Co-Founder and COO - Juicyway
I am passionate about investing in and building mission-driven businesses. I am the co-founder and COO of Juicyway, a new global payment network that envisions enabling Africans to participate in the global financial market on equal footing. I am also an operator at heart, and have been scaling rapidly growing startups since serving as Chief of Staff at Andela, one of the first unicorns on the continent.
As the digital economy reshapes global development, technology clusters and world-class universities are emerging as critical anchors for new city ecosystems. This session explores how the convergence of higher education, research, venture capital, and technology can drive urban growth"”positioning knowledge-centered developments as launchpads for innovation, entrepreneurship, and digitally-enabled industries. From attracting top talent to fostering startup ecosystems, these hybrid hubs are redefining what it means to build a city around knowledge.