The new entrants, Senior Software Engineer Nicolas Muchiri and Regional Technical Sales Lead Josephat Amani Iseme. /HANDOUT Financial technology company Montran has appointed two senior executives to its Nairobi-based regional office as it expands its operations in Africa.
The company has appointed Josephat Amani Iseme as regional technical sales lead and Nicolas Muchiri as senior software engineer and Team Lead.
The appointments are part of Montran’s efforts to strengthen its presence in Africa’s payments and financial infrastructure market.
Iseme joins Montran with more than 20 years of experience in banking, payments and financial technology.
He previously worked at KCB Bank Group, where he rose to Senior Manager, Technology Applications and Asset Management.
He later joined SWIFT as a Senior Technical Sales Expert for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
At SWIFT, Iseme was involved in technical strategy and customer engagement across 43 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
His experience includes payments interoperability, platform modernisation and the implementation of the ISO 20022 payments messaging standard. He has also worked with central banks, commercial banks and regional payment schemes.
At Montran, Iseme will lead technical sales for financial institution solutions across the region, working with banks, central banks and payment schemes on payment and capital market infrastructure projects.
Muchiri, meanwhile, joins from Equity Bank, where he served as a Senior Software Engineer.
He has about 10 years of experience in software engineering, with previous roles at Software Group, Nathan Claire Africa and CompuLynx.
His experience covers backend development, mobile applications, cloud infrastructure and DevOps. He has worked with technologies including Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Android, Flutter, Azure, AWS, Docker and Kubernetes.
At Montran Africa, Muchiri will lead the software engineering team responsible for developing, implementing and supporting the company's technology solutions for clients.
The two appointments come less than a year after Montran established its African regional hub in Nairobi in December 2025.
The office is led by regional executive director Wohoro Ndohho and is intended to bring the company closer to financial institutions in African markets.
“Montran Africa was built to physically move us closer to the institutions we serve, and closer also means moving faster from strategy to delivery – all to keep a promise long made to our clients on the Continent,” said Ndohho.
He said the appointments would help the company shorten the time between understanding client requirements and developing and deploying financial infrastructure.
Montran provides payment and capital market infrastructure to financial institutions and says its systems are deployed in more than 90 countries.
The Nairobi office is expected to support the company's expansion across Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly as banks and financial institutions invest in modernising payment systems and improving interoperability.
