He is a computer scientist and entrepreneur driven by a passion for leveraging technology to develop innovative solutions. He has already founded two companies—one specializing in finance and the other in healthcare.

Jessé Liula Schiceya (photo) is a serial entrepreneur from Namibia and the founder of Nikkle, a company specializing in financial management services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Launched in 2021, Nikkle offers a comprehensive financial management platform with a wide range of features. It helps businesses streamline accounting, manage human resources, optimize client relations, and coordinate projects. The platform empowers business leaders by providing tools to create invoices, draft quotes, manage recurring expenses, and automatically generate financial reports for tax filings. Today, Nikkle serves over 10,000 clients across six Southern African countries.

Schiceya is also a co-founder of Patient Care, a startup focused on improving the accessibility, quality, and affordability of healthcare in Africa. Additionally, he sits on the board of the Global Africa Leadership Council, an organization dedicated to promoting development financing, investment, and economic growth.

Schiceya earned a degree in computer science from the London Business School in 2014 but began his career earlier, in 2011, as an assistant at Shoprite, a leading retail company in Africa. By 2020, he had risen to the position of Head of IT, Digital, and Data Protection at GFA Consulting Group, an international consultancy.

His entrepreneurial talent gained widespread recognition in 2022. Schiceya was awarded the Most Promising Entrepreneur in Southern Africa by AfricArena and won the Startup Namibia Slingshot Pitch competition organized by Startup Namibia.

Melchior Koba