Global experience matched with local knowledge
DFS Lab Team
Jake Kendall
Partner
Stephen Deng
Partner
Chernay Johnson
Director of Research
Joseph Benson-Aruna
Head of Product
Alina Kaiser
Head of Communications
Gift Agboro
Head of Community
Leila Haroon
Research AnalystOur 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, SokowatchA 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 HoverOur Partners
