For over two decades (before he ended up in Africa), Rob was an independent businessman, speaker, and tech-consultant as a communication & productivity expert. He has been introduced as a tech thought leader, knowledge worker, and influencer as he expanded the connectivity and way many organizations communicated throughout the US upper Midwest. He has built dozens of proprietary communication/productivity solutions for SME, NGO, and Education markets.
Rob Rickard is the founder of the Rwanda Build Program (RWBuild), a Tech Hub & Lab, including a rooftop care and event space (Rooftop Ikawa Cafe) for testing our software products (like our payment solution, Guhemba). As a software startup incubator/accelerator, we have had some success with other products.
Rob Rickard, with his partners and RWBuild, has raised over 5 million US in funding for projects in Kigali, including Guhemba Ltd., a prestigious and first-of-its-kind mHealth NIH grant + a second NIHR grant for an ambulance/dispatch solution (912Rwanda) with the Rwanda Ministry of Health.