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title: "Founder Stories"
description: "Interviews and stories from the founders building Africa's next generation of software companies."
canonical_url: "https://liners.com/blog/category/founder-stories"
markdown_url: "https://liners.com/blog/category/founder-stories.md"
type: "listing"
language: "en"
---

# Founder Stories

Interviews and stories from the founders building Africa's next generation of software companies.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Blog](/blog)
- [Founder Stories](/blog/category/founder-stories)

## Summary

Interviews and stories from the founders building Africa's next generation of software companies.

## Articles

| Title | URL | Description | Published |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rotimi Thomas Made Solar a Monthly Bill Through Sun-Fi: Here's the Story | /blog/rotimi-thomas-sun-fi | Rotimi Thomas built Sun-Fi, one of Nigeria's biggest financing company for solar panels. Here's the story, and the why. | 2026-06-28T08:39:14.447Z |
| How Steve Biko Built Zanifu from Scratch in Kenya | /blog/how-steve-biko-built-zanifu | How a pilot from the United States stumbled into entrepreneurship and built a financing system for small business owners in Kenya. Here's the Zanifu story. | 2026-06-28T06:55:39.715Z |
| Katlego Maphai, Yoco, and the Story That Shaped African Tech | /blog/katlego-maphai-yoco | How payment at a small barbecue spot in San Francisco laid the foundation for Yoco in South Africa. | 2026-06-21T21:24:29.447Z |
| Odunayo Eweniyi: The "Tech Bro" Who Built Nigeria's Biggest Savings Platform | /blog/odunayo-eweniyi-piggyvest | How Odunayo Eweniyi built Piggyvest, Nigeria's biggest savings platform. Here's the story from day zero, until now. | 2026-06-21T20:22:09.474Z |

## Related pages

- [All blog articles](/blog)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/blog/category/founder-stories)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)