Cape Town-based André heads up 2ndBase helping companies grow and launch products in the mobile, digital and e-commerce fields across emerging markets.
- He recently heading up iflix Africa, part of iflix International Pte ltd (the world’s leading sVOD service for emerging markets), where he grew the company to 80+ staff across 5 African countries in just over a year. This streaming media service is now live across a multitude of African territories with an international audience of more than 5 million subscribers.
- Previously CEO of PriceCheck.
- PriceCheck was grown to be the 5th most visited e-commerce site in Africa (incl Amazon and Google).
- Had the PriceCheck mobile app chosen as best app in the world in 2013 (beating 150 000 other entrants).
- Got more than a million PriceCheck app downloads in its first year across Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Got his company voted as one of the top 25 companies to work for by Fast Company magazine.
- Exited PriceCheck to a VC company.
- Spent 2 years in Asia rolling out payment systems and mobile wallets.
- Spent 7 years in the UK and Asia building companies and networks.
- He has a passion for everything digital and how it can, does and will change our lives – and how to use this to aggressively grow businesses.
- He backs entrepreneurs and serves as a mentor on both the international Endeavor board and the Launchlab in Stellenbosch.