 1969 (age 55) London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Citizenship	Nigeria
Education	Master of Business Administration (Imperial College) Bachelor of Science (University of Reading) Master of Science (University College London)
Occupation	Chief Executive Officer Sparkle
Years active	2005 — present
Known for	Banking
Father	Pascal Dozie
Relatives	Peace Anyiam-Osigwe

Early life

Uzoma was born in London, United Kingdom to Pascal Dozie, the founder of Diamond Bank.

Career

Following his time in the Nigerian banking sector, Uzoma Dozie launched Sparkle, the mobile-first platform^[5] which is focused on Nigeria's retail sector^[6] and will tackle how retailers achieve their daily objectives and scale their businesses. In addition to the typical current and savings accounts, the platform provides a suite of innovative lifestyle services such as inventory management, invoicing statements, foreign exchange services and a POS-via-mobile function.^[7]

He is also known for investing in a number of Nigerian technology start-ups through his angel fund, Black Knights.^[8]

Public life

Uzoma is also on the Board of Women's World Banking^[9] and regularly speaks at conferences and events around the world, on the subject of financial inclusion, technology and how technology can scale.^[10]

He is also a well-known advocate for showcasing technology start-up CEOs and has fronted an online TV show called Tech Turks^[11] for a number of years, whereby he discusses challenges and opportunities of building tech businesses in Nigeria, with some of the country's leading entrepreneurs.  

He also launched TechFest in 2018^[12] bringing together leading dignitaries of Nigeria's technology and business sectors.