From Uber Driver to CEO: Meet the Owner of Cryptocurrency Business Valued at $8M
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From Uber Driver to CEO: Meet the Owner of Cryptocurrency Business Valued at $8M

  • Anade Davis is the Founder and Chief Data Scientist for the World Data Science Institute and inventor of the CryptoShare app
  • Cryptoshare, which officially launched in February 2022, allows users to pay bills, shop, and borrow money using digital currency
  • Davis is now empowering young ones to take an interest by offering free data science training sessions for teenagers

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The Founder and Chief Data Scientist for the World Data Science Institute, Anade Davis, has invented a CryptoShare app that allows users to transact business online.

The app allows users to pay bills, shop, and borrow money using digital currency.

Before establishing his company valued at $8 million, Davis was driving for Uber in 2017.

Anade Davis
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Launching the app

Cryptoshare officially launched in February 2022 and has raised over GHc1 million ($200,000) from more than 400 investors on Wefunder, according to BlackNews.

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The app also allows users to use physical and digital assets as collateral to get loans. It also allows them to use their cryptocurrency to buy real-life items.

Through his accomplishments, Davis has inspired young ones to take an interest by offering a free data science training session for teenagers related to those that invest $1,000 or more.

Recognition for his accomplishments

Davis and his company received the 2021 Technology Innovator Award for their achievements, BlackNews reported.

In addition, they won a $10,000 Pitch Competition from Blacks in Technology, a non-profit community of Black Technology professionals.

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.

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