Passionate about tech innovation, he is a key player in the digital transformation of African businesses. Through his initiatives, he simplifies complex processes and paves the way for more efficient financial management for small businesses.

Sidney Rema is a Kenyan entrepreneur with a unique background in both software engineering and medicine. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Patika, a startup that helps small African businesses automate their payment and receivables management.

Founded in 2021, Patika aims to reinvent financial management for small and medium-sized enterprises across Africa. Its platform automates invoicing, payment tracking, and order management, which helps to minimize errors and payment delays. The solution is specifically designed to meet the needs of African businesses with a simple interface adapted to the local context. In addition to payment management, Patika offers tools that enhance business efficiency by facilitating data-driven decision-making in real time. This digitization is intended to accelerate the growth of small businesses and strengthen their financial inclusion.

Rema is also a co-founder and non-executive director at Kuza Lab Ltd, a software development company founded in 2017. The firm provides IT solutions to both established institutions and emerging technology players. Prior to these ventures, Rema co-founded VoSpine in 2015, a social networking platform where he served as CEO until 2015. In 2017, he also launched Meal Time Company, an enterprise specializing in digital solutions for the restaurant industry, which he led until 2018.

Rema holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Business Management from the University of Nairobi, graduating in 2018. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in Medicine, Surgery, and Information Technology from the same university in 2019. His professional career began in 2013 as a credit agent at Equity Bank Ltd in Kenya. In 2017, he became a senior project management consultant at INB Management & IT Consulting, an information technology company based in Mogadishu, Somalia, and Kenya. He went on to work as an operational strategy and marketing consultant for Gomma Lotto Kenya, then as a growth strategy consultant for Dandia Doh Lottery in 2019.

Melchior Koba