Tesh Mbaabu is a serial technology entrepreneur and Co-Founder and CEO of Cloud9 Money, a Kenyan fintech building stablecoin-powered digital banking and cross-border payment infrastructure for African businesses and consumers.

Tesh holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi and began his entrepreneurial journey early, co-founding Cloud9xp, a travel experiences marketplace that was acquired by HotelOnline in 2020.

Tesh has been recognized among Forbes Africa 30 Under 30, Choiseul 100 Africa, Business Daily Top 40 Under 40 Men in Kenya, and CIO Africa's Top 45 Most Influential Men in Digital Transformation.

He previously co-founded MarketForce (YC S20), one of Africa's leading B2B commerce platforms, raising over $40M in venture funding and scaling to 270,000+ merchants across five African markets before co-founding Chpter, a conversational AI commerce platform later acquired by Cloud9.

Cloud9 has raised $1M in pre-seed funding from Alliance and Techstars NYC, onboarded 25,000+ accounts since its early 2026 launch, and achieved 15%+ week-over-week transaction volume growth while expanding treasury operations to 120+ countries.