The team

Different responsibilities, one standard of follow-through.

Product direction, operations and online retail are treated as connected work: choose the right products, build the systems around them and make them easy to buy and support.

Daliso Ngoma

Founder and Managing Director

Daliso founded African Technopreneurs in 2017 and leads its strategic direction across technology distribution, XR and immersive devices, smart hardware and the commercial systems that support them. His work focuses on connecting emerging products to practical use cases for African organisations, then building the supplier, reseller and operational relationships needed to bring those products to market. At African Technopreneurs, he guides product selection, market direction, strategic partnerships and the company's long-term development. He brings a founder-operator perspective to how new technology is evaluated: useful before fashionable, grounded in local conditions and supported beyond the first sale or pilot.

Operating focus

  • Hardware distribution
  • Company strategy
  • Emerging technology
  • Product and market direction
  • Strategic partnerships
  • African market development

Ignatius van Jaarsveld

Growth Operations Manager

Ignatius leads growth operations at African Technopreneurs, with a focus on the inventory, fulfilment, commercial systems and operational discipline behind dependable hardware distribution. He brings more than 30 years of management and operational experience spanning e-commerce, retail, logistics, inventory, facilities and process management across South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. His background includes large product and inventory environments, remote and cross-functional team leadership, and hands-on work with Shopify, Cin7 Core, Odoo, Xero and reporting tools. At African Technopreneurs, he applies that experience to building clearer, more reliable workflows across stock, fulfilment, reporting and commercial execution.

Operating focus

  • Growth operations
  • Inventory and fulfilment
  • Process optimisation
  • Commercial systems
  • Reporting and accountability
  • Cross-functional execution

Ayooluwa Uthman

Online Retail Manager

Ayooluwa is Online Retail Manager at African Technopreneurs. He joined the team in 2022, initially as Executive Assistant to the Managing Director, and now leads the day-to-day online retail operation. His work spans Shopify and marketplace retail, customer enquiries, product information and pricing, promotions, and monitoring orders and stock. He combines e-commerce execution with clear product communication so customers and internal teams have the information they need to act. Outside work, Ayooluwa writes personal essays, records music and maintains an active interest in fitness.

Operating focus

  • Online retail operations
  • Shopify and marketplace retail
  • Customer enquiries
  • Product information and pricing
  • Promotions
  • Order and stock monitoring

Boitumelo Legodi

Operations Coordinator

Boitumelo is Operations Coordinator at African Technopreneurs, where she helps oversee and connect much of the day-to-day operation. Her work spans sales, customer service, import and export, order fulfilment, logistics, after-sales support, staff coordination, social media and executive assistance. She brings a multidisciplinary background across fashion, modelling, photography, film and television, media, events and retail, including camera assisting, DIT, editing, media management, podcast production and assistant directing. Her technical foundation comes from studying Mechanical Engineering. From athletics and team sports to tutoring, events and fundraising, her experience has consistently involved learning quickly, taking responsibility and finding practical ways to get things done.

Operating focus

  • Day-to-day operations
  • Sales and customer service
  • Import, export and logistics
  • Order fulfilment and after-sales
  • Staff coordination
  • Social media and executive support

How we work together

Technology, operations and online retail, connected to delivery.

Direction and development

Daliso sets company direction, evaluates emerging technologies, develops partnerships and shapes where African Technopreneurs should invest its attention and capabilities.

Systems and execution

Ignatius turns priorities into clearer operating systems, with practical ownership across inventory, fulfilment, reporting and the commercial processes that support growth.

Online retail execution

Ayooluwa keeps the online retail operation moving across Shopify and marketplaces, customer enquiries, product information and pricing, promotions, orders and stock monitoring.

Day-to-day coordination

Boitumelo connects the daily operation across sales, customer service, import and export, fulfilment, logistics and after-sales support, keeping people and orders moving together.

Shared outcomeTogether, the team connects product selection, operating discipline, online retail and daily coordination. Market learning informs operations, operational evidence improves the customer journey, and both shape the next strategic decision.

Operating principles

How we approach the work.

Practical before theoretical

We start with the use case, the operating context and the result that needs to be delivered.

Systems that can scale

We turn useful ideas into repeatable processes, with the tools and ownership needed to support growth.

Clear accountability

Strategy, delivery and follow-through need visible owners, reliable information and straightforward decisions.

Support after deployment

Our work continues through sourcing, setup, team enablement, managed support and the next practical step.

Join the team behind the hardware.

We are building the team behind our hardware distribution, e-commerce and operational support work. Use the enquiry form while our dedicated talent application platform is being prepared.