Tribute To A Startup Founder Who Was Building For Africa

By  |  July 15, 2020

A very sad news comes in today, about the gruesome murder of Fahim Saleh, founder of GoKada, a prominent ride hailing (now delivery) startup in Nigeria.

Fahim was found decapitated and dismembered in his apartment in New York on 14th July’ 20.

A serial entrepreneur, Fahim had founded 2 more startups before GoKada and was also the founder of Adventure Capital, a micro VC fund focussed on startups in emerging markets.

It is a sad day for the African startup ecosystem and Fahim’s family and friends are in our thoughts.

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