Topic introduction

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Personal profile

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Henry is the co-founder and CEO of Curacel, the modern insurance infrastructure for
emerging markets.
To date, his startup has raised $3.5 million from some of the world's best venture capital firms,
including YCombinator, Tencent, and Google.
Currently leading a team of 40, He is responsible for setting the company's vision and mission,
making strategic decisions, and ensuring that the company's sales targets are being met.
Henry holds an Engineering degree and a diploma from Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of
Technology (MEST) Africa - a pan-African entrepreneurial training program
Prior to founding Curacel, Henry had led Growth (Sales+Product) at 54Gene YC-funded
23andMe for Africa, with a total of $94.7M in funding and AmplifyPay, Nigeria's first recurring
payments gateway acquired by Carbon.
As 54Gene's first Growth Consultant for Provider Acquisition, Henry led 54Gene’s sales and
partnerships efforts in signing Provider Partners. He led cross-functional teams to formulate,
negotiate, and execute key acquisition strategies for 5gene's provider partner network.
Henry identified vital partners and enablers in the medical space and defined and
developed their partnerships program.
Before 54Gene, Henry served as the Growth Lead for AmplifyPay's MTransfers, an embedded
banking interface available on any phone's keyboard. As the Growth lead, He worked
closely with the founders to define and execute the sales strategy and. acquisition of top
Nigerian banking customers including GTBank, Zenith Bank, Access Bank formerly Diamond
Bank, etc.
Previous speaking engagements:
● VivaTech (Paris) June 2023
● Africa Fintech Summit D.C April 2023
● African Tech Summit Nairobi 2023
● Tech nation event (UK) 2023
● Africa Fintech Summit D.C 2022
● African Tech Summit London 2021 & 2022
● Insurance forum (SA)
● Insurance Meets Tech Conference 2022 (Lagos, Nigeria)
● Insurtech Business Series Conference 2022 (Lagos, Nigeria)