The stablecoin-nativefinancial engine forAfrican businesses

The Problem

For too long, African businesses have struggled with slow bank transfers, expensive FX, fragmented payment providers, and limited access to global financial infrastructure. Daya exists to change that.

What We Do

We combine the speed of stablecoins with modern banking workflows to make cross-border money movement feel like modern software: programmable, fast, and reliable. Daya serves startups, SMEs, exporters, freelancers, and global businesses.

Our Mission

Open Africa to global financial markets.

Founders

Built by Operators,
for Operators

Daya was founded by operators with deep experience building crypto, payments, and developer infrastructure across Africa and the United States

Aleph L

CEO

Aleph is a product-obsessed operator with deep expertise in stablecoin architecture and enterprise software. Before founding Daya, he was a Principal PM at Circle (USDC) and co-founded Helicarrier (YC S18), where he led Nigeria's first local-currency stablecoin, grew the platform to 200,000+ users, and processed over $1B in transactions. Earlier in his career, he was a Software Engineer at Microsoft, working on Azure Big Data and HoloLens. Aleph holds a BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics from Fisk University, graduating summa cum laude.

Paul Joe

COO

Paul Joe is Daya's Chief Operating Officer, with expertise spanning crypto infrastructure, business development, and operations. Before Daya, he was an Investment Associate at Lyrik Ventures and held product and research roles at Helicarrier. A recognised ecosystem builder in African crypto, Paul created StableStats.xyz, a real-time stablecoin analytics platform, and co-produced the Emerging Onchain roundtable series, bringing together fintech leaders from PayPal, Coinbase, and Circle. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and an MSc in Engineering Management from Purdue University.

Company Experience