Browsing: Founder Stories
Inspiring stories and journeys of African startup founders.
Jacob Ugbodaga is a serial social entrepreneur with a strong passion for innovation and entrepreneurship. His passion to reduce food…
After living in South Africa for 12 years, 4 of which were spent working for an entrepreneur support organization, Affiong…
Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, and Austin, Texas, Reliance Health began operations in Nigeria in 2015 as a telemedicine-focused startup, Kangpe,…
March 8th marks International Women’s Day (IWD 2023) and in honor of this, we are celebrating the amazing, bold, and…
Ibukun Tunde-Oni is a medical doctor working at the intersection of healthcare, business, and technology. After experiencing the avoidable deaths…
Upon graduation, Timbo Drayson joined Google where he spent seven years working in product management and marketing. Highlights of his…
After witnessing pervasive product stockouts at small retail stores while living in Egypt, Daniel Yu founded Wasoko (formerly Sokowatch). Originally…
Co-founder of SeamlessHR, Dr. Emmanuel Okeleji used to sit in for board meetings alongside his father as an eight-year-old child.…
Early Days The journey to building Amitruck, a successful Kenyan logistics start-up started with one of the founders doubling…
In 2015, Tosin Eniolorunda, the Founder and CEO of TeamApt resigned from his job at Interswitch and set out on…