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VENTURES AFRICA – As Africa continue to experience a surge in economy and technology development, young techpreneurs are continuously using technology to find answers to impending social problems. Most of these Apps and solutions are developed to help grow the continent socially.
However, like most businesses, an enabling environment becomes imperative for the success and growth of such fantastic idea that are developed to answer the continent’s socio-economic problem.
Although, Africa has moved up from her relegated position on the World Bank’s “Easy place To Do Business List”, many startups still have the challenge of working in an enabling environment that will provide the necessary means and infrastructure that will help their businesses.
One of such that has beat the odds of Africa challenging environment to create technology know-how for the African market is Kolawole Olajide, the Nigerian born Co-founder and lead engineer at Funda, an online programme that develops learning management systems and provides content development services for higher institutions to take their courses online and for corporate organisations to train their staff internally.
In the beginning…
Born and bred in Lagos, Nigeria. Kola grew up in a family of 6, with him being the second child. He had high school education in Lagos, Nigeria before traveling to South Africa for his higher education.
Contrary to perception that he could have being from a rich family, Kola said “My parents are not civil servants and I am not a rich kid. I am from a very, very strict Christian home.”
Kola’s passion for education technology arose from… (READ MORE)
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