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Dozy Mmobuosi

Founder & Group CEO

Tingo Group, Inc

Washington, DC, USA

Dozy Mmobuosi

Cornell Emerging Markets Institute

The Moinian Group

Dozy’s Biography

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Dozy Mmobuosi is a technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and passionate campaigner for social and technological advancement in Africa.

Dozy is the Founder and CEO of Tingo Goup, Inc., Africa’s leading Agri-Fintech company and Tingo International Holdings, Inc. (TIH), an investment firm focused on identifying and making targeted acquisitions in the technology sector. Tingo is helping to deliver financial inclusion to millions of SME farmers and women-led businesses in Africa.

In 2002 Dozy designed Nigeria's first text based money transfer platform. Dozy has also acted as an advisor to several large corporations and has extensive business experience in Bulgaria, China, SE Asia, UAE, USA, and the UK.

Global challenges such as climate change, food security and social upliftment shape the direction of Dozy’s philanthropic ventures and in December 2021 he launched the Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to promote the progress of Africa, and Mmobuosi has pledged to donate 10% of his net worth to the cause.

In January 2023, Dozy established the Dozy Mmobuosi Leadership... Dozy Mmobuosi is a technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and passionate campaigner for social and technological advancement in Africa.

Dozy is the Founder and CEO of Tingo Goup, Inc., Africa’s leading Agri-Fintech company and Tingo International Holdings, Inc. (TIH), an investment firm focused on identifying and making targeted acquisitions in the technology sector. Tingo is helping to deliver financial inclusion to millions of SME farmers and women-led businesses in Africa.

In 2002 Dozy designed Nigeria's first text based money transfer platform. Dozy has also acted as an advisor to several large corporations and has extensive business experience in Bulgaria, China, SE Asia, UAE, USA, and the UK.

Global challenges such as climate change, food security and social upliftment shape the direction of Dozy’s philanthropic ventures and in December 2021 he launched the Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to promote the progress of Africa, and Mmobuosi has pledged to donate 10% of his net worth to the cause.

In January 2023, Dozy established the Dozy Mmobuosi Leadership Centre (DMLC), with a focus on African leadership, academic excellence, and the potential for Africans to bring about transformation on their continent. Although the initial plan was for the first group of 35 students from various African countries to start the program in February 2023, the commencement date has been delayed and is currently postponed until mid-year.

Dozy's remarkable contributions to technology and social betterment in Africa have earned him a place on the New African 100 Most Influential Africans of 2022 list.

Dozy holds a BSc in Political Science, and an MSc in Economics from Ambrose Alli University in Nigeria. He also holds a doctorate in Rural Advancement from Universiti Putra Malaysia. In 2022 he completed the Advanced Management & Leadership Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. moreless

Dozy’s Newsfeed

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Tingo Group reveals impressive 2022 financial results

Dozy Mmobuosi, Founder & CEO of Tingo Mobile and Tingo Foods expressed his delight at being part of Tingo Group. The completion of the merger on November 30 2022 represented a major milestone in the history of Tingo Mobile, which Dozy founded with his father 22 years ago.

Visa And Tingo Mobile Launch Partnership To Expand Access To Digital Payment Channels Across Africa

Dozy Mmobuosi, Founder of Tingo Mobile and Chief Executive Officer of Tingo Group Holdings LLC, commented: “Our partnership with Visa and the launch of the Tingo Visa card and the TingoPay super app mark significant milestones as we strive to achieve our mission of delivering financial inclusion throughout Africa."

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Dozy’s Background

Tingo Group, Inc

Founder & Group CEO

2022 - Present

New York, NY, USA

Tingo Group, Inc is a Nasdaq-listed Agri-Fintech company based in Africa. In May 2022 Tingo agreed to merge and consolidate its operations with MICT Inc, creating one of the world’s leading, fully integrated fintech platforms. Tingo Goup, Inc is the parent company of Tingo Mobile and the Nwassa platform.

Nwassa

Founder

2019 - Present

Lagos, NG

Nwassa is an agri-marketplace platform launched in 2019 that enables farmers to sell their fresh produce - and consumers to purchase them - quickly and efficiently. Nwassa is a subsdiary of Tingo Group, Inc.

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Philanthropy

The Dozy Mmbuosi Leadership Centre

Founder

Dec 2022 - Present

Oxford, UK

Participants in The Dozy Mmbuosi Leadership Programme will undergo coaching in key areas such as future technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics, leadership, entrepreneurship, and finance to transform the African nations and industries they serve.

The Dozy Mmbuosi Foundation

Founder

2021 - Present

Lagos, NG

Founded in 2021, The Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation is a non-profit Nigerian-based foundation aiming to support Africans in areas such as education, healthcare and technological skills upliftment. Projects undertaken by the Foundation include a $10 million mobile prostate cancer screening service designed to help tackle Nigeria’s leading cause of cancer deaths for men.

Interviews

Tech entrepreneur Dozy Mmobuosi is changing Africa's agricultural sector through innovation

GQ South Africa

Dec 2022

GQ talks to tech entrepreneur Dozy Mmobuosi about how his Agri-Fintech company, Tingo Mobile, has helped change the way Africans in the farming sector access mobile technology, digital financial services and markets.

Features

Dozy Mmobuosi: Serial Entrepreneur Revolutionising Tech, African Food Industry

This Day

Feb 2023

Lagos, NG

This article looks at how Dozy Mmobuosi is making signficant investments in the African food industry as a way of giving back to his birth place, Delta.

How Tingo is using Agri-Fintech to change farming in Africa

Forbes Africa

Jan 2022

Forbes Africa looks at how Tingo is building a brighter future for Africa, and in particular its rural farming communities.

Memberships

Concordia

Community Member

Washington, DC, USA

Concordia is a non-profit, membership organisation founded in 2011 and based in the United States. Its mission is to promote cross-sector collaboration and partnerships to address global challenges. The organisation brings together leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors to work on issues such as sustainability, economic development, and social inclusion.

Awards & Recognition

100 Most Influential Africans 2022

Dec 2022

Dozy Mmobuosi's recognition as one of Africa's most influential individuals is a testament to his dedication to economically and socially empowering Africans. Other notable figures such as Elon Musk, President Paul Kagame, Lupita Nyong'o, and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina also featured on the list.

Training & Management Courses

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Advanced Management & Leadership Programme

Mar 2022

Oxford, UK

Dozy’s Education

Universiti Putra Malaysia

Doctorate in Rural Advancement

Ambrose Alli University

BSc in Political Science; MSc in Economics