Tech heads all over Africa have come to
know her as the ‘Mayanator’, a bridge between African tech start-ups and the
very much needed funding and exposure to the world at large. A venture
capitalist with a growing network that scales up African tech start-ups with
hubs in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. Maya Horgan Famodu founder and
partner at Ingressive Capital, she’s created platforms like the ‘high growth
Africa summit and the ‘Tech meets entertainment summit’.
The next set of Nigerian innovators will
only be empowered when an enabling environment for co-creation is fostered. In
an ever-changing information age, communication is key to growth and scaling
ideas up fast. There are various intersects between technology and our everyday
life. User experience is changing daily, ideas that bring about the ease
of doing business and add value to the quality of living are very much in demand.
The future holds promise in value
propositions that can birth earnest productivity. The stage is set for the next
set of African innovators to bring about a neo-renaissance that’s driven by the development of human capital that’s been vastly untapped. Maya has shown in her
giant strides and portfolios, from Tizeti to Paystack, that the future is
indeed Female.
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