AGL 168: Chasing Black Unicorns with Marek Zmyslowski

About Marek

Marek Zmysłowski is a Polish-born entrepreneur and executive, focused on online businesses in Frontier and Emerging Markets.

He co-founded Jumia Travel – Africa’s Biggest Hotel Booking Portal listed on NYSE as part of Jumia Group and HotelOnline.co – a Travel Technology Company. In 2014, he was chosen as one of the Ten Most Important People in Tech by IT News Africa Magazine. He is a Lead Mentor at Google’s Launchpad and World Bank’s XL Africa Program.


Chasing Black Unicorns: How building the Amazon of Africa put me on Interpol's Most Wanted listWe talked about

  • Entrepreneurship in Africa
  • Race Relations
  • Pandemics
  • African Tech Scene
  • Online Businesses Offline
  • Corruption

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