At an event last Friday, February 6, BUILDa tech company in Ghana, hosted a “Build the Summit”, which brought together innovators from the Ghanaian tech space to discuss their experiences and challenges in building their business in Ghana.
The event was hosted by the founder Julian OwusuIts founding partner BUILD at their offices at Tse Addo in Accra.
Some of the guests at the event were Valerie Lambieits founder Wahu Mobility, Anthony Owusu-Ansah of Shaq Expressand Alex Darko, its CEO Find menu.
Experiences in construction
In the first panel session he moderated Joseph-Albert Kuuireeditor-in-chief of Tech Labari, the participants in which they participated Valerie Lambie (CEO of Wahu Mobility), Anthony Owusu-Ansah (CEO of Shaq Express) and Julian Owusu of BUILD, all gave the very raw reality of trying to build unique solutions in Ghana and Africa.
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Valerie Labi shared her story of how she started working at electric vehicle startup Wahu Mobility, after a trip to the north of Ghana. She discussed the challenges of being a small startup and trying to go into local production in a niche area like EV.
Anthony Owusu-Ansah stated how he was working at Shaq Express after noticing challenges with deliveries. He discussed the challenges of competing with other name brands like Bolt Food and Glovo as a small startup trying to achieve profitability and earn more revenue.
Julian recounted the challenges of how he started working at Zuberi and they ran into trouble with the finance regulator who warned that Zuberi needed to cease operations and get the proper license because their services were similar to a bank.
He discussed what led him to work on building Poynt and trying to solve problems in the local tech community.
All panelists expressed some frustration with the current business environment in Ghana, particularly with increased taxes and low revenues.
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The event also had some insights from the BUILD team about what they are building and the problems they are trying to solve in Ghana.
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