The serial entrepreneur has over ten years of professional experience in IT consulting and business development. Thanks to Dreamcash, he will be among the founders to be celebrated during the first edition of the AfricaTech Awards 

Cyril Owona (photo) is a Cameroonian entrepreneur, co-founder, and CEO of Dreamcash, a fintech startup developing innovative and mobile solutions to help users manage their finances. 

 Based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, the fintech startup was founded in 2020, with Fabrice Atangana as its co-founder. It created MiQo, a neobank allowing unbanked individuals access to all the conventional banking services, including microloans. The startup is among the 45 finalists to be celebrated at the AfricaTech Awards,  which will be held on the sidelines of the VivaTech summit (June 15-18, 2022) in Paris, France. 

The selection “greatly motivates a young team that has, for years now, dedicated itself to developing tech solutions to effectively boost financial inclusion in emerging markets despite the hard work and sacrifice endured,” Cyril Owona wrote on his Linkedin page. 

The latter’s entrepreneurship career began in 2016, in Canada, when he created Innova Services-Conseil International Inc (ISCI), a consulting firm specializing in IT business development and marketing consulting.  The following year, he founded CPAI Inc to boost digital transformation in Africa.  He is, since February 2021, the CEO of Sewelo Africa Digital Training, an online learning platform.  

Before going into the entrepreneurial world, Cyril acquired extensive professional experience. He started in 2006, as a project manager for Alpha Fund before his promotion to an Alpha Fund branch Manager. In 2009, he joined consulting firm ANEO as an IT recruiter. After brief stints in Logica and Umanis, he became the director of IT consultant Odesia. 

Melchior Koba