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Tesh Mbaabu

Co-Founder and CEO, MarketForce
Tesh Mbaabu

Tesh Mbaabu is the Co-founder & CEO of MarketForce, a B2B Commerce platform that empowers over 200,000 neighborhood merchants across 5 African markets to source, order and pay for inventory, access financing and earn more by reselling financial services in their communities. As an avid adventure seeker, Tesh also co-founded Cloud9xp.com, a travel-technology company which they built and later exited to HotelOnline. 

Tesh is a Choiseul 100 Africa Laureate, Business Daily Top 40 under 40 Men Kenya, Top 10 Africa Business Heroes, Harambean, Westerwelle, Alibaba and UN Fellow. He is a graduate of Computer Science from the University of Nairobi.

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24/3/23
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4:30 pm
Klarman Auditorium at Harvard Business School

The Start-Up Founder's Journey

Digging Deeper into What it Really Takes to Build a Start-up in Africa
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The Start-Up Founder's Journey

It is estimated that over $5 billion was invested across Africa in 2022 – the number of start-ups is growing quickly. As the ecosystem matures, the expectations are higher for founders in Africa. Join us for an intimate fireside with some of Africa’s leading start-up founders. We will delve deep into the highs and lows of being a founder – from building a world-class team, attracting customers, and fundraising, to maintaining self-care.

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America/New_York
Mar 24, 2023 4:30 PM
Klarman Auditorium at Harvard Business School
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