About
I'm Angel Simcha — a product builder, founder, and operator working at the intersection of technology, education, and community infrastructure in Africa.
My work is built around one conviction: that the systems behind an idea matter as much as the idea itself. I move between vision and execution — founding companies, designing products, building teams, and running the operational infrastructure that makes things actually work.
Right now I'm co-founder and CPO of HammetLabs, where we're building institutional infrastructure for Africa's emerging economy. Our flagship product, Hammet, licenses an AI Studies curriculum to private secondary schools across Nigeria — structured, verifiable, and built for the African context, not borrowed from elsewhere.
I also co-founded Konoha University, a digital campus and learning community with over 30,000 participants. I lead Witty Ltd, a cognitive infrastructure company centred on the Mental Models podcast. I run Operator's Corner, a 300+ member professional community for operations practitioners. And I publish The Productive Operator, a weekly LinkedIn newsletter on execution, systems, and leadership — read by 640+ subscribers.
I'm a penultimate-year Psychology student at the University of Lagos. I'm a YALI Fellow. My faith is not background noise — it shapes how I lead, how I build, and what I build toward.
Recognition & Affiliations
Young African Leaders Initiative — recognising emerging leaders driving change across Africa.
Studying how people think, decide, and behave — which turns out to be directly useful for building products and running organisations.
Active member. Contributing to the Publicity Unit and the Marketplace Career Development team.