Bongani Adams

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Co-founder & COO at Basil Health · Developer tooling · Rust, community

Basil Health
Johannesburg, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)
9+ years experience
Carnegie Mellon University Africa
English, Afrikaans
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Overview

Building Basil Health in Johannesburg - developer tooling. Signed 124 paying customers, 24 of them enterprises. Before that: Dangote Group and EY. Most at home with community and developer tools. Home cook with strong opinions about biryani.

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Basil Health is hiring 4 product designers in Johannesburg

Role
Product designer
Level
Senior
Type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Compensation
$121k-$162k
Team
Founding team, 6 people
Start
As soon as possible
Must have
A portfolio of shipped product work Comfort working directly with engineers Clear written communication
Process
Decision within 10 days

Comp $208k-$237k. Four conversations, no take-home. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

Johannesburg, South Africa · remote OKproductrustdeveloper tools
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Co-founderLooking for a co-founder
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Looking for a go-to-market co-founder for construction estimating for hospital networks

The idea
Construction estimating for hospital networks
Stage
Early revenue
I bring
9 years in developer tooling
Looking for
Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment
Full-time now
Location
Johannesburg or remote

I bring 20 years of developer tooling (currently Basil Health). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Have a working prototype and design partners.

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Experience

  1. Co-founder & COO
    Nov 2025 - Present
    Basil Health · 11 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Took Basil Health from zero to $4 million ARR.
    • Previously built and sold a small developer tooling company.
    • Raised $19 million across 2 rounds.
  2. Finance Director
    Nov 2023 - Nov 2025
    Dangote Group · 2 yr · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $138 million raise.
  3. FP&A Manager
    May 2022 - Nov 2023
    EY · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $37 million raise.
  4. Finance Manager
    Sep 2019 - Mar 2022
    Andela · 2 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Closed the books in 4 days, down from 13.
  5. Controller
    Apr 2018 - Sep 2019
    Ecobank · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 8 straight quarters.

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Education

  1. Carnegie Mellon University Africa
    MS, Business Administration
    2006 - 2008
  2. University of Cape Town
    BSc, Business Administration
    2001 - 2005

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