He is a tech entrepreneur with two successful companies in Liberia. Thanks to his solution My Watchman, he was celebrated at the Global Startup Awards as West Africa's Founder of the Year 2023.

Oliver Wleh Klark (photo) is a Liberian entrepreneur who graduated from Hamline University School of Business in 2012 with a Master's in International Conflict Management. Recently, at the Global Startup Awards, he received the 2023 West Africa Founder of the Year award for his tech solution My Watchman.

“This award is a win for Liberia because it gives the country the platform to showcase innovations and different technologies, developed locally, which can be scaled across the continent. So, we are proud to have won this, but more importantly for us, we think this is a big win for all Liberians,” he said after receiving the award.  

The solution that earned him the award is a full-service emergency app, with an around-the-clock emergency response network and an emergency dispatch command center. It's a smarter, safer way to protect family and property, with access to help anywhere, anytime. As the winner of this award in the West African zone, My Watchman and Oliver Wleh Klark will represent the whole zone at the grand final where the continental founder of the year will be named.

The solution is a registered trademark of technology company Advanced Converged Technologies LLC, founded and currently headed by Oliver Wleh Klark. The entrepreneur is also the CEO and one of the co-founders of RoviaGate Technology, a Liberia-based information and communication technology (ICT) company offering integrated smart data-centric solutions.

Melchior Koba