About
Edward Popoola is the CTO and co-founder of Cowrywise, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Summer 2018 cohort. His background is in solution architecture, with experience spanning software architecture, IT infrastructure design and delivery, cloud platforms, and mobile value added services. He has worked on projects in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Mozambique.
Founder/CTO at CowrywiseYC S18
Intro paths
YC
Edward went through Y Combinator (Summer 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Edward can intro founders to Cowrywise's investors below.
Cowrywise's investors · 3
Co-founders at Cowrywise
RA
Razaq AhmedFounder/CEO
Experience
- CowrywiseCTO/Co-foundercurrent2017 — presentLagos, Nigeria
- African Advantage Telecoms West Africa LimitedTechnical Director2015 — 2017Lagos, Nigeria
- African Advantage Telecoms West Africa LimitedTeam Lead Infrastructure Support & Integration2013 — 2015Lagos, Nigeria
- African Advantage Telecoms West Africa LimitedIntegration Specialist/Support Engineer2011 — 2013Lagos, Nigeria
- Interswitch GroupInfrastructure Analyst2010 — 2011Lagos, Nigeria
- NixarusTechnical Consultant2009 — 2010Lagos, Nigeria
- Qrios NetworksTechnical Consultant2008 — 2009Lagos Nigeria
Skills & more
PythonMySQLAmazon Web Services (AWS)VMware InfrastructureTechnical Solution DesignIT Infrastructure ManagementRed Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)USSDSS7NegotiationBusiness Model DevelopmentTelecommunications
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Software DevelopmentNetwork Packet Analysis (Wireshark)Unix AdministrationApplication Programming InterfacesFrom Edward's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Edward Popoola?
- Edward Popoola is the CTO and co-founder of Cowrywise, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Summer 2018 cohort. His background is in solution architecture, with experience spanning software architecture, IT infrastructure design and delivery, cloud platforms, and mobile value added services. He has worked on projects in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Mozambique.
- Where does Edward Popoola work?
- Edward Popoola is Founder/CTO of Cowrywise.
- What companies did Edward Popoola found?
- Edward Popoola founded Cowrywise.
- Where did Edward Popoola go to school?
- Edward Popoola studied at Harvard Business School Executive Education (Owner/President Management (OPM) Program | OPM 69); Y Combinator; Stanford University (Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate - Stanford Center for Professional Development).
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