As Lagos gets set to host the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018, here are the judges that will decide who walks away with the $25,000 price money:
Titi Odunfa Adeoye, Sankore Investments
- Titi was head of Investment Strategy at Zenith Capital, the investment banking subsidiary of Zenith Bank Nigeria
- At Goldman Sachs in New York, Titi worked as a member of a team responsible for investment strategy, tactical asset allocation and portfolio advisory services for private funds
- Her experience also covers restructuring, consulting, accounting and auditing with KPMG Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington, DC
Temi Marcella Awogboro, Kairos Angels
- She has more than a decade of experience in finance across developed and growth markets
- Temi has committed nearly US$500 million in private capital across strategic sectors in a bid to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges
- She is a Kauffman Venture Capital Fellow, an African Leadership Institute Tutu Fellow, a World Economic Forum Global Shaper (Lagos Hub) and Alumni Ambassador (London Hub)
Tahira Dosani, Accion Venture Lab
- Tahira works with the fund’s portfolio companies to provide strategic and operational expertise that accelerates their growth trajectories and enables stronger performance
- She supports investment decisions, manages portfolio relationships and drives the strategy and growth of Venture Lab
- She worked as director of Strategy at the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development
- Tahira has driven strategic initiatives for portfolio companies and led new investments in telecoms, technology and infrastructure in South and Central Asia
- She also worked at Roshan, Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications operator, where she was head of Corporate Strategy and helped launch the country’s first mobile money platform
- Tahira began her career as a management consultant with Bain & Company in Boston
Gaurav Dosi, Facebook
- Gaurav leads product management for Jobs on Facebook
- He was listed as one of the top 10 most important people in HRTech in 2017 by ERE Media
- Gaurav co-founded a ridesharing company in New Delhi, which was acquired by Carzonrent
- He started his career as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group