Startup Grind hosts Bassey Eyo (CEO, Payporte)
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Bassey Eyo (Payporte)
A software developer, an entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of Rom-Flex Group; he is also the Founder and CEO of Nigeria’s arguably most preferred and fastest growing online shopping website, Payporte.com.
Bassey Eyo is a poster boy for the growing army of young Nigerian entrepreneurs. With businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Turkey, Bassey’s dream is to conquer the whole of Africa, starting with Sub-Sahara Africa. A purposeful dreamer and an energetic achiever, the Pay Porte CEO isn’t a typical businessman; his dream is to make business leaders out of his many young staff with entrepreneurial capacity.
Bassey believes that the continent of Africa will only grow when the entrepreneurial capacity of the growing populace is nurtured and channelled right.
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Agenda
3:00 pm Networking and Food
4:00 pm Fireside Chat
5:00 pm Networking
Speaker
Bassey Eyo - Payporte
Hosted By
Uwem Uwemakpan, Chapter Director
Known as 'the fixer' among his peers, Uwem strives to proffer long lasting innovative solutions to problems and challenging situations.
With the passion and experience in helping startups grow through his work with The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Uwem also runs a platform called 'The Afropreneur'. The Afropreneur is focused on helping the African Entrepreneur grow despite the myriad of challenges they face by educating them through the learnings of other Entrepreneurs using Workshops, Meetups and a Podcast.
Twitter: @MonsieurUwem (http://twitter.com/MonsieurUwem)
Blessing Abeng, Lagos Co-director
Betty Mutimba, Region Director
Betty is Africa Regional Director for Startup Grind and runs the Nairobi chapter. Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting founders in almost 200 cities. She worked at Fezah as Business Operations Lead in Nairobi. Fezah provides you the simplest way to book a musician, band or DJ for your events. Previously, Betty co-founded Valuraha, a technology startup aimed at spreading financial literacy.
Twitter: @be83tty (http://twitter.com/be83tty)
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What is Startup Grind?
Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 200 cities and 98 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com (https://www.startupgrind.com/) or follow us on twitter @StartupGrind (https://twitter.com/StartupGrind).
Startup Grind hosts Bassey Eyo (CEO, Payporte)