Building AI-Powered Systems for Africa's Hardest Problems
Africa has complexity.
Fragmented markets. Manual processes. Unpredictable infrastructure. Operational bottlenecks. Customers who need more than a great product. And teams trying to figure out what to fix, automate, or build next while the business is already moving.
For founders, the challenge is "How do we turn all this chaos into a system that can actually scale?"
Join us for a candid conversation with Oluwaseun Akoyon, Co-Founder & CEO of RUN, as he shares what it really takes to build technology around messy, real-world problems in Africa.
From starting with manual operations to building an AI-powered logistics platform, Seun will unpack the decisions, lessons and systems behind RUN's journey, including what founders need to understand before they automate, where AI can create real leverage, and how to build for markets that don't always behave as expected.
This is a conversation about using technology intelligently to move from operational chaos to scalable systems.
You'll leave with practical lessons you can apply to your own company, including:
How to identify the real problem before building the technology
What founders can learn from starting manually before automating
How to decide what should be automated, and what shouldn't
Where AI can create meaningful operational leverage
How to build systems that can survive the complexity of African markets
What businesses actually need from technology beyond features
Lessons from RUN on turning operational challenges into scalable opportunities
A founder's perspective on building, learning and scaling when you're figuring it out in real time
If you're building a technology business in Africa and trying to move from traction to something that can genuinely scale, this conversation is for you.