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GTTW: From Stanford to Ghana’s Delivery Revolution: How Kwame Agyei Owusu Built Zippy Courier

GTTW: From Stanford to Ghana’s Delivery Revolution: How Kwame Agyei Owusu Built Zippy Courier19 Sept 20251 h 11 min

<p>What does it take to build a logistics company in Ghana that can scale across Africa?</p><p>In this episode, we sit down with <strong>Kwame Agyei Owusu</strong>, founder of <strong>Zippy Courier</strong>, to unpack his founder journey — from studying at Stanford and working in China to building one of Ghana’s most innovative delivery companies powered by electric bikes and solar charging.</p><p>Kwame shares:</p><ul><li><p>Why he left a global engineering career to start in Ghana</p></li><li><p>The hard lessons from piloting Zippy (HR breakdowns, software rebuilds, market readiness)</p></li><li><p>How to raise early funding when institutional investors won’t back you</p></li><li><p>Breaking into big deals like Melcom</p></li><li><p>His continental vision for African logistics</p></li></ul><p>If you’re interested in startups, logistics, or scaling African innovation — this one is for you.</p>