Our Cascador Alumni are driving innovation, creating jobs, raising investment capital, winning awards, and changing the face of the African economy.
JOHNNY ENAGWOLOR
CO-FOUNDER TREEPZ (PLENTYWAKA), C’19
- $3.1M USD raised
- Techstars Fellow ’21
- Ride hailing app with >500,000 rides completed
- Expanded to 21 Nigerian States, Ghana and Uganda
Jumoke Dada
Co-Founder Taeillo, C’19
- Harambe Fellow ’20
- Grew 3X/yr to >$1M/yr
- Named a 2020 Nasdaq Milestone Maker
- Manufacturing hubs in Nigeria and Kenya
Andrew Airelobhegbe
Co-Founder Lenco, C’19
- Y Combinator Fellow W22
- Techstars Fellow ’21
- Harambe Fellow ’20
- Co-founded Ogavenue with over >8,000 venues in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and South Africa
Abimbola Adebakin
Founder Advantage Health Africa | MyPharmacy C’19
- Winner Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award 2021
- $1.2M USD raised
- Launched 50 franchises
Michael Ogundare
Co-Founder Crop2Cash, C’20
- Harambe Fellow ’21
- Acumen Fellow ’21
- Digital financial services for over 35,000 farmers
- Awarded Google Black Founders grant and Catalyst Fund grant
Omoniyi Salami
Founder NEAT C’20
- Formalized governance and raised 1st institutional funding
- $650,000 USD raised
- Doubled clients to over 10,000
Tosin Osibodu
FORMER CEO, Chaka, C’20
- $1.5M USD raised
- First digital investment platform to be licensed by the Nigerian SEC
- 4,000+ stocks and ETFs on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NYSE and NASDAQ
