David Chima’s tech journey began with the deep-seated belief in the mechanics of trade. It was a philosophy shaped in the busy markets of Owerri, Imo State, in South-East Nigeria by his mother, a civil servant who ran a trading business to supplement her income. Chima now applies those early lessons in trade to Kuraway, a business-to-business (B2B) platform that serves as a digital intermediary for suppliers and retailers across the continent. To understand him, however, one must look at the boy who learned the foundations of trade by observing his mother’s side business, the mechanics of supply and demand and, later, turning a university campus into his logistics laboratory. How it started Chima’s entry into business began in childhood. He credits his early exposure to the grit of Nige...