The Polytechnic, Ibadan
Lower Credit
About Bayonle
A career built around
access.
01 / 05
Bayonle Omoyele is the Managing Director and founder of OneBox Cooperative Society, and founder of SavingsBox Cooperative Society. His work spans cooperative finance, microfinance and technology-enabled savings.
The through line
Make finance work
closer to people.
Bayonle’s professional path has moved through cooperative finance, microfinance and digital savings. Across those settings, the question has remained practical: how can people save, access services and build opportunity on terms that make sense in their lives?
That perspective informs his work at OneBox Cooperative Society and SavingsBox Cooperative Society. OneBox Hope Foundation is a distinct organisation; this page does not imply a formal relationship between the Foundation and OneBox Cooperative.
Selected milestones
From cooperative
roots to digital access.
Earlier public milestones, followed by Bayonle’s current role. Dated items are linked to their reporting.
- 2019
Executive Director · Reliance Thrift and Credit Cooperative Society
A cooperative perspective on saving
At the society’s first annual general meeting, Bayonle spoke publicly about building a savings culture and described plans for a digital deposit-alert system.
Vanguard, December 2019 - 2021
Managing Director · Reliance Thrift and Credit Cooperative Society
Skills and member services
He announced a planned free skills-acquisition programme for young people, covering practical trades and start-up support for selected participants.
Co-operative News, April 2021 - 2022
Managing Director · Reliance Thrift and Credit Cooperative Society
A Bwari branch opening
At the branch opening, he discussed cooperative savings, credit and loans, and described SavingsBox as a digital way for members to access cooperative services.
Vanguard, March 2022 - 2024
Founder · SavingsBox Cooperative Society
A savings challenge
Vanguard reported the launch of SavingsBox’s Save-a-thon challenge, an initiative intended to encourage Nigerians to build a savings habit.
Vanguard, April 2024 - Today
Managing Director & Founder · OneBox Cooperative Society
Building the next chapter
Bayonle currently leads OneBox Cooperative Society and also founded SavingsBox Cooperative Society. OneBox Hope Foundation is a distinct organisation.
Explore OneBox Cooperative
Ultraviolet Microfinance BankAdditional former leadership: Bayonle also served as MD/CEO of Ultraviolet Microfinance Bank and has since exited that role.
Education & development
A return to study.
A story of persistence.
Bayonle has described returning to postgraduate study while managing business responsibilities. The details below reflect his public first-person account.
Bayonle’s LinkedIn profileFederal Cooperative College, Ibadan
Upper Credit
Nile University of Nigeria
Distinction
Nile University of Nigeria
Thesis result: Distinction
Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University
Listed as study in progress in public profile material; no completion claim made.
Professional designations
Practice, backed
by continued learning.
CIBN designation definitions CIoD membership information
These designations are listed in Bayonle’s public professional profile. The links above explain the designations through their issuing bodies.
A working philosophy
Access matters when it works in real life.
Cooperative participation, practical savings services and opportunities to build skills are different parts of the same question: what helps people make progress on their own terms?