Andrew Anastasiou, the Cyprus based entrepreneur has been nominated for the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards for his efforts and initiative in bringing digital banking to over half a billion people. The 31-year-old is said to be in the front line for the award and if successful, would see the entrepreneur placed at the very top of the global payments and banking field. The date for the final announcement of the winner has not been set but has been confirmed for April 2021.

Over 100,000 entries were made for this coveted title, but Andrew Anastasiou is said to be amongst the final 50, with some reports stating that he could be in the final 10.

Andrew Anastasiou is behind some of the most well-known brands in the payments industry and is the Founder of LyncPay, the Mauritius based eVoucher system which is currently in the process of obtaining permission from authorities in Africa to become to the only cash-to-voucher provider in the region.

The businessman recently closed a deal with Amu Power, one of Kenya’s largest utility providers which saw the estimated value of LyncPay shoot to $15M, and the company is expected to on-board other large African utility providers which would see the company being valued at $30M upon it’s expected launch date in 2021.

We were unable to speak directly with Andrew Anastasiou at this time to find out his thought on potentially winning the Entrepreneur of the Year award, but we feel it is safe to say that anybody in his position would be feeling exceptionally good at this present time and with such recognition, we expect to see larger publications that will be covering this story to receive direct thoughts from Andrew Anastasiou.