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Luc Okalobe
Co-Founder & CEO · Yamify
- Country
- DR Congo
- City
- Kinshasa
- Industry
- AI infrastructure
- Stage
- pre-seed
- Region
- Africa & MENA
- Rising rank
- Not ranked
01 / The founder
Biography
Ex-Silicon Valley engineer (TikTok, Apple, IBM) who co-founded Yamify, a DRC-based AI infrastructure/cloud platform giving African developers access to GPU infrastructure and AI deployment tools.
02 / Editorial
Why we're watching
Raised a pre-seed round backed by an early Paystack investor for 'Heroku for AI in Africa,' with strong technical pedigree and coverage from Techpoint Africa and Launch Africa.
03 / The company
Yamify
AI infrastructure · DR Congo · pre-seed
04 / Verification
What we verified
Founder/CEO and pre-seed funding (reported as $100K-$200K in different sources, discrepancy noted) confirmed via multiple independent outlets.
05 / References