Richard Tandoh was most recently an Investment Associate at the Global Innovation Fund (globalinnovation.fund), a social-first investment vehicle whose mission is to find, back, and scale-up innovations that have the potential to measurably improve the lives of people living on $5 a day or less in the developing world. His focus sectors were tech, education and SME growth services and his focus geography was Africa, specifically Ghana, South Africa, Uganda and Kenya. His side-passion is Star 100 (star100.org), a Ghana-focused professional diaspora network, which has been in existence for over 15 years. With a background in business technology, Richard has also advised a range of blue-chip companies including Barclays, Tesco and BP on digital transformation initiatives. Richard holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Geography from the University of London, a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge and a Certificate in Education from the University of London.