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Muafrika2:


He was. Then he loved parables for even the simplest of messages. Typical African old man

Too much kalenjin mursik is good for your health

Techcabal takes a look at 21 of the country’s tech entrepreneurs who are at the top of their game and are making some serious waves in the tech space.

They have demonstrated effective management capabilities, defined the local ecosystem, set its pace, and have remained relevant in the fast evolving space.

In no particular order, they are:

Tayo Oviosu — Paga

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Tayo is a Stanford-trained professional and former business development manager at CISCO. He is the founder of Paga, a Nigerian mobile money operator.

Paga was founded early 2009 and presently has over a million subscribers utilizing its mobile money services for daily transactions.

Valentine Obi — eTranzact

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A vastly experienced IT professional, Valentine Obi is the founder and CEO of eTranzact, a local multi-application and multi-channel electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform. Launched in 2003, it has evolved into a multinational brand, rolling out products in 6 other countries including South Africa, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire and United Kingdom.

eTranzact is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange with a fully paid up capital of 4.2 billion shares.

Sim Shagaya — Konga

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Nigeria’s e-commerce frontrunner, Konga is just one of the many startups Sim is involved with. Sim is a serial entrepreneur and a vastly experienced tech professional, with over 10 years experience in new media and investment banking. Sim has worked at Google, Microstrategy and RealNetworks.

Sim’s Konga has a ~$90 million in funding’s South African-based Naspers and Kinnevik.

Jason is the cofounder of iROKO Partners, an African focused media streaming platform known for its innovative thinking in exploiting a previously unexplored market. iROKO Partners started in December 2010 when Jason, a chemistry graduate from the University of Manchester, couldn’t find any Nollywood movies online for his mother. He identified a huge gap in the delivery of local content online and founded the company with Bastian Gotter in 2010. iROKOtv reached 500,000 registered users within 6 months of it’s launch.

Today iROKO is the largest Youtube partner in Africa, with over 500,000 movie licenses purchased. It has over 14 million hours of media content on its license rights and more than 800,000 registered users, making it the largest distributor of Nollywood content globally.

Abasiama Idaresit — Wild Fusion

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Abasiama Idaresit is the founder of Wild Fusion, a digital marketing firm. Abasiama is a London School of Economics alumni. Wild Fusion, founded in 2008 with a $250 seed fund, was Abasiama’s response to “how the Internet could help transform the business landscape in Nigeria.” In August 2013, Abasiama made Forbes‘ list of ‘Ten African Internet Millionaires to Watch’.

Wild Fusion is also the first Google Certified Adwords Partner in Ghana and Nigeria.

Funke Opeke — Mainstreet Technologies

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Funke is the CEO of the MainOne Cable Company. After a twenty-year career in the United States, where she was the Executive Director at Verizon Communications Wholesale Division. She moved to Nigeria to work as the Chief Technical Officer at MTN Nigeria Communications (MTN). She also advised Transcorp on the acquisition of NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications Limited) and briefly served as the interim Chief Operating Officer, post-acquisition of NITEL,.

She founded Mainstreet Technologies, developer of MainOne Cable, a submarine communications cable stretching from Portugal to South Africa with landings along the route in Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria.

Leo Stan Ekeh set up Zinox Technologies Limited in 2001 as a means to fill the gap of manufacturing computers locally. Zinox is Nigeria’s first internationally certified brand of locally made computers.

With his first company, Task Systems Limited, Leo computerized 95 percent of the print media, publishing houses and advertising agencies in Nigeria, winning several industry awards.

Mitchell Elegbe — Interswitch

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Mitchell Elegbe used to lead the group marketing and business solution at Telnet Nigeria in 2001. It was there that he conceived the idea to build a system that will enable electronic transaction. A year later, Elechi founded Interswitch.

Today, Interswitch not only has the infrastructure for online, real-time transaction switching and payment processing, its shared infrastructure has been adopted by banks, government agencies and corporate organizations to accelerate growth while reducing cost of operations.

Helios Investment Partners, International Finance Corporation and Adlevo Capital acquired over 60 percent of the company’s shares in 2010.

Abiola Olaniran — Gamsole

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Olaniran is the founder and CEO of Nigerian gaming and entertainment company, Gamsole.

Founded in 2012, the venture is backed by 88mph, a Kenyan seed fund and accelerator. The company’s games now have more than 9 million downloads both locally and internationally on the Windows Phone store.

He’s one of Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30 for 2015.

Chika Nwobi — L5 Lab

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Chika Nwobi is the founder and Managing Partner of L5Lab, a Nigerian incubator and investor.

Before L5Lab, Chika was co-founder of MTech, a multi-platform digital solutions firm with operations in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Ivory Coast.

Omoluabi16:
No sir, if it does it will likely be into 5 regions.

Sad, but it's still better than most African countries may have in the future. Is Bafari going to be the winner compared to the other 4 if it will happen?

mtis:

Too much kalenjin mursik is good for your health

Definitely

Muafrika2:


He was. Then he loved parables for even the simplest of messages. Typical African old man

The Swahili You gotta love Moi, tho Kibaki was close with his poor Swahili

TayserMahiri:


Those ones definitely except the last. Congo is a cousin to Nigeria, they suffer the same resource curse

2 countries with rich resources.
wenedem, do Kenya has great amounts of natural resources?

TayserMahiri:


The Swahili You gotta love Moi, tho Kibaki was close with his poor Swahili

Kibaki seemed to have difficulties having to deal with people. But he was a good manager. Just delegating and sitting back. Lucy took the spotlight.

Will Nigeria Beat South Africa In The Race To Space?[/b]

By Dana Sanchez
Published: April 6, 2016, 8:25 pm

http://afkinsider.com/122873/will-nigeria-beat-south-africa-in-the-race-to-space/m/122873/will-nigeria-beat-south-africa-in-the-race-to-space/


http://directory.eoportal.org/documents/163813/189178/NigeriaSat2_Auto18



Nigeria wants to launch the first-ever manned mission into outer space by an African country as early as 2030, the country’s Ministry of Science and Technology said.
To get there, Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency plans to collaborate with China, according to Felix Ale, head of communications at NASRDA, Inquisitr reported.
“We contribute to various sectors that benefit the nation,” Ale said. “The focus of our space program is on the socio-economic development of the country. The best way to fast-track development in any part of the world today is through the application of space science and technology.”
Several African countries have their sights set on space and want to tap in and harness the potential of space technology. Nigeria has already launched five satellites since 2003 — some still useful and in orbit.
Ghana and Kenya launched space exploration initiatives in 2012. South Africa is spearheading space technology.
Three hours from Cape Town in the arid Karoo, 455 square miles of farmland have been earmarked to become home to part of the Square Kilometer Array project, a $2 billion radio telescope said to be the world’s largest.
South Africa and Australia were jointly chosen to host the SKA project, according to a report in Africa Good News. The telescope is 50 times more sensitive than any equipment so far and will seek answers to the origins of the universe, according to an earlier AFKInsider report.
The Square Kilometer Array should be fully functional by 2024. A test telescope has already been built to try out the technology. The Karoo Array Telescope 7 is a working instrument.
The KAT-7 telescope uncovered the secrets of a binary star system, according to Africa Good News. The star system was observed firing energetic matter from its core into the surrounding system in extensive, compact jets that flared brightly, details of which are visible only in radio waves, the report said.
Kenyan space expert Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School professor, is considered one of the most influential African authorities on the subject. Nigeria’s ambitions to enhance the scope of science, innovation, and space engineering could have far-reaching benefits for the country’s economy, he said, according to Inquistr.
“Scientific, technological and engineering capabilities would have direct economic benefits to Nigeria long before the decision of putting a person in space is made,” Juma said. “Space walks are probably the least important. It is the scientific and technological infrastructure and its linkages to the rest of the economy that matters.”
Citizens of 40 countries have ventured into space since the first-ever manned space-flight, commanded by Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, made history in April 1961. Since then, only three countries — former Soviet Union, the U.S., and China, have successfully launched their own manned space missions. The Soviet Union and U.S. integrated many astronauts from other countries into their space programs, according to Inquistr.
More than 1,000 satellites are in orbit, nearly half of them from the U.S.
Many are in low-earth orbit, a few hundred kilometers above the earth. Some of the better known satellites include the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope.

Kenya

Hati13:

2 countries with rich resources.
wenedem, do Kenya has great amounts of natural resources?

Not really but we found oil and we have beauty and human resources. What natural resources do you have?

Mark Essien, a software developer, and an expert in web and mobile development, is the founder of Hotels.ng, an online hotel booking network.

Hotels.ng raised $225, 000 in seed funding from Jason Njoku’s Spark.ng in 2013. As at April 2015, Hotels.ng had over 6, 707 hotels on its network.

Mark is on Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30 2015.

Stanley Jegede — Phase 3 Telecom

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Stanley Jegede is the CEO and co-founder of Phase 3 Telecom.

He worked as a Business Analyst in the United Kingdom between 1997 and 1999 and later joined Verizon Communications (Formerly Bell Atlantic) USA, in 1999 to 2002 as a Senior Business Analyst. In 2003, Jegede helped found Phase3 Telecom, a firm licensed to offer National Long Distance transmission services using fibre optics within Nigeria.

Phase3 Telecom is the main driver of Nigeria’s Wire Nigeria (WiN) project, a scheme designed to deliver broadband services across all states of Nigeria.

Obinna Ekezie — Wakanow

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Obinna Ekezie is the CEO of Wakanow.

He’s a former professional basketball player who played in the NBA and other leagues.

During the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Obinna launched Wakanow.com. It has become one of the fastest growing and largest internet travel sites in Africa.

Adebola Akindele — Courteville Business Solutions Plc

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Adebola Akindele is the Founder and Group Managing Director of Courteville Business Solutions, a Nigerian Stock Exchange-listed company in the ICT sector.

Bola began his professional career in 1987 as an audit intern at KPMG. He joined the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) two years later, where he rose to become a Treasurer/Financial Controller of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGS). Bola has the distinction of being the only African on EPDI’s Advisory Board.

In 2004, Bola opened Courteville Investment Limited to offer corporate finance services and business process reengineering consulting to organizations. Courteville recieved the Nigerian Financial Technology Award in 2012. They were also given the NSE Corporate Governance award for being one of the top 5 corporate governance compliant companies that is quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in the same year.

Editi Effiong — Anakle

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Editi is the Managing Director of Anakle Limited, a media marketing and services development company, located in Lagos, Nigeria.

Anakle is best known for Bride Price, an app that calculates the users’ value or worth based on answers to a series of ranked questions.

Muafrika2:

Kibaki seemed to have difficulties having to deal with people. But he was a good manager. Just delegating and sitting back. Lucy took the spotlight.

I think he used to struggle with what he found to be bullshit from people

Dele Odufuye is the MD/CEO of Tsaboin Tech World, a firm that provides value added services and solutions on various technology challenges.

In 2008 and 2009, Dele was awarded ‘Best Use of Technology’ at The Future Awards (now called The Future Africa Awards).

Two years ago in 2013, Tsaboin Tech World released ‘Traffic Talk’, an Internet-based social utility that will help road users beat the traffic in Lagos state, Nigeria’s commercial hub.

TayserMahiri:


Not really but we found oil and beauty. What natural resources do you have?

Ya forgot about the babes dude...will be their number one export thingy

TayserMahiri:


I think he used to struggle with what he found to be bullshit from people

Yeah,

I don't know how he runs his massive business interests,

TayserMahiri:


I think he used to struggle with what he found to be bullshit from people

If Kibaki was a Nigerian president you wouldn't hear any of the Scrabble s they are having today...coz the guy would be like..endeleeni tu and guys would just get bored an leave stuff

Its like Kenya have this thingy with former presidents
..we curse them while on job but love them when they retire...

What's more when it comes to women entrepeneurs, we are unstoppable in Africa at the moment, check out this 2014 Forbes list of African women.
https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2014/09/11/10-emerging-women-entrepreneurs-to-watch-in-africa/amp/&ved=0ahUKEwiko_3E2N7UAhUOUlAKHQVTAysQFggiMAE&usg=AFQjCNGr3M8pOt5YIq2Dls3gfwVSTdJDZw

Muafrika2:

Yeah,

I don't know how he runs his massive business interests,

He got managers. I bet he doesnt remember all his assets

mtis:
Its like Kenya have this thingy with former presidents
..we curse them while on job but love them when they retire...

Yeah,

mtis:

If Kibaki was a Nigerian president you wouldn't hear any of the Scrabble s they are having today...coz the guy would be like..endeleeni tu and guys would just get bored an leave stuff

Biafrans would be bored already. Kubafu nyinyi mnataka nini

Muafrika2:

Yeah,

So true

TayserMahiri:


Biafrans would be bored already. Kubafu nyinyi mnataka nini

TayserMahiri:


He got managers. I bet he doesnt remember all his assets

When money starts managing itself

I saw somewhere he's got many hotels, including the grand regency

A proverb from one of African tribe.Goes like this..

"He who bargains the price on an underware is capable of walking without one". .naija peeps hang on there ..shalom am out

Jayceon:
So basically they wanted Trevor's ass for something he said about M7 in a satirical show,do people in Uganda have an inkling of sense of humour?

Calm your tittays,dude! For real not everyone appreciates the LGBTQ love Noah and his gang always throw around. Fyi,in Africa we DON'T play that contrary to what you did down South.

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