People

Global experience matched with local knowledge

DFS Lab Team

jake@dfslab.net

Jake Kendall

Partner

stephen@dfslab.net

Stephen Deng

Partner

alina@dfslab.net

Alina Kaiser

Head of Communications

joseph@dfslab.net

Joseph Benson-Aruna

Head of Product

gift@dfslab.net

Gift Agboro

Head of Community

chernay@dfslab.net

Chernay Johnson

Director of Research

Our Scout Network

Shola Akinlade

Founding CEO, Paystack

Hilda Moraa

Founding CEO, WezeTele & CEO, Pezesha

Rose Goslinga

CEO, Pula

Pelumi Aboluwarin

COO, Kudi

Tunde Kehinde

Co-Founder, Jumia & Lidya

Ngozi Dozie

Co-Founder, Carbon Bank Nigeria

Chijioke Dozie

Co-Founder, CEO, Carbon Bank Nigeria

Ben Lyon

Founder, Kopo Kopo & CEO, Hover

Victor Asemota

Founder, Swifta

Odunayo Eweniyi

Co-founder, COO, PiggyVest

Dare Okoudjou

Founder, CEO, MFS Africa

Kees van Lede

CEO Africa, CarePay

Dennis Ondeng

CTO, Kopo Kopo Inc

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO & Founder, AZA

Daniel Yu

Founder & Group CEO, Sokowatch

A Few of Our Mentors

Our network of over 100 mentors with years of experience are eager to work with our portfolio companies. And we’re eager to make the connections.

Mike McCaffrey

Financial Technology Adviser at Ulana Insights

Susan Oguya Kutalek

Senior UX Designer at Amazon

Emeka Ajene

Co-Founder of GOZEM

Dennis Ondeng

CTO at Kopo Kopo, Inc.

Lara Gilman

Advisor and co-founder of Yooz, and Head of Product at iwoca

Jess Shorland

Co-founder and Product Manager at Hover

Our Partners