“You will be the same person five years from now as you are today, except for two things: the people you meet and the books you read.” That line stayed with me. Without direct access to mentors, I turned to books, studying those who built success and the systems behind it. In my early days of entrepreneurship, I lived in survival mode—firefighting, patching crises, keeping the lights on. Doing teaches you to solve today’s problems, but learning equips you to anticipate tomorr

Every entrepreneur remembers their first resignation letter. Mine was a gut punch that taught me everything about loyalty, systems, and when to let doors stay closed. When we started Nsano, we were a band of believers weaving code and hope in equal measure. Every late night carried more than deadlines; it carried trust, sacrifice, and the fragile belief that we could build something extraordinary. Then Peter (an alias) left. Peter wasn't just another hire - he was family.

In 2011, a few of us were working out of Busy Internet, convinced we were building Ghana’s next big e-commerce platform. We called it Launchpad. The name was already taken, so we became Nsano — a name we worried was too local for our global ambitions. What we didn’t know was that the detours ahead would matter far more than the plans we had on paper. One such detour came through a friend from my eTranzact days. He had an idea: a USSD sales-tracking tool that would let salespe

I was angry and heartbroken. The $80,000 had already gone into paying debts, salary arrears, and initial costs. And it wasn't just about money. It was about respect and honouring agreements. John Addo, Head of Corporate (later MD) and Mary Brown, the DMD, advised me not to walk away. "You've come too far," John said. I slept on it, went back to the MD, and accepted his terms. His response was curt: "Good, good, let's continue." No gratitude. No acknowledgment. Just business.

Nsano cut its teeth building mobile banking and ancillary solutions for financial institutions. We had a standard "Money Merchant" proposal we shopped around. The price? 12,000 cedis flat. After some success deploying for Adehyeman and Opportunity International Savings and Loans, we set our sights higher and approached Prudential Bank (PBL) in 2014. Our team was directed to Frank Ankamah, Head of e-Business, who glanced through the proposal, laughed and asked who the CEO was.