Paul Kimani

Paul Kimani is the CEO and co-founder of WorkPay, a platform building HR and payroll infrastructure across more than 30 African countries. With an engineering background and extensive experience in payments and workforce management, he has dedicated his career to solving financial inclusion and dignified employment challenges. Paul’s work ensures that hundreds of thousands of employees, from corporate staff to security guards in rural areas, receive timely, reliable digital payments, navigating complex local tax systems along the way. From bootstrapping a development shop to securing backing from Y Combinator and Mastercard, Paul combines technical expertise with entrepreneurial vision, addressing uniquely African workforce challenges while scaling a world-class SaaS business. He is passionate about leveraging technology not only to automate processes, but to expand access, restore dignity to work, and empower local economies. Through WorkPay, Paul demonstrates how African founders can build impactful, globally competitive solutions that meet both human and business needs.