Two portfolios, one discipline. The ventures below are ones I founded or co-founded and hold a stake in. The engagements are contracted client work, named here because I was contracted, and delivered, by name.
One of West Africa's first indigenously-founded fintech companies. Built Slydepay (Ghana's pioneering consumer digital payments platform, 100,000+ downloads) with Stanbic Bank Ghana, then expanded into Zimbabwe. Delivered digital banking infrastructure for 5M+ bank accounts across five major Ghanaian banks. Independently valued at GHS 345,018,846 by Fincap Securities, January 2025.
The platform through which I now operate across Ghana and the United States, spanning technology platforms, policy consulting, and research commercialisation. As Principal Investigator, secured USD 1.09M across two phases of the UK FCDO's RISA Fund, one of the largest competitive research commercialisation grants awarded to an individual African-led firm, directing seven national-level policy frameworks across five African countries. The Heritors umbrella includes The Heritors Institute (policy research), The Skills School (human capital), STIRhub (research coordination), SMARTQORE (low-code automation), ORDABL (e-commerce marketplace), and ADSaFIC (Africa Deep Science and Future Innovation Centre).
Earlier-stage ventures under the Heritors umbrella. The advisory, policy, and research-commercialisation work above is where the majority of my time sits; these are in build, at varying stages.
Contracted under a formal Consultancy Services Agreement to lead a comprehensive business transformation programme across MTN's nine Channel Partners: the network distributing MTN's full product portfolio across Ghana's largest mobile carrier (70%+ national market share). Deliverables included a Business Profitability Framework, a Paradigm Assessment Report, IMVCM-based Value Chain Mapping, Business Model Canvases, a Change Management Blueprint, a Future Readiness Score, and a Digital Skills Manual.
Team Lead under GIZ's FAIR Forward global programme, responsible for drafting Ghana's first AI Practitioners' Guide: preparatory research, stakeholder mapping, multi-stakeholder workshops, expert pool development, and the final guide translating national AI strategy into deployable methodology for government, regulators, and the private sector.
Senior Technical Expert on a German Federal Ministry (BMZ)-funded programme, directing human-centric service design and digital experience strategy for women micro-entrepreneurs. Delivered user testing across 12+ digital apps for informal MSMEs, designed digital solution provider recruitment criteria, and built training and engagement frameworks.
Contracted as Digital Policy and Legal Expert to co-develop Ghana's National AI Strategy, including stakeholder engagement, policy gap analysis, and drafting regulatory frameworks in collaboration with GIZ FAIR Forward and Ghana's Ministry of Communications.
Lead grantee through Heritors Labs across the early phase and the large-scale Phase I & II expansion of FCDO's RISA Fund, plus an Accountable Grant Agreement for the UK–Africa Innovation Trust Corridor research. Scope included founding the Africa Research and Innovation Commercialisation Summits (ARICS), developing the IMVCM framework, and multi-country research-to-market support.
Contracted by name as sole individual expert to lead Ghana's national journey to a cashless economy, under the Office of the Vice President. Designed the Digital Payments Coordination Unit structure, developed Cabinet papers on Digital Financial Services, and coordinated between the Bank of Ghana, the Ministry of Finance, and international development partners.
Coordinated Ghana's Digital Economy Studies across agriculture, education, entrepreneurship, public service, and connectivity sectors, supervising data collection and stakeholder coordination and producing the final packaged report for the Ministry and the World Bank.
Named Lead Consultant directing a three-deliverable enterprise transformation programme for Ghana's primary power generation authority: a 17-department State of Digital Affairs baseline assessment, a five-year Digital Transformation and Innovation Blueprint (2023–2028), and the design of VRA's Digital Transformation and Innovation Centre.
