Visionaries
Meet Samata Pattinson, the Ghanaian Designer Dominating the Global Fashion Space
Samata Pattinson is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Suzy Amis Cameron’s Red Carpet Green Dress (RCGD), a sustainable fashion and apparel brand. In her journey, the self-taught fashion entrepreneur has more than 15 years of experience. The British-born Ghanaian award-winning designer also doubles as a writer, broadcaster, and entrepreneur.…
Read More »Meet Ophelia Crossland, a Fashion Entrepreneur Making a Style Statement within and out of the shores of Africa
Ophelia Crossland is a Ghanaian fashion entrepreneur front lining the industry in her country and Africa. She developed her passion for the sector from her grandmother, who doubled as a fashion designer and a former Miss Ghana and her mother, who was a fabric seller. Learning from her, she sewed…
Read More »Fikirte Addis is promoting Ethiopian cultural heritage through the fashion line Yefikir designs
Fikirte Addis, a psychologist turned fashion enthusiast, founded Yefiker Design in 2009 by integrating Ethiopian cultural trends into her fashion design. Her style of creating aesthetically blended and harmonised modern and cultural styles brought her to the limelight in 2010. The intricate way her designs were made during the USAID…
Read More »5 Successful Entrepreneurs from South Africa Despite Starting with Nothing
Success comes with a lot of grit, resilience, and hard work despite the environment one finds themselves. Some of the most successful entrepreneurs in South Africa are those who came from nothing. Working at the forefront of their fields gave them the perseverance to alter their narrative. They not only…
Read More »From Odd Jobs to CEO of Digital Bank: The Story of Tauriq Keraan
Having goals, working hard, and exercising perseverance have served Tauriq Keraan well throughout his life. And they have been guiding principles in how he manages money, family and people. In August 2019, TymeBank announced the appointment of Tauriq Keraan as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after the resignation of…
Read More »Senegalese Tech Founder Drew Durbin is Helping Africans to Build Affordable Financial Infrastructure
Drew Durbin is the co-founder and CEO of Wave, a digital mobile money platform helping Africa build extremely affordable financial infrastructure. The company prides itself on being Africa’s biggest startup-diaspora community. The Senegalese-born Durbin started Wave in 2018 with Lincoln Quirk, his American schoolmate. The pair met at Brown University,…
Read More »How Onyekachi Izukanne’s Startup is Connecting the World’s Top Consumer Goods Manufacturers to Retailers in Africa
Onyekachi Izukanne, a seasoned entrepreneur with 17 years of experience in technology and consulting, is the Co-founder and CEO of TradeDepot, a B2B marketplace that connects small retailers with wholesalers of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). Onyekachi spent 11 years in management consulting, specialising in consumer products, energy and financial services. …
Read More »How Koniku’s MicroChip is Revolutionising Disease Detection
All over the world, Nigerian professionals are making their mark at the top cadre of their different careers by expanding the frontiers of knowledge and stretching the limits of innovativeness. Be it in academics, science, sports, finance or even medicine; their exploits have brought glory and honour to the fatherland…
Read More »How Jorn Lyseggen is Empowering African Entrepreneurs with MEST
Jorn Lyseggan is a serial entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and founder of Meltwater as well as the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology, popularly referred to as MEST. Jorn started off his career as a research scientist in artificial intelligence and machine learning at the Norwegian Computing Centre, but decided to leave…
Read More »How Dare Okoudjou Turned His Pains Into Africa’s Largest Digital Payment Company
His name may not ring a bell in certain quarters, but Dare Okoudjou is well known in the e-Payment world as a revolutionary. He is the founder and CEO of MFS Africa, a leading Pan-African fintech company operating the largest digital payments hub on the continent. How MFS Africa started…
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