Anne Amuzu is the co-founder and lead product developer of Nandimobile Ltd., a young and vibrant technology startup based in Ghana. The company was founded in July 2010 by Amuzu and two other graduates of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology, which was established to train and mentor young entrepreneurs in Africa.
Nandimobile’s objective is to leverage the high mobile penetration rates in Africa to create customer service technology that enables businesses to easily connect with their customers on the mobile platform.
In 2010, Nandimobile’s maiden product, Gripeline was said to solve a worldwide problem and received the best business award at the Launch Conference in San Francisco.
As well as being a graduate of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology, Anne holds Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana.
We spoke to Amuzu about the startup scene in Ghana; which other African startups she admires; and what could be done to foster entrepreneurialism among young Africans.
Q: You founded Nandimobile with two fellow graduates of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology. Did the idea for the company come first, or did the team come first? Tell us a little about the very early days of your business.
AA: In the final year of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology program, entrepreneurs-in-training are required to form teams for their startups. The three of us, having worked on a previous project in MEST, decided to start a company together. From there we brainstormed on various ideas and settled on one. The idea went through a lot of iterations as we gathered feedback from our colleagues, the faculty and most importantly, potential clients. We pitched this idea to the Meltwater Foundation and got seed funding. Most of our early days were used in validating our ideas, gathering requirements for the solution and building the solution…
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