Startup Couches

I have Oriana on the couch today, she speaks about developing blood tests to be able to solve for cancer, drawing a blood sample, and running a test a lot more. 2019, officially started last 2021. Solving early diagnosis problems as 80% of people that get diagnosed late do not survive

Papa Darfoor is on the couch today to talk about PayUp, a service that facilitates the transfer of funds from Ghana to Paypal in the US, UK, Europe. Parents with kids abroad, African focused vendors abroad, he shares about his motivations and plans for the future

Dante is on the couch today as he talks about secret management for developers and organizations in a more secure and collaborative way, making it seamless to how their workflow does. Product positioned for Engineering leads, system admins, DevOps, and infrastructure engineers. Contract developers, teams that 10+

I had Ifelola on the couch and he talked about Medicbird and how it connects people to psychiatrists and clinical psychologists etc

Nonso sat on the couch with me today and talked about EarniPay, and how it improves the financial wellbeing of income earners in Africa, most salaries are got once a month and so there is no way to match income to expense. They partner with employers to give flexible salary access and on-demand solutions so employees can get paid on demand. Focusing on large companies with a lot of employees, 50+ people, and startups are a sweet spot for us. Nonso perfectly understands the problem space and the product leads to massive retention and adoption for employers. Serving multiple companies already, launch plans!

Ayo sits on the couch today and talks about Ricive, a chore automation tool: laundry, grocery shopping, meal prep. Started with EkoLaundry and saw massive adoption and experimentation and user research led to focus on grocery too.

Lolu of Quiver Finance was on the couch today to talk about the product, a crypto asset management platform, to manage crypto assets on-chain. He talks about the ambitious plans for the project and what makes it all exciting

On the couch with Uthman, he shares about Aufera, a platform that connects rental businesses to cars for individual car owners. He also shares a personal experience that drove him to build this platform, enjoy!

I had a call with Emmanuel and he spoke about Venrena, an e-commerce marketplace that connects buyers with sellers. The team is building the infrastructure to help SMBs to scale, create an online store and connect them with buyers.

Hanson is on the couch today talking about Reevyse, an online marketplace for African talent, started as a job portal. You find a knowledge expert and book a meeting with them. The product is priced per hour and we take a % of it interestingly Inspired by Jason Njoku masterclass sessions