9. Andi Friedman
Vital Stats:
- Business: Mobenzi
- Industry: Agritech
- Business est: 2014
- Website: Mobenzi.com
Mobenzi was founded to support developmental agencies by collecting and analysing data. It enables users to review, clean, analyse and export data collected in the field in real-time.
“The reason we started was to help an NGO where my father worked. They were struggling to capture date using pen and paper and there was a need to digitise the process,” says Friedman.
“We built a prototype to address the challenge, and as we saw what kind of transformational impact could be obtained from digitisation and real-time data, we thought it’s something most organisations could benefit from, so we started uploading core modules. We’re a bunch of geeks, not health or education experts, but we know technology well so we partner with people who are doing amazing things in these spaces.”