Opeyemi Disu · SM·001
Catalog Entry · A·001
Opeyemi Disu
Résumé

Press Play.

A founder's record in six tracks. Built in Lagos. Sixteen minutes. Two sides. One hidden track.

Track 01 · Side A 2:15
About

DNA.

"I got loyalty, got royalty inside my DNA."

— Kendrick Lamar, DAMN.

Opeyemi Disu builds in Lagos.

He is currently VP, Head of Products at Payaza, where he is shaping product strategy across African markets. He is also the founder of Salve Mundi, a small studio releasing a portfolio of products across fintech, health tech, and adjacent edges. Earlier in 2025 he co-founded Grats, a payments infrastructure company that was acquired by Payaza later that year.

Before that, Mookie. Before that, Appzone. Before that, Babcock and Imperial. Most recently, MIT — Building AI Products & Services.

He plays piano. He used to rap. He is reserved by default and a gamesmaster when hosting. He is building for the next ten years of African infrastructure, not the next ten months.

Track 02 · Side A 4:08
Experience

Shadow Army.

"Arise."

— Sung Jin-Woo, Solo Levelling

The portfolio. Past chapters and current bets. One label, several records.

Track 03 · Side A 3:22
Skills

Domain.

Expansion

"Domain Expansion: Infinite Void."

— Gojo Satoru, Jujutsu Kaisen

What I bring to every venture I touch.

Always

  • Bet on African infrastructure, not African consumer apps.
  • Work on three-year horizons. Two-year markets bore me.
  • Build portfolios, not single bets.
  • Pair technical leadership with product strategy. Both sides of the desk.
  • Prefer quiet operators to loud founders.

Fields

Fintech · gaming tech · health tech · AI products and services.

Schooling

  • Babcock University — BSc Computer Science (2012 – 2016)
  • Imperial College Business School — MSc Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management (2016 – 2017)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Certificate, Building AI Products & Services (2024)
End of Side A

Take a breath.

Interlude · Begins
Elysium Beach House at Ikare — warmly lit veranda at dusk
Elysium Beach House · Ikare elysiumbeach.com @elysium_beach_house
Track 04 · Interlude
1:47
Personal

Elysium.

The room dims.

Out at the end of Foreshore Road, past Oriental, there is a jetty. Elysium Beach Club. The family business — restaurant, lounge, the lagoon at the foot of the deck.

A boat ride across the water, at Ikare, is the beach house. Same family. Slower light.

Boats out from the jetty. Cruises across the lagoon. The only parasail in Nigeria. Events on the sand when we host them.

“Where luxury meets serenity,” the awning says. We host. People sit. The light over the lagoon is the same light on the cover.

If you come to Lagos, this is the address.

The interlude ends. Side B begins.

End of Interlude

Lower the needle.

Side B · Begins
Track 05 · Side B 3:55
Goals

Sovereign.

"Sùúrù lérè."

— Lagbaja, Suuru Lere

The thesis is unglamorous: Africa’s next decade is built on rails most of the continent has never seen work properly. Payments, identity, health infrastructure, machine intelligence pointed at the right problems.

Salve Mundi is the long-game vehicle. Attenlyx, Dashii, Ault — each a different angle on the same conviction. The ones that work will not look like the ones that came before.

Build for three years from now, in public, on the rails we are also helping to lay.

“I’m not angry. This is what it looks like when I’m fighting seriously.” — Conquest, Invincible

This record’s reissue is in 2029.

Track 06 · Side B 0:58
Contact

Liner Notes.

Built in Lagos. Released on the web.

If you want to build, talk, or back something — opedisu@gmail.com.

Catalog SM·001. The label has more coming.

I burn my decency for someone else’s future. I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see. — L. Rael

End of Side B opedisu@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/ope-disu
Music · Madam Maria · Kouba · Epidemic Sound
End of Side B
SM·001 · Runout
Sealed SM·001 · ·002

A seal holds. The cover holds the key.