Building Technology for African Markets
Technology Leader & Product Engineer at Former CTO, a pan-African payments company
Built technology for markets where the network drops and the phone is a KaiOS device.
Meet your expert
Daniel has led engineering teams across Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya for 13 years, most recently as CTO of a payments company operating in six countries. He talks about building products for African users, hiring engineers, and the difference between what investors want to see and what customers actually use.
Areas of focus
A closer look
Low bandwidth, feature phones, mobile money, cash and trust: designing products for the users you actually have rather than the ones in the pitch deck.
We decided to rebuild our platform from scratch. Eleven months later we had two systems, half a team and no new features. What I learned about technical debt and pride.
Where good engineers actually are, how to interview them, what they are paid, and why your first hire should not be the most senior person you can afford.
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