Episode 006 Rob Withagen, Cofounder at Asoko Insight, Why data and machine learning will unlock massive opportunities in Africa, How to get a CTO for your startup as a non-technical founder

One of the major challenge for doing business in Africa is lack of data. It’s hard to get information about private businesses in the continent. There are lots of consultants and researchers scouting around the continent for every bit of data they can get on businesses.

Rob Withagen used to be one of those researchers. Until he got stucked in traffic in a sweaty taxi on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos. And then he had the aha moment.