#HumansOfZipline
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Ryan Alam is on our International Business Development team. In Ryan’s first 4 weeks at Zipline, he packed up his life from grad school, moved to Nairobi, and then hopped on flights to Ethiopia, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, & Ghana. In Ghana, Ryan started working with Yaniv on Zipline’s first national-scale contract with the government, and led our early health systems integration with the Ministry of Health.
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“Everything about our launch in Ghana felt like the stars were aligned. When I first landed, I was tired and confused. But when I finally found my Uber driver, we had an instant connection. He started telling me all about Ghana and life in Accra. He was eloquent, super smart, and happened to be in between jobs and used his car as a means of extra income. At the end of our ride, I dropped my things at the hotel and asked the driver to take me around and teach me more about his country. We stayed in touch and I called him for advice multiple times ov...