Ngozi Dozie

Ngozi Dozie is an experienced startup executive with over 20 years in the retail and financial services sector. He has co-founded or led over 10 companies in three African countries, and previously worked as a consultant and investment banker in the UK and the US. Ngozi co-founded Carbon, one of Africa’s leading digital banks, and is a Managing Partner in a family investment company focused on early-stage companies. Ngozi's experience spans different cultures and sectors, including Agribusiness, Brokerage, Collections, Digital Banking, Quick Service Restaurants, and Retail, having set up offices for Carbon in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Kenya, and Ghana. He co-founded Nigeria's first distressed equity fund, KASSF, raising $20mm from the International Finance Corporation. Through Kaizen Venture Partners, Ngozi invested in special situations across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria & Rwanda. Ngozi is a global citizen having lived and worked in Lagos, London, Paris, Palo Alto and New York. He has strong passionately held views on fintech, investing and entrepreneurship and writes frequently in his published newsletter on a wide variety of topics. He holds a 1st Class Bachelor of Science degree from Imperial College, a Masters of Science in Computation from Oxford University, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. He is a qualified accountant and a CFA charterholder. Ngozi is happily married to a beauty entrepreneur and together they have three increasingly boisterous sons. In his spare time he is a struggling saxophonist and a keen athlete having competed several marathons and two Ironman 70.3 races.