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Edwin Bruno knows what an introduction is worth
He started by finding customers for his own ideas. With Smart Lab, the Tanzanian entrepreneur is helping other founders reach the people who can give theirs a chance.
Lauren Schmidt Put Down the Answer Sheet
A teenage trip to Tanzania gave Lauren Schmidt a blue folder full of answers. Ten years of living there taught her to put it down - and build an education practice around listening first.
Joshua Stern
Joshua Stern is the CEO and co-founder of Telerivet, a mobile communications platform built for organizations that operate where bandwidth is thin, languages are many, and feature phones still matter. A Stanford computer science graduate who joined the Peace Corps instead of the Valley, he learned the texture of mobile networks on the island of Pemba, off Tanzania, then turned that field experience into software used by NGOs, governments, and enterprises across more than 50 countries.
Iain Usiri
Iain Usiri is the co-founder and CEO of Ramani, a Tanzanian fintech building financial infrastructure for Africa's consumer-packaged-goods supply chains. A Stanford computer science graduate and former Salesforce product manager, he gave up his US immigration status and flew home one-way in 2019 to start the company with his brother Calvin and friend Martin Kibet. Ramani gives micro distribution centers free point-of-sale and inventory software, then monetizes through lending - and in 2022 raised a $32M Series A led by Flexcap Ventures after passing through Y Combinator's W20 batch.