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Maxwell Cofie is an Accra-based builder working across product, capital and community in Africa's tech ecosystem. He builds products through Stage 2, connects founders with investors through The Good Seed Capital, and brings builders together through Sandbox Réseau.
Maxwell Cofie is an Accra-based builder working across product, capital and community in Africa's tech ecosystem. Through Stage 2, a product studio, he has spent more than eight years building digital products and launching ventures across fintech, legal-tech, events, commerce and proptech in Ghana. He connects early-stage African founders with global investors through The Good Seed Capital, and brings builders together through Sandbox Réseau, a builder community in Accra, and The Reverb podcast.
Maxwell Cofie is fascinated by what technology can do for people, and nowhere more than across Africa. Based in Accra, Ghana, he works across three connected areas: product, capital and community.
Through Stage 2, an Accra-based product studio, he has spent more than eight years building digital products and launching ventures across fintech, legal-tech, events, commerce and proptech. Stage 2's products include Vellum, for wills and digital legacy planning; GrayDocket, for business registration and compliance; GatePass, for event discovery and ticketing; and Motor Ambos, for car papers and roadside help.
Through The Good Seed Capital, he bridges the gap between early-stage African founders and global investors who back with conviction, not curiosity. Through Sandbox Réseau, a gathering in Accra for Africa's founders and builders, and The Reverb, a podcast of short, honest conversations, he helps builders learn from one another.
He writes about building, funding and connecting in Africa's tech ecosystem in The Logbook at maxwellcofie.com.
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Our next speaker believes there's no more exciting place to build technology than Africa. Maxwell Cofie builds products through Stage 2, a product studio in Accra. He connects early-stage African founders with global investors through The Good Seed Capital, and brings builders together through the Sandbox Réseau community and The Reverb podcast. Please welcome Maxwell Cofie.
Talks, panels and fireside chats. Happy to tailor any of these to your audience.
Why products copied from Silicon Valley stall here, and how to design around real-world friction: payments, trust, informal networks and the way people actually get things done.
Read: Why the 'Copy-Paste' Silicon Valley Model Dies in Africa
What makes users say "they thought about me", and how small, deliberate details turn a working product into one people recommend.
Read: 'Oh, they thought about me': What It Means to Build Delightful Products
Why great African startups still lose investors and customers, and the stories founders need to tell to close the gap, from the first pitch to the fundraise.
Lessons from starting Sandbox Réseau and The Reverb: how to bring founders, engineers and curious minds together, and keep the room worth coming back to.
Read: The Genesis of the Sandbox Réseau · What Hosting The Reverb Taught Me
