Co-Founder & Co-CEO @GozemAfrica | Building Africa’s Super App | Impact & growth in emerging markets | Kitesurfer, pilot & cleantech fan
Singapore & Africa
Joined June 2009
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Building @GozemAfrica — Africa’s Super App for transport, delivery & payments.
I share real lessons on scaling tech in emerging markets and building on the ground in Africa.
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#NEWS: Gabon has launched its first Tier III data center, taking a significant step toward enhancing its digital sovereignty.
#ConnectingAfrica #Gabon #STDigital #datacenter
Read more: connectingafrica.com/data-ce…
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The 2026 AI calendar is loud. Here are five reasons RAISE Week earns a place on yours.
1. The global boardroom of AI: 15,000+ attendees, 81% C-level and founders, 4,000 companies. The people approving AI budgets in the same room as the people building what they buy.
2. The voices that move the market on stage: @mcuban. @ylecun. @charliekawwas. @andrewdfeldman. Amin Vahdat. @Antonosika and more.
3. When AI's biggest players sponsor the same stage, that's where the deals get done: @IREN_Ltd, @cognition. @Snyksec, @Replit, @Nscale, @togethercompute, @Cursor_ai, Polarise, @WEKA, @SambaNovaAI
4. RAISE Week has a room for everyone: RAISE Hackathon, @MACHINASUMMIT CxO Summit, RAISE the STAKES, and the Versailles AI Gala.
5. RAISE Week takes over the entire city: 50+ partner activations across Paris, spilling into every arrondissement.
This July 4-10, the entire AI ecosystem shows up in Paris. Don’t read about it on your feed afterwards.
Prices increase at midnight on 4 June. After that, the final late-rate price goes live.
Get your ticket now at up to -25%, before the window closes: hubs.li/Q04jTGKH0
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Tu vas encore dire “c’est truqué” ?? 😭💸
Regarde ton solde Gowin juste ici : link.gozem.co/4fToXL !
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Le Maroc est devenu la première puissance industrielle d'Afrique, et détrône ainsi d'Afrique du Sud. C'est le fruit d'une montée en gamme industrielle, de la diversification des exportations et d'une politique industrielle "vigoureuse" selon la Banque africaine de développement.
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Yesterday, I shared a clip of @AlikoDangote talking about Africa being trapped in a cage of its own making.
And here he is talking about what it looks like to break out of it.
After 11 years of setbacks and over $20 billion invested, the Dangote Refinery is the first in the world to reach and maintain the level of 650,000 barrels of crude oil processed per day.
It's officially transformed Nigeria into a net exporter of refined petroleum products for the first time in the country's history — ending a 66-year stretch of import dependence.
The IMF estimates that this single refinery will add 1.5% to Nigeria's non-oil GDP.
For its founder, it's more than an industrial achievement.
It's a demonstration of what belief in Africa looks like at scale.
"If I don't invest my own money, I can never go to any conference and convince people that Africa is a good place to come and invest."
"But right now I have a voice. Right now I have the mouth to say, 'Come and invest in Africa' — because I have demonstrated that these things are possible."
The most powerful argument for investing in Africa isn't a pitch deck.
It's proof.
When Africans bet on Africa, Africa wins.
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Afridigest Intelligence — intelligence & advisory to win in Africa's growth markets: afridigest.com/intelligence | Follow Afridigest on LinkedIn & Instagram
Heading to Marrakech for @GITEXAfrica to speak about @GozemAfrica journey.
Looking forward to interacting with #africa #tech #ecosystem
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Concentrix returns to GITEX AFRICA 2026 for its third consecutive edition, reaffirming its long-term commitment to Africa’s digital future.
📷 GITEX AFRICA 2026
7–9 April 2026 | Marrakech
📷 Get your pass
visit.gitexafrica.com/
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#Podcast: Andy Jury, Group CEO of @mukurudotcom, joins the #ConnectingAfricaPodcast to talk about #fintech in Africa, Mukuru's #evolution and #expansion, and opportunities for #financialinclusion in #Africa.
#ConnectingAfrica #Mukuru #FintechNews
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Gozem, the #Togo-based super app is buying Moonex, a #Benin-based fintech player.
The plan is to launch its own mobile money service around for all its services semafor.com/article/11/08/20…
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Exciting fireside chat in the Careers Forum with @sopnendu, Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Bertrand Ndengeyingoma, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, @CentralBankRw on Igniting Futures: Moulding the Industry's Future Architects.
#IFF2023
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Depuis l'application mobile Gozem, vous avez la possibilité de choisir le service transport qui vous convient : avec ou sans climatisation ❄️
Testez dès maintenant via ce lien : pagelink.gozem.co/ASZ6?d=1
#GozemGA #Gabon #transport – at Estuaire, Gabon
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To read - Bianchi & Melosi
bit.ly/3EcfHPB
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Quand c'est bon, c'est bon 😍.
Qui a déjà été dans cette situation ?
#Gozemgabon #gabon
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Fireside Chat: Creating Africa’s Own Tech Giant with Joshua Raphael from Parket, @raphaeldana from @GozemAfrica and Adrian Ho from @OmdiaHQ at @africatechfest #AfricaTechFestival – at Cape Town, South Africa
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Excited to have @RaphaelDana Co-founder & CEO of @GozemAfrica Africa's Super App, delivering a French Keynote on -“Is the francophone African market the best overall market in Africa?”
Looking forward to learning more from his insights.
#AfricArena2022 #GrandSummit2022
Excited to speak at @AFSICafrica about the rise of @GozemAfrica in West and Central Africa - see you in London, October 10-11th 2022
#africa #tech #invest #togo #benin #gabon #cameroon
Amazing partnership between @IFCAfrica & @GozemAfrica. A game changer for all our drivers (champions) that will access affordable financing and our EV motorcycle program.
#africa #mobility #financialinclusion #ev #tech #togo #benin #Gabon
@TechCabal techcabal.com/2022/06/15/goz…
