5 AFRICAN TECH FOUNDERS YOU DON’T WANT TO IGNORE

Tunji Adegbesan

Dr. Tunji Adegbesan is Founder and CEO of Gidi Mobile, a premium mobile learning platform often promoted as Africa’s first dedicated mobile learning and personal growth platform. The combination of his entrepreneurial experience and his current position as Director of the Centre for Competitiveness & Strategy at the Lagos Business School places him at the intersection of people, technology and strategy.

Robert Lamptey

Robert Lamptey is Co-Founder & ex-CEO of Saya Mobile, a mobile messaging platform that brings smartphone-like messaging to feature phones. Saya Mobile was one of the startups that pitched at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012. The stage doesn’t get much bigger than that. Saya Mobile was recently acquired by voice messaging company Kirusa.

Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi

Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi is Co-founder at SureGifts, a revolutionary online gifting platform looking to disrupt traditional gifting systems in Nigeria. Samuel-Biyi is one of a young and dynamic trio of ex-Jumia EMPLOYEES, who were practically there at the very humble origins of Nigerian eCommerce.

Simeon Ononobi

Simeon Ononobi is Founder & CEO of SimplePay, an innovative payments platform that allows users with an e-mail address and a bank account to securely and conveniently send and receive payments online, just like PayPal. SimplePay was awarded the Best Nigerian Startup at Seedstars World 2013.

Abiola Olaniran

Abiola Olaniran is Founder & CEO of Gamsole, a mobile gaming company based in Lagos Nigeria. Gamsole holds the advantage of being one of the pioneers of mobile gaming on Windows Phone, a position the company has leveraged to become arguably one of the biggest gaming companies in Africa.

Acknowledgement: Techpoint.ng