He is passionate about applying technology to marketing. As an entrepreneur, his goal is to help businesses increase sales with minimal effort.

Ugandan computer scientist and tech entrepreneur Ethan Bampeire (photo) is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Neexa, an AI-powered technology platform designed to simplify marketing processes.

Launched in 2023, Neexa operates as a fully autonomous customer relationship management (CRM) solution. Leveraging artificial intelligence, the platform automatically engages potential customers (leads), ensures consistent follow-up, and facilitates their conversion into paying clients. The core objective is to enable businesses to boost their sales without requiring additional effort.

Neexa was developed by Campaignity Technologies, a startup also co-founded and led by Bampeire since 2020. This company specializes in creating user-friendly marketing and sales automation tools specifically tailored to the needs of the African market, with a mission to support the business growth of companies across the continent.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Bampeire's entrepreneurial endeavors aim to "provide African SMEs with the tools and support needed to easily build sustainable business growth, and remains committed to driving innovation and change to actualize this vision."

Ethan Bampeire holds a degree from the College of Computing and Information Science at Makerere University. Prior to establishing Campaignity Technologies, he served as the Managing Director of Optibrave Digital, a performance-focused internet marketing company based in Uganda, from 2016 to 2021.

By Melchior Koba,

Editing by Sèna D. B. de Sodji