Nobody wants to die, but nobody has to die at 42. On August 3, 2025, a dreary Sunday for those who knew and loved him, Leon Kiptum Kidombo died after a battle with cancer. It came as a shock, as death usually does.
This death preceded a LinkedIn post only a month prior where he wrote of leaving Flutterwave, a Nigerian-founded fintech, after two years to—among other things—focus on his health.
