Nii Osae Osae Dade | |
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Born | 1993 (age 28–29) Ghana |
Alma mater | University of Ghana |
Occupation | Entrepreneur, business executive |
Years active | 2013–present |
Known for | Mazzuma |
Nii Osae Osae Dade (born December 29, 1993) is a Ghanaian entrepreneur and a computer scientist. [1] He is the co-founder and director of both Mazzuma and Utopia Technologies: two companies in the digital commerce space for emerging markets. He is the Director of Software engineering for Mazzuma. [2] [3] [4]
Nii Osae was born in Ghana and had his secondary education at the Presbyterian Boys Senior High School,Legon. [5] He further studied BSc Computer Science at the University of Ghana [6] [7]
Nii Osae is also the board chairman of the Artificial Intelligence Association Ghana and a member of the Astronomical Society of Ghana and he was a speaker at the Tech in Ghana Conference, NVIDIA GTC 21, Global Webinar Series on AI in Finance. [8] [9]
In 2013, Nii Osae co-founded CYST, a software innovation company specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and mobile payment systems to improve financial inclusion in emerging markets through its flagship product called Mazzuma and processes transactional volumes. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Nii Osae was recognized in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Technology category. [15] [1] [7] He was part of the IBM/Airtel Mini Mobile Innovations Competition to develop smart innovations using telecommunications. [16]
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