HAPSS · Leadership

People accountable to you.

HAPSS is led by operators who have built, shipped, and defended real systems — not career consultants. Our commitment is that the name on the proposal is the name on the ground.

Paul Obalonye
Executive Sponsor · HitchAfrica Group

Paul Obalonye

Chief Executive Officer · HitchAfrica Technologies Limited

Paul is the founder and Chief Executive of HitchAfrica Technologies Limited, the regulated Nigerian technology company behind HAPSS. He leads strategic direction for HAPSS engagements and serves as the accountable executive to public-sector principals.

At HitchAfrica, Paul has built and now operates HitchPay — a multi-currency financial platform serving thousands of Nigerian consumers and businesses. The operating discipline that runs a regulated fintech at scale is the discipline HAPSS brings to public-sector engagements: real financial controls, real security practice, real accountability for outcomes.

Founder and CEO of HitchAfrica Technologies Limited
Operator of HitchPay, a regulated multi-currency financial platform
Direct experience of compliance, fraud response, and engagement with Nigerian regulatory authorities
Executive sponsor for HAPSS engagements; accountable point of contact for public-sector principals
Paul Frank
Delivery Leadership · HAPSS

Paul Frank

Programme Director & Curriculum Lead · HAPSS

Paul holds day-to-day accountability for HAPSS engagement delivery and the design of every curriculum HAPSS takes to market. He is the operator on the ground when cohorts begin, when applied projects land inside clients' institutions, and when results are reported to independent evaluators.

As Curriculum Lead, Paul ensures HAPSS materials are calibrated to the real conditions of Nigerian public service — not abstracted from it. As Programme Director, he is the primary point of contact for the client's Steering Committee and Technical Working Group, and is accountable for delivery against every milestone in the engagement contract.

Day-to-day accountability for HAPSS programme delivery
Curriculum design and quality assurance across all four HAPSS tracks
Primary interface with client Steering Committees and Technical Working Groups
Responsible for Regional Delivery Office set-up and local staff development

Transparent governance, on the face of every engagement.

Where any potential conflict of interest could arise, HAPSS proposes the safeguards — formal recusal, independent M&E, annual external audit — before being asked.

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How we staff an engagement

Permanent leadership. Regional delivery.

HAPSS is the dedicated public sector arm of HitchAfrica Technologies Limited. The structure below is standard for HAPSS engagements at regional scale.

Executive layer

Engagement Sponsor

Accountable executive from HitchAfrica Group. Public-sector principal point of contact.

Leadership layer

Programme Director & Curriculum Lead

Day-to-day delivery accountability. Interface with Steering Committee.

Regional layer

Regional Delivery Offices

State-based programme officers drawn from the local workforce. Daily presence, rapid issue resolution.

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