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Stories from the BeyondAfrica community.
Announcements, speaker spotlights, and insights for Africans building in global business, tech, AI and careers.
From Senegal to Zoox: How Aicha Evans Leads a $1.3 Billion Self-Driving Car Company
Born in Dakar, now CEO of Zoox, the robotaxi company Amazon bought for $1.3 billion. Aicha Evans is driving the future of transportation.
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From Ibadan to MIT: How Oluwatobi Oyinlola Broke a Guinness World Record
From Ibadan to a research role at MIT, without an Ivy League degree, and a Guinness World Record for the tiniest GPS. A BeyondAfrica speaker.
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Damola Adamolekun: The 35-Year-Old Nigerian CEO Leading Red Lobster's Comeback
At 35, handed Red Lobster in bankruptcy. From Goldman Sachs to P.F. Chang's to the greatest comeback in restaurant history.
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Dr. Toyin Ajayi: The Nigerian Doctor Who Built a $6 Billion Healthcare Company
Raised in Nairobi, she built Cityblock Health into a nearly $6 billion company by serving the patients everyone else ignored.
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Announcing BeyondAfrica Conference 2026
One day. One room. 1,000+ African founders, operators, engineers, investors and executives in Austin, TX on November 7, 2026. Here's what we're building and why.
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Meet the First Confirmed Speakers
MIT research, Exanovo Capital, and Boston Consulting Group. The first drop of speakers brings frontier hardware, venture capital and AI strategy into one room.
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