Primary Job Title Founder & CEO Primary Organization 
wifi.com.ng
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male Also Known As Kendall Ananyi
Website www.kendallananyi.com LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Kendall Ananyi is a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and Senior Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund. He is the Founder and CEO of Tizeti, an internet service provider delivering affordable, unlimited broadband to densely populated urban centers across Africa using solar-powered Wi-Fi infrastructure and next-generation wireless technology. A Y
Combinator alum (W17), Kendall has built Tizeti into a nationwide broadband provider with over 7,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots and 150,000+ customers across Nigeria. As an angel investor, Kendall has made 40+ investments in startups with a cumulative valuation approaching $4 billion, averaging one successful exit per year since 2020. His portfolio includes notable investments in Paystack (acquired by Stripe for $200M), Flutterwave (Africa's most valuable startup), Reliance Health (largest health tech investment in Africa), Oxio (acquired by Cogeco for $100M), and LemFi. Prior to founding Tizeti, Kendall held engineering roles at Microsoft (Software Design Engineer in Test), ExxonMobil (Lead Project Engineer), PricewaterhouseCoopers, and FINCAD (Financial Software Engineer). He holds a Master of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Victoria, Canada, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering from the University of Benin, Nigeria.
