Martin Warioba

Founder & Managing Partner at Warioba Ventures

Chair

Martin Warioba is the Founder and Managing Partner of Warioba Ventures, a Pan-African advisory and venture firm building pathways for private capital and technology innovation across Africa’s Great Lakes frontier markets — Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. He is currently structuring WV Tusonge Mbele Fund, a $10 million early-stage vehicle, domiciled in Rwanda, that blends local and global capital to back inclusive, early-stage, tech-enabled startups tackling Africa’s productivity and access gaps.

With more than 23 years’ experience spanning technology, software development, payments, venture investing, and corporate strategy, Martin has advised central banks, commercial banks, mobile money providers, development partners, and fintechs on digital public infrastructure, interoperable payment systems, and inclusive finance. He was among leading advisors in development of the world’s first mobile-wallet interoperability payment scheme between competing mobile network operators in Tanzania — a model later replicated in Rwanda, DRC, and Uganda.

A former Deloitte Consulting US LLP associate and Central Bank of Tanzania technologist, Martin holds degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Louisiana State University (class of 2003) and dual postgraduate degrees (MBA and MSc Information Management) from Arizona State University (class of 2007). He currently serves on the boards of Africa Business Angel Network (ABAN) and Dawa Mkononi (DMRx LLC) – a Warioba Ventures portfolio company. Previously , Martin held non-executive directorships with CRDB Bank Plc, a leading bank in Tanzania with operations in Burundi and DRC, and chaired CRDB Bank Foundation. He is recognized as one of Africa’s potential first-time fund managers shaping the next chapter of frontier-market venture capital.