Carsten Höltkemeyer

Chief Executive Officer, Yoco

Carsten Höltkemeyer is Chief Executive Officer of Yoco, in the role since June 2026.

Took over on 1 June 2026 from interim co-CEOs appointed when founding CEO Katlego Maphai stepped down in September 2025. Maphai stays on as chairman.

In the job

  1. On appointment, Yoco said no IPO planned; focus stays on South Africa with selective adjacent African markets. Source

  2. Launched subscription service for card-linked loyalty programmes for merchants. Source

Career before

  1. Roles at Royal Bank of Scotland (led German operations) and Barclays
  2. Market CEO Germany, Barclaycard (about a decade)
  3. Chair of supervisory board, auxmoney
  4. 2022-2025CEO, Solaris (Berlin)

Sources

  1. businessday.co.za
  2. launchbaseafrica.com
  3. fintechfutures.com
  4. fintechfutures.com
  5. bizcommunity.com
  6. mybroadband.co.za
  7. en.wikipedia.org

Facts last checked 2 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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