VOX

Interview with Daniel Ciganovic on his startup, Solshare where energy meets finance, creating a world with more evenly distributed energy through their solar trading platform FACTSHEET Name of the startup: Solshare Website: https://www.me-solshare.com/ Started in 2013 Headquarters: Dhaka, Bangladesh Industry: Clean Energy Team size: 63 Current Revenues: Not Disclosed Name of the speakers: Daniel Ciganovic Role of the speakers: CEO & Co-Founder, CFO & Co-Founder Other founders: Sebastian Groh, Hannes Kirchhoff Funding raised to date: USD 1.7M Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: USD 2.75M

Interview with Shez Tejani on his company, M-Life, creating a world where marketing solves consumer problems specifically and directly FACTSHEET Name of the startup: M-Life Website: www.facebook.com/mlifekenya Year of incorporation: 2018 Headquarters: Kenya Industry: Consumer Data Driven Marketing Team size: 15 Current Revenues: $250,000 in 2019, $500,000 projected in 2020 Name of the speaker: Shez Tejani Role of the speaker: CEO & Founder Funding raised to date: US$ 250,000 Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: US$ 1,000,000

Interview with Audrey Cheng on her company, Moringa School, one of the few established coding schools in Africa, and how she is tackling covid by changing its long term business strategy FACTSHEET Name of the startup: Moringa School Website: https://moringaschool.com/ Year of incorporation: 2014 Headquarters: Kenya Industry: Education Team size: 105 Current Revenues: Undisclosed Name of the speaker: Audrey Cheng Role of the speaker: CEO and Founder Funding raised to date: Undisclosed Currently fundraising: Undisclosed Targeted amount: Undisclosed

Interview with Diana Paredes as she shares valuable startup life sessions and tells us about her startup, Suade, a bootstrapped reg-tech and RaaS (Regulation as a Service) in the fintech space with headquarters in the UK. FACTS SHEET Name of the startup: Suade Website: https://suade.org/ Year of incorporation: 2014 Headquarters: London Industry: Fintech Team size: 40 Current Revenues: Not disclosed Name of the speaker: Diana Paredes Role of the speaker: CEO & Co-Founder Who are the founders: Diana Paredes & Murat Abur Funding raised to date: Not disclosed Currently fundraising: No Targeted amount: n.a.

In the 13th episode of VOX Podcast, Diane and Stefano interview Tekwane, connected from Paris where he's strategizing the expansion of Asilimia (which means Percentage in Swahili language). Asilimia started as facilitator of free M-Pesa transactions (mobile money) and it is evolving in a larger ecosystem of services. Name of the startup: Asilimia Website: https://asilimia.co.ke/ Year of incorporation: 2018 Headquarters: Nairobi Industry: Fintech Team size: 8 Current Revenues: US$ 10k/month Name of the speaker: Tekwane Mwendwa Role of the speaker: CEO & Founder Funding raised to date: USD $400K Currently fundraising: No Targeted amount: n.a.

When we think of technology we tend to imagine technology as a person sitting behind a computer and writing lines of code. Most likely we would not imagine a young woman getting her hands dirty with bugs, but this is what agri-tech can be about. Meet Talash Huijbers, the Founder and CEO of Insecti Pro, one of the world's most innovative agri-tech startups, based in Kenya. Name of the startup: InsectiPro Website: https://insectipro.com/ Year of incorporation: 2018 Headquarters: Limuru, Kenya Industry: Agriculture Team size: 55 Current Revenues: Not disclosed Name of the speaker: Talash Huijbers Role of the speaker: Founder/CEO Funding raised to date: US$ 500k Currently fundraising: Not disclosing Targeted amount: Not disclosing

Interviewing Jason Eisen which proposes a drastically new approach to the online trust system, starting from Nairobi, Kenya and aiming to global expansion. Name of the startup: UTU Website: https://utu.io/ Year of incorporation: 2017 Headquarters: Nairobi Industry: Trust Infrastructure as a Service Team size: 35 Current Revenues: Not disclosed Name of the speaker: Jason Eisen Role of the speaker: CEO and Founder Who are the founders: Jason Eisen, Dr. Bastian Blankenburg, Ronald Mahondo Funding raised to date: US$1.7M Currently fundraising: Yes, Equities Targeted amount: US$1M

Interview with the brilliant founder of Sokowatch, Daniel Yu. Daniel lived in Kenya where he established a successful startup that has raised 20 million dollars to date. Name of the startup: Sokowatch Website: https://sokowatch.com/ Year of incorporation: 2014 Locations: East Africa Industry: E-Commerce Team size: 150 Current Revenues: Not Disclosed Name of the speaker: Daniel Yu Role of the speaker: Global CEO & Founder Funding raised to date: $20M Currently fundraising: No Targeted amount: n.a.

Multitalented CEO and Founder John Kamara shares the background of his move into health-tech. From Nigeria to Kenya, through Ireland, John has set up a pilot project on medical data ownership. Name of the startup: Afya Rekod Website: https://afyarekod.com/ Year of incorporation: 2019 Locations: Nairobi, Dublin, Lagos Industry: Health Tech Team size: 6 Current Revenues: n.a. Name of the speaker: John Kamara Role of the speaker: CEO Funding raised to date: USD 300k Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: USD 1M

Find out about the evolution of the business model of Bwala Logistics from the founder Kennedy Nyabwala. Bwala started in the automotive sector and moved into FMCG logistics in Kenya and Uganda. Name of the startup: Bwala Logistics Website: https://www.bwala.co.ke/ Year of incorporation: 2018 Locations: Kenya, Uganda Industry: Logistics // supply chain // retail Team size: 15 Current Revenues: 80K-100K USD Monthly Name of the speaker: Kennedy Nyabwala Role of the speaker: CEO Who are the founders: Kennedy Nyabwala- CEO & Davis Angwenyi - CTO Funding raised to date: 250k USD Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: 2M USD

Interview with Greg Lipper, Founder and CEO of Happi and People Data Company. Connecting form California, Greg shares with Diane and Stefano the inspiring business model and the original investment strategy of his startups. Name of the startup: People Data Company Website: https://www.peopledatacompany.com/ Year of incorporation: 2020 Locations: US, UK, Singapore and everywhere in between Industry: Market research Team size: 3 full time, 5 regular contractors, dozens of part-time contractors Current Revenues: $1m - $5m Name of the speaker: Greg Lipper Role of the speaker: Founder and President Who are the founders: Rita Dobson is a co-founder of Happi Pte Ltd, our Singapore operations company Funding raised to date: About $2 million Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: $1 - $5 million

An insight in the healthcare pitfalls of sub-saharan Africa, where entrepreneur Emilian Popa founded Ilara Health to solve one of the most visible problems in the system. Name of the startup: Ilara Health Website: https://www.ilarahealth.com/ Year of incorporation: 2019 Locations: Kenya Industry: Healthcare Team size: 30 Name of the speaker: Emilian Popa Role of the speaker: CEO & Founder Who are the founders: Emilian Popa Funding raised to date: USD 1M Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: USD 500k

In the 5th Episode of VOX Podcast, Diane Ha and Stefano Virgilli interview Adam Grunewald, the founder of the gig-economy ecosystem Lynk, thought to be the Linked-in for the Linked-out in emerging markets, starting from Kenya. Name of the startup: Lynk Website: https://lynk.co.ke/ Year of incorporation: 2015 Locations: Kenya Industry: Marketplace Services Team size: 50 (full time) + 1200 (gig workers) Current Revenues: $5M yearly Name of the speaker: Adam Grunewald Role of the speaker: CEO / Co- Founder Who are the founders: Johannes Degn, Adam Grunewald Funding raised to date: USD 4M Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: USD 5M

Stefano Virgilli and Diane Ha interview Federico Cristina, one of the leading founders of the DEXTF, which is aiming to use blockchain technology to democratize asset management and unlock the power of efficient capital allocation. Name of the startup: DEXTF Website: https://dextf.com/ Year of incorporation: 2017 Locations: Singapore Industry: Fintech/Blockchain Team size: 4 full time Current Revenues: 0 Name of the speaker: Federico Cristina Role of the speaker: Co-Founder Who are the founders: Funding raised to date: 460k USD Currently fundraising: No Targeted amount: n.a.

Interview with Humphrey Wrey, the Founder and CEO of QuickBus, a mobility startup that is solving a real problem in East Africa and beyond. Name of the startup: QuickBus Website: https://www.quickbus.com/ Year of incorporation: 2018 Headquarters: Nairobi Industry: Mobility Services Team size: 11 Current Revenues: USD 110k / monthly Name of the speaker: Humphrey Wrey Role of the speaker: CEO, Founders Who are the founders: Humphrey Wrey Funding raised to date: USD 1.7M Currently fundraising: No Targeted amount: n.a.

In the second episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Dennis Kayser from Copenhagen, Denmark, the founder behind the startup Forecast.app Name of the startup: Forecast Website: www.forecast.app Year of incorporation: Sep 15 2016 Locations: Copenhagen & London Industry: SaaS for Professional Service and Enterprise companies Team size: 45 Current Revenues: Not disclosing Name of the speaker: Dennis Kayser Role of the speaker: CEO Who are the founders: Dennis Kayser, Danny Larsen, Jens Pallesen, Niels Frederiksen Funding raised to date: $10M Currently fundraising: No

In the first episode of VOX Podcast, host Stefano Virgilli and co-host Diane Ha interview Nina Alag Suri, the female entrepreneur behind the HR-tech startup x0paAI. Name of the startups: X0PA AI Website: www.x0pa.com Year of incorporation: 2017 Headquarters: Singapore Industry: HR tech Team size: 22 Current Revenues: $535k end 2019, $250k Jan to date Name of the speaker: Nina Alag Suri Role of the speaker: Founder and CEO Who are the founders: Nina Alag Suri, Jussi keppo Funding raised to date: $1000000 Currently fundraising: Yes Targeted amount: $1.5m

The founder of the VOX podcast introduces the idea behind this podcast while testing audio using Zoom.