Day: May 29, 2023

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Tayo Oviosu

African Changemaker

Tayo Oviosu

Born and raised in Nigeria, Tayo left the West African country as a teenager before returning after his studies abroad.

A believer in Nigeria’s tremendous economic potential, the electrical engineering graduate came up with an idea that would disrupt the country’s financial services industry.

That idea gave birth to Paga Group Ltd, one of Africa’s earliest fintech players with a mission to transform lives by delivering innovative and universal access to financial services.

Despite having a natural penchant for venture capital, Tayo initially started his career as a senior consultant for Deloitte Consulting, where he led numerous system integration projects.

However, in 2009, he formally began his journey as an entrepreneur, founding Paga, where he is currently serving as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer.

Widely regarded as a pioneer in the African financial technology #Fintech space, Tayo is also passionate about helping entrepreneurs bring ideas to life and build scalable businesses.

This passion led him to co-found Kairos Angels, a VC firm on a mission to transform the world by partnering with visionary entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses.

 

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Navalayo Osembo

African Changemaker

Navalayo Osembo

Navalayo is a social entrepreneur, lawyer, and accountant who dreams of building a global brand from Africa.

Navalayo is the CEO of Enda, the first company in Kenya and Africa to make professional running shoes.

Enda brings together world-class shoe designers, developers and Kenyan athletes to create performance running shoes that capture the skills and experience of Kenyan athletes.

Navalayo is a London School of Economics graduate and has worked internationally, including in the US, UK, Ethiopia, and Tanzania.

Before Co-Founding Enda Athletic Inc., Navalayo started a sports academy in Western Kenya to provide sports proteges from disadvantaged backgrounds access to much-needed professional training without compromising their education.

To maximize social impact, she teamed up with her Co-Founder to create Enda Athletic Inc., creating jobs, investing in local communities, and spurring economic development through exports.

 

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 Nelson Aseka

African Changemaker

Nelson Aseka

Nelson is a passionate and accomplished marketing professional who has gained a global reputation for building global brands over the years in Sub-Saharan Africa.

With his ability to provide highly creative and innovative marketing and branding solutions, Nelson co-founded AIfluence Inc., Africa’s first AI-powered influencer marketing platform.

AIFluence offers an end-to-end solution to optimize and scale global influencer marketing strategies with advanced algorithms that power influencer discovery. Having led AIfluence to exponential growth, Nelson is on a mission to revolutionize the way marketing works.

 

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Rapelang Rabana

African Changemaker

Rapelang Rabana

Born in Botswana, Rapelang is a serial tech entrepreneur, digital thought leader, and speaker

With 15 years of experience building innovative technology companies, Rapelang is an internationally lauded entrepreneur in the world of technology. She established her reputation in the tech sector shortly after her university education when she co-founded Yeigo. The company gained global recognition for pioneering mobile VoIP and IP communications innovations.

Rapelang later founded Rekindle Learning Inc., a company looking to improve education in Africa by turning people’s compulsion to check their phones into an opportunity to learn. She is also a venture partner at GrindstoneXL, a structured entrepreneurship development program that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies in getting fundamental building. Her role in revolutionizing the tech sector on the continent has earned her several accolades, including Young Global Leader by World Economic; Forum Forbes 30 under 30 – Africa’s Best Young Entrepreneurs; and Harambe Entrepreneur.

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Harry Tomi Davies

African Changemaker

Harry Tomi Davies

Tomi is a Nigerian British investor, speaker, author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and advisor to technology companies.

Upon his graduation from the University of Miami, Tomi had an illustrious career in the corporate world, leading the implementation of innovative technology-led transformation initiatives in the oil and gas, information technology and telecommunications industries.

In 2002, TD, as Tomi is fondly known, shifted his focus to Africa, where he has been actively involved in driving up early-stage investment and entrepreneurship in innovation and technology on the continent.

Tomi continues to play a distinguished role in Africa’s start-up ecosystem, having previously served as president of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN), which educates angel investment groups, promotes the creation of new networks and supports members in building African early-stage investing ecosystems.

He is currently serving several organizations in different capacities, including TextNigeria (Telecoms), MBO Capital, Laptops4Learning (L4L) Nigeria, and the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN).

TD believes that Africa’s future is being built today in African cities by entrepreneurs with business ventures using innovation and technology to create social and economic value.

 

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Ethel D. Cofie

African Changemaker

Ethel D. Cofie

Born in #Ghana, Ethel is an award-winning entrepreneur, IT professional, and consultant for IT projects.

She has previously held various technological and commercial roles in her work in the United Kingdom, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone before becoming a full-time entrepreneur.

Named among the top five Women impacting IT in Africa, Ethel is deeply passionate about technology and women’s leadership.

She is the Founder and CEO of EDEL Technology Consulting, an IT Consulting and Digital Products Company in West Africa and Europe that was won several accolades in the fields of telecoms and IT.

Ethel is also the founder of Women in Tech Africa, one of Africa’s largest women-in-tech groups with a mission to support Africa’s growth through technology.

Her contribution to Africa’s tech and innovation space has seen her win prestigious prizes, including the 2020 Glitz Africa Ghana Women award.

 

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Amir Barsoum

African Changemaker

Amir Barsoum

Amir is an Egyptian health-tech industry veteran behind one of Africa’s leading health booking platforms.

Recognized as one of Fortune’s 40 under 40 global healthcare leaders in 2020, Amir is passionate about bringing transparency and convenience in the healthcare space in the Middle Eastern and North African markets.

He is the Founder and CEO of Vezeeta, a platform revolutionizing the healthcare space by offering patients a personalized, end-to-end healthcare experience from diagnosis to delivery of ongoing care and medications. Vezeeta seamlessly connects multiple stakeholders within the healthcare ecosystem to offer a one-stop-shop solution for all patients.

Through his leadership, Amir has steered Vezeeta to become one of the top digital health-tech platforms outside of the US, EU, and China, having served over 10 million patients across Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, and Nigeria.

Amir and his team of 400+ innovators at Vezeeta are on a mission to transform the 1.1-trillion-dollar health industry from ‘the inside out, one city at a time.’ Outside of Vezeeta, Amir has helped shape the greater business community as an active angel investor and mentor for several start-ups around the world.

 

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Rebecca Enonchong

African Changemaker

Rebecca Enonchong

Rebecca is a leading global provider of enterprise application solutions, a tech entrepreneur, a mentor, and an advisor to several technology startups.

She is the Founder and CEO of AppsTech, a company building software that powers businesses. She is also the Co-Founder of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN), a pan-African non-profit association supporting the development of early-stage investor networks across the continent and getting many more early-stage investors excited about the opportunities in Africa.

Born in Cameroon, Rebecca is widely regarded as one of the most influential technology entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Through her technology leadership and active involvement in Africa’s tech space, the 55-year-old has made a significant contribution to the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship across the continent.

She is a recipient of numerous awards and has previously been named a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.

 

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Tony O. Elumelu

African Changemaker

Tony O. Elumelu

Tony Elumelu is a Nigerian entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist passionate about Africa’s economic development.

A champion of #Africapitalism, the 59-year-old is on a mission to position Africa’s private sector and, most importantly, entrepreneurs as the catalyst for the social and economic development of the continent.

He is the founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation, a philanthropic organization empowering African entrepreneurs to catalyze economic growth, drive poverty eradication, and ensure job creation.

Tony is also serving as the Chairman of Heirs Holdings, a family-owned investment holding company.

 

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