Tanzania, April 16 -- For Calvin Usiri, the journey into the Tanzanian tech space has seen the company he helped co-found, Ramani, become one of the leading enterprises that bring visibility and structure to Africa's supply chains by providing point-of-sale, inventory management, and procurement software for micro-distribution centres (MDCs).

The company was founded by Iain Usiri, who serves as the CEO, his brother Calvin, who is the company's CTO; and their friend Kibet Martin, who serves as the Chief Operations Officer (COO) and oversees the company's finances.

With a savings of $70,000, Calvin, together with his two co-founders, launched Ramani in 2019. Usiri has vast experience working in the US as a software engineer and Head of IT...