Selected work

Proof, not claims.

Pivots, funnels, programs, platforms. Every number links back to a story you can interrogate.

Research system · flagship

From buried interviews to a living research engine.

45 transcripts and 289,773 words became a database, quote bank, claims register, and reusable proof system.

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Program design

The Academy

Founder-support program design for one of Africa's largest funds: 136 support organizations scanned, 38 stakeholder interviews, 8 research-backed personas, 3 testable hypotheses, the inception report that shaped the firm's founder-enablement strategy.

Product pivot

Shift: $1M+ and 95K day-one signups

Moved from marketing into product; helped drive a compressed-cycle pivot to $1M+ revenue and a launch with 95,000 day-one signups.

Growth

Career Karma: 9x funnel

Through YC W19 and post–Demo Day: signup funnel redesigned for 9x completion; social scaled 400% to 300K+ users.

Platform

African Startup Hub

Led at 54 Collective / FFA: a public collection of startup guides and outcome-focused playbooks tailored for African markets.

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Venture support

Rafiki Labs: 50+ startups

Venture-support infrastructure across East Africa, the Gulf, and the diaspora: GTM, fundraising readiness, Growth Rafiki, an AI-integrated studio model.

Growth leadership

Circle+ · UNDP timbuktoo

Head of Growth for a Techstars-backed founder-intelligence product; Expert in Residence for UNDP's fintech accelerator.

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