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Mubarak Muyika
Mubarak during MEDays 2015 in Tangier, Morocco
Mubarak during MEDays 2015 in Tangier, Morocco.
Born (1994-05-31) May 31, 1994 (age 30)
Kakamega, Kenya
EducationFriends School Kamusinga (High School)
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur, founder & CEO, Zagace
Known forPrincipal founder of Zagace

Mubarak Muyika (born May 31, 1994, Kakamega, Kenya) is a Kenyan computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. Orphaned since the age of 10, Mubarack thrived in school, refused to go to[1] college, founded his first company at [2]16 and sold it two years later in a six figure deal to Wemps Telecoms Kenya. Forbes Magazine first featured him as a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree at the age of 20.[3]

He is the [4]founder and CEO of Zagace, a company with a native App store where businesses can access software that enables them to manage custom built Accounting, Human resource management, Payroll, Finance, Marketing, and so forth bundled in a simple and easy to use format called zag apps. [5]The zag apps are relayed as a cloud hybrid solution with a focus of SMB's (small & medium-sized) companies but can also be tailored for on premise solution with various instances of cloud solution.

Early life and education

Mubarack was born and raised in Western Province (Kenya) and has one brother. His father was a district commissioner of Siaya District (Then a senior Civil service appointment by the President of Kenya)[6] who passed on in[7][8] 1996 and mother a high school teacher who also passed on in 2004 leaving Mubarack [9]orphaned at the age of 11. [10]Mubarack settled with his mother’s sister and her husband in the suburbs of Nairobi in Karen, Kenya.

At 16, Mubarack's proficiency in programming and computers was evident from high school where he developed a database to manage flow of petrol and movement of oil tankers as a Science fair project dubbed science congress in kenya.He called the project enhanced petro tracker.[11] Mubarack went on to become the best student in the 49th edition of Kenya students Congress on Science and technology in the computer exhibit category[12]


mubarack receiving national award for science congress 2011 in kenya

Int he same year he graduated from Friends School Kamusinga in 2011 with a high school diploma having already started out his career in business[13] It was in high school, that Mubarack founded his first company, Hypecentury

HypeCentury

His adoptive parents operated a small book publishing and distribution company, Acrodile Publishers. He observed the business’s conflicting dependency on a good website to reach more customers and the current webmaster who provided a poor service at a high cost.

Mubarack decided to address this need by taking the initiative to teach himself how to build a Website using online resources. A couple months and numerous coding tutorials later, Mubarack delivered a working e-commerce site for Acrodile Publishers and PhP, Java, and Html to his coding tool belt.

In 2011, with his newly found skillset and savings mubarack founded hypecentury Technologies & Investments Limited, a company focused on website creation and webhosting. Later on In 2012 Because of his work in Hypecentury,he was feted by anzisha prize,[14] an initiative by African Leadership Academy that seeks to award young entrepreneurs who have developed and implemented innovative solutions to social challenges or started successful businesses within their countries in Africa.

Mubarack sold Hypecentury[15] to a group of pan-African investors with interest in Internet Service Provision & Webshosting in a six figure deal. Hypecentury has since rebranded and is a fully owned subsidiary of Wemps Telecoms Kenya[16] Hypecentury is stated to have had 15 employees by the time of sale and thousands of business customers drawn from various Sub-Saharan African countries such as kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan& South Africa

Zagace

Mubarack founded Zagace with proceeds from the sale of Hypecentury. Zagace has raised funding from various investors all over the world

Reception

Mubarack became one of the youngest company leaders from Africa to ever receive funding from various Investors globally.[17][18] He has spoken at various high-profile conferences, including MEDays.[19] In addition, Mubarak and Zagace have been profiled in various global publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, Yahoo, Business Insider, and Inc. Magazine.[20][20][21][22][23]

Mubarack was on the cover of the June 2015 issue of Forbes Africa Magazine as one of [24][25]Tomorrow's [26]Billionaires.[27]

Awards & recognition

References

  1. ^ "Muyika: 20 Year Old Millionaire Who Turned Down Harvard to Live the Tech Dream in Kenya". No. 13 December 2015. Mwakilishi. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. ^ Horrocks, Ian (18 June 2015). "15 up-and-coming African entrepreneurs who could change the world". Africafreak. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ^ Kerry A. Dolan. "Africa's Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs: Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 For 2015". Forbes. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ^ Abeng, Blessing. "MUBARAK MUYIKA". Nubiaafrica.tv. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ^ Theyoung, Empire. "Mubarak Muyika: Orphaned at 11. Internet business mogul by 19". Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ^ Team, Africame (16 July 2016). "From Tragedy to Tech Triumph: Mubarak Muyika". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ^ DAYIMANI, BULELWA. "At the age of 20, Kenyan entrepreneur Mubarak Muyika has already established and sold a company, and is now running another business that might also be a great success story". Destinyman. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ^ Okafor, Lovelyn. "Meet Mubarak Muyika, The Young Web Pro That is Set to Change The World". KonnectAfrica. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ^ Onuh, Amara. "Meet the young African Millionaire who ditched Harvard for grater heights". AnswersAfrica. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. ^ o, Koba. "Muyika: 20 Year Old Millionaire Who Turned Down Harvard To Live The Tech Dream In Kenya". Urbanintellectuals. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Petro-Tracker creation by Mubarack/Wayne (part 1)". September 01, 2011. YouTube.
  12. ^ "Mubarack the best in science congress (part 1)".
  13. ^ Simon Ciuri. "Investor Shuns Harvard to pursue tech dreams". Business Daily Africa. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Celebrating Africa's Youngest Entrepreneurs - Mubarack Muyika". Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  15. ^ "20 Year old millionaire who turned down Harvard Sponsorship to live the Tech dream in Kenya". Bizna.co.ke. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  16. ^ Wemps Telecoms Kenya.[1]. Wemps Telecoms Kenya. July 10, 2015.
  17. ^ Samwel, Maina. Local youth gain global recognition through innovations. Daily Nation. July 10, 2015.
  18. ^ Testa, Andrew. Entrepreneurs under 30 blazing the way for tech success. Verizon’. November 17, 2015.
  19. ^ "MEDays 2015 - Innovative Startups and Financial Inclusion - Mubarak Muyika". Nov 24, 2015. YouTube.
  20. ^ a b "9 tech founders who are the 'Mark Zuckerbergs' of their countries — they're rich, successful and younger than 35".
  21. ^ "8 Kenyans named in Forbes Africa most promising entrepreneurs".
  22. ^ "Mubarak Muyika, founder of Zagace.com". Inc. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  23. ^ Takahashi, Dean. Jeunes Entrepreneurs : 13 parcours incroyables pour vous inspirer. Venture Beat. March 22, 2012.
  24. ^ "Mubarak Muyika, The Next Bill Gates?". Frugalenterpreneur.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  25. ^ Messenger, Diaspora. "20 Year old millionaire who turned down Harvard to live the Tech dream in Kenya". Diasporamessenger. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  26. ^ "Muyika: 20 Year old millionaire who turned down Harvard to live the Tech dream in Kenya #ManGeniusMonday". Geniuslevels.com. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  27. ^ "Africa's Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs: Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30 For 2015". No. June 2015. June 12, 2015.
  28. ^ Kangethe, Kennedy. "8 Kenyans named in Forbes Africa most promising entrepreneurs". No. 6 february 2015. Capitalfm. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  29. ^ Mfonobong Nsehe. "30 Most Promising Young Enterpreneurs in Africa 2015". Forbes.
  30. ^ Weinberger Matt. Business Insider. "9 tech founders who are the 'Mark Zuckerberg' of their countries — rich, successful, and younger than 35". {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  31. ^ Tshabalala, Tshepo. "Forbes Africa's 30 Under 30: Tomorrow's billionaires". No. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  32. ^ tuko, co.ke. "Orphaned at 11 years, billionaire before 30: Read Mubaraka Muyoka's story". YesAfrica. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  33. ^ Mastercard Foundation. "Thirteen Young African Entrepreneurs Compete for the 2012 Anzisha Prize -Finalists come from nine countries and have launched businesses ranging from agriculture and consumer products to energy and technology solutions 2015". MasterCard Foundation.
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