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From Stanford to Ghana’s Delivery Revolution: How Kwame Agyei Owusu Built Zippy Courier


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What does it take to build a logistics company in Ghana that can scale across Africa?

In this episode, we sit down with Kwame Agyei Owusu, founder of Zippy Courier, to unpack his founder journey — from studying at Stanford and working in China to building one of Ghana’s most innovative delivery companies powered by electric bikes and solar charging.

Kwame shares:

  • Why he left a global engineering career to start in Ghana

  • The hard lessons from piloting Zippy (HR breakdowns, software rebuilds, market readiness)

  • How to raise early funding when institutional investors won’t back you

  • Breaking into big deals like Melcom

  • His continental vision for African logistics

If you’re interested in startups, logistics, or scaling African innovation — this one is for you.

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