Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata “CFA” joins Founder Institute as Director

 

Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. “CFA,”a multi-award winning media professional and co-founder at GoDo.ng, has joined Founder Institute as a Director.

FI is the world’s premier pre-seed startup accelerator, with chapters across 180+ cities & Graduates that have built companies exceeding $20B in estimated value.

FI provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the critical support network & structured process needed to build an enduring company.

“The Founder Institute appears to have developed an assessment that any population, any city, university, or country could use to determine who among them has the best shot at succeeding as an entrepreneur” –Founder of Mint.com, Aaron Patzer, said while assessing the Institute.

Confirming his appointment to TechEconomy.ng, CFA said that he is excited to be part of the Institute which, since 2009, has helped over 3,300 Graduates raise close to $1B funding, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more.

FI provides high-potential entrepreneurs and teams with the critical support network and structured process needed to build an enduring company.

“We believe Great Companies Start with Great People, and the greatest variable in the success or failure of any company is its leadership”, the Institute wrote.

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Who is Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. “CFA,”?

CFA is multi-award winning media professional and co-founder at GoDo.ng

• TV presenter
• Columnist
• Tech4Dev advocate
• Startup mentor
• Innovation advisor
• Social entrepreneur

He is visible in some of Africa’s most respected broadcast, print and digital platforms creating weekly content geared towards helping Africans connect the dots using digital technology.

Through a weekly show, Tech Trends on Channels Television; weekly column (ICT Clinic) in the Punch Newspapers and a nationally syndicated radio show, CFA engages individuals and organisations across the technology ecosystem and beyond on trending and important issues.

Other laudable initiatives such as CFAtech blog, CFA’s Startups Hangout, Nigeria Int’l Tech Exhibition & Conference and much more; are examples of platforms he utilises to power a nexus on the integration and relationship of digital technology to human existence, especially in Africa with unprecedented consistency.