Alpesh H Patel

Alpesh H Patel is an award winning Global Entrepreneur and has been featured in more than 50 media outlets including CNN, CNBC, BBC, Forbes, GQ and Huffington Post. He is an expert in business “Go to Market” strategies with a particular focus on Emerging markets. A veteran in the Telecoms industry, Alpesh generated $500m in sales in his role as Director of Sales, Motorola and has been dubbed as one of the first Tech Innovators to come out of Emerging markets with partnerships created with industry giants such as Visa, Vodafone, Western Union and Uber.

In 2007 he founded the first African Tech Mobile Hardware startup Mi-Fone and OJU the world’s first Afro Emoticon character brand.The combined business was successfully sold to a $5B South African conglomerate. Alpesh is now the Founder of ZMBIZI a USA based Fintech company that enables contactless payments and Founder of BIZI LABS a Swiss based Web3.0 Multi Blockchain Mobile Platform that enables users to get rewarded from their mobile phone usage. Both entities have a shared vision to empower 3 billion people globally with the right mobile tools to increase personal productivity.

Alpesh is a Public speaker and has appeared on several panels such as The Titan Academy,The GSMA,The African Leadership Network and The Wharton Conference. He is also a published author with his first book “TESTED” nominated as “The Business Book of the Year UK, 2018”. His work has received critical acclaim, wide press and multiple 5 star reviews on Amazon.