{"id":349,"date":"2022-04-11T11:50:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T08:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pokea.io\/?p=349"},"modified":"2025-09-02T19:43:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:43:18","slug":"qoba-our-founding-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qoba.io\/blog\/qoba-our-founding-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Qoba &#8211; Our Founding Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>28 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Qoba Africa - Our Founding Story\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLapKo1BQJ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qoba, it all began with Samuel Ngoda noticing the challenges that SMEs in East and Central Africa experience in running their daily business operations and utilizing scarce resources. 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