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

Press Play.

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

Track 01 · Side A 1:15
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 3:30
Experience

Shadow Army.

"Arise."

— Sung Jin-Woo, Solo Levelling

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

Deeper cuts stay in the crate.

Track 03 · Side A 1:15
Skills

Domain.

Expansion

"Domain Expansion: Infinite Void."

— Gojo Satoru, Jujutsu Kaisen

What I bring to every venture I touch.

Always

  • Rails before riders. Infrastructure compounds; apps churn.
  • Three-year horizons. Short cycles distract from compound.
  • Portfolios, not single bets. Conviction comes from coverage.
  • Both sides of the desk. Engineer the systems; ship the products.
  • Quiet operators over loud founders. The work speaks.

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 in 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 at Ikare, daytime view with poolside loungers and palm canopy
Elysium Beach House · Ikare elysiumbeach.com @elysium_beach_house
Track 04 · Interlude
1:30
Personal

Elysium.

The room dims.

Out at the end of Foreshore Road, past Oriental, there is a jetty. Elysium Beach Club. One of the family businesses: restaurant, lounge, the lagoon at the foot of the deck. The others stay off the record.

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.

Lagoon Roster

Boats out from the jetty. Salt air. Slow light.

Oryx 42 sport cruiser by Gulf Craft, triple Mercury 300s, white and orange livery
Oryx 42 42 ft · Sport Cruiser
Regal Commodore 4460, navy hull cruiser at the marina
Regal Commodore 4460 44 ft · Cruiser

More vessels in the rotation, by inquiry.

End of Interlude

Lower the needle.

Side B · Begins
Track 05 · Side B 2:00
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 0:45
Contact

Liner Notes.

Built in Lagos. Released on the web.

If you want to build, talk, or back something, start here: 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
Also available: Plain text edition
Music · Madam Maria by Kouba, via Epidemic Sound
End of Side B
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