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Ashifi Gogo Founded Sproxil in 2009 and currently serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Sproxil uses mobile technology and a proprietary fraud detection platform to launch secure, data-driven consumer engagement programmes globally. With teams of experts in Africa, Asia and America, Sproxil has executed projects across five continents and has the ability to offer services in over 100 countries worldwide. Sproxil was named the world’s most innovative company in healthcare by Fast Company and the seventh most innovative worldwide. Ashifi was named to Fortune’s 40 under 40 list and Fast Company’s 1000 most creative people. Ashifi holds a PhD in Engineering and is Dartmouth’s first-ever PhD Innovation Fellow. He teaches New Business Ventures Technology Management at Columbia University.