Audrey Djiya

Audrey Djiya is CEO and Founder of Zimi, a start-up that provides trade finance, financial management tools, and access to markets for African creative brands. The driver of her work is her long-held belief that African brands are the future of the global creative industry. Since the start of her career she has supported brands with growth through support functions at various entrepreneur accelerators on the continent. Prior to founding Zimi, Audrey served as a product lead at Duplo and Carbon, two Nigerian fintech companies. Her career before that spans consulting and tech in the US, having supported international expansion and strategy at Peloton, new business development at Zola.com, and digital transformation at Deloitte.

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Audrey holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

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