John Obaro

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Obaro
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Apr 19, 1958(1958-04-19)
Age	66
Birthplace	Kogi State
Country	Nigeria
Horoscope	Aries

John Obaro Biography

John Obaro is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on April 19, 1958 in Kogi State, Nigeria.

Obaro had his first stint in formal employment as a part-time teacher while he was pursuing his MBA. He started his professional career as a computer salesman at Leventis Group from where he moved to United Bank for Africa to take up a role in Systems Development of the financial institution. In 1984, he joined now defunct International Merchant Bank of Nigeria, one of the Nigeria’s earliest investment banks, where he rose to become the Head of Information Systems. In that position, he led a team that implemented Nigeria’s first international banking application on a network linking Lagos and four other states. With this feat, John led a team that pioneered Nigeria’s online real‐time banking.

He moved on to found SystemSpecs Nigeria Limited, a company he nurtured from a 5-man partner agent of Systems Union, (now Infor) in 1991 to a financial technology company. Prominent among the solutions SystemSpecs has developed are Remita, HumanManager among others.

John Obaro Net Worth

John Obaro is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Nigeria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Obaro 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Obaro is from Kogi State. He is of the Okun tribe in Nigeria, and was born April 19, 1958. He had his formative years in Kano and Ilorin, Kwara State, where he had elementary education. Raphael Awoseyin “unconsciously influenced” Obaro’s decision to study Computer Science. Obaro had his primary education at Baptist School in Ilorin, and his secondary, at Government Secondary School, Ilorin from 1970 to 1974. It was here that Awoseyin, then a temporary teacher in the school, taught Obaro’s class mathematics. It stimulated Obaro’s interest in the subject, to the point that he (Obaro) decided to study mathematics and computer science in the university. Obaro proceeded to Kwara State College of Technology, now renamed Kwara State Polytechnic for a diploma. He attended the Ahmadu Bello University where he graduated with a second class upper degree in Mathematics and Computer Science in 1979. He proceeded to have an MBA from the University of Lagos in 1981. He is an alumnus of Lagos Business School (LBS), Chief Executive Programme at the Pan-African University, Nigeria, Lagos. Obaro was accepted into Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, a program which “serves promising companies in developing countries by providing business training and onsite coaching.”

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Who is John Obaro Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Nigeria. John Obaro celebrates birthday on April 19 of every year.

Who is the founder of Remita?

TypePrivate
Founder| John Obaro
Headquarters| Lagos , Nigeria
Key people| Dr Christopher Kolade, Chairman John Obaro, Managing Director Deremi Atanda, Executive Director Dr Emmanuel Eze, Executive Director
Products| HumanManager Remita Paylink

Who is obaro?

John Obaro
Born| 19 April 1958 Kogi State, Nigeria
Occupation| Managing Director of SystemSpecs
Years active| from 1992 till date

Is Remita a Nigerian company?

Remita launched in 2005 and is fully developed in Lagos Nigeria by SystemSpecs.

Is Remita a company?

Remita is a CBN-licensed solution that addresses the payment needs of individuals and organisations. Developed by FinTech giant SystemSpecs, it helps the public receive and make payments easily with ZERO activation fee as a plus.

What is the full meaning of Remita?

Remita enables direct payment of salaries from any bank account into beneficiaries’ accounts in any bank or other designated financial schemes. Payment of Taxes: Remita enables remittance of all taxes including PAYE, VAT and WHT, to the relevant Tax authorities.