Daniel Kwaku Merki

Venture Builder | Building high-output African teams, engineered to solve Africa's most common and complex challenges.

[Jason Carman @jasonjoyride]

You've heard of @zipline, but you probably don’t know how close they are to delivering in your neighborhood.

On episode 73 of S3: see how the drone company that started by delivering blood in Rwanda is reinventing how anything gets delivered, almost instantly.

[Kuchera @KucheraGmbh]

"Today we joined AHK Ghana and VentureNest for the Smart Tech Solutions for Mining Challenges workshop in Accra.
The conversation around energy optimization, water stewardship, and tailings management is exactly where Kuchera plays. 🇬🇭🚛
#GhanaMining #MiningInnovation #Kuchera

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

Manufacturing has SOPs, manuals, and systems.

Knowledge work has… "Ask Steve, he knows how it works."

That's not a process. That's a single point of failure wearing a lanyard.

One of Software Factory’s key selling points is its ability to absorb tribal knowledge and give companies tools to manage its evolving knowledge and make it available to all of its employees.

[Daniel Kwaku Merki @d_merki]

@captive_dreamer Big brother is here...

[𝙊𝙓_𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 @Prince_of_web3]

try this if your engagement is down

> tweet nigeria
> tweet you're hiring

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[Eric Glyman @eglyman]

We only hire builders (and we’re on a hiring spree)!

Reply with something you've built. I'll read them personally. We’re interviewing the best ones.

You’ll be a good fit if you:

- work best without permission
- default to “how could I automate this”
- had weird teenage hobbies
- spend your sunday making side projects
- have more Claude agents than cousins
- shipped something this week
- make prototypes, not powerpoints
- don’t like hierarchy
- are good at games: chess, monopoly, poker
- would take dinner with Elon over $100k

Good luck,
Eric

[Katyayani Shukla @aibytekat]

Instead of watching Netflix, watch this interview of Anthropic’s CEO

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Guinness with John & Dwarkesh 🍺

[Daniel Kwaku Merki @d_merki]

@Selorm_O That's actually funny!

[Zipline Ghana @zipline_ghana]

Our Country Director, Daniel Merki, shares a heartfelt thank you to the 200+ Zipliners powering six distribution centers and thousands of health facilities we serve across Ghana.
Here’s to the partnerships & lives saved in 2025.
Merry Christmas from all of us at Zipline Ghana! 🎄

[Ryan Oksenhorn @ryanzip]

Zipline's Africa operations are growing faster than ever. Peak of 294 deliveries in a single hour. Surpassing 2,000 deliveries/day of blood, vaccines, antibiotics, antivenom, agricultural products, and 10k+ more essential items.

[Venture Nest @VentureNestGH]

Our Managing Partner, @d_merki , led two impactful HEI–TVET Collider sessions at @UgbsNest covering pitch essentials and hands-on practice. Students gained confidence, clearer messaging, and stronger delivery ahead of their 4th December pitch.

[Ryan Oksenhorn @ryanzip]

We noticed a worrisome quirk in Zipline’s data. We’ve been setting all-time highs week after week: delivering record amounts of animal health, blood, medicines, and vaccines....Except one critical use case that’s been shrinking. 1/n

[Zipline Ghana @zipline_ghana]

Zipline to expand life-saving drone deliveries across Africa with landmark $150 million pay-for-performance commitment from the U.S. Department of State! 🇺🇸🌍

[Zipline Ghana @zipline_ghana]

Our Country Director, Daniel Merki, joined Citi FM to discuss how Zipline is working with the Government of Ghana to transform healthcare access, from over 800,000 deliveries nationwide to a 56% drop in maternal deaths in Zipline-supported areas.

[Keller Cliffton @Keller]

Now that we've launched Zipping Points, we can pick up packages and deliver autonomously from literally any location. Here's a Zip grabbing a package from one of our restaurant partners. Will take so many cars off the road over the coming years!

[Zipline @zipline]

52 miles per hour tailwinds with penny-sized hail

[Daryl Kwawu @darylkwawu]

Zipline’s autonomous delivery system is bringing medicines, vaccines, and blood to remote communities—boosting healthcare access, emergency response, and outcomes. Here's an excerpt of my conversation with Daniel Kwaku Merki of @zipline Ghana 🇬🇭 @JoyNewsOnTV @Joy997FM

[Keller Cliffton @Keller]

I’ve been quiet on here because @zipline has been busy. Here’s an update:

[Ryan Oksenhorn @ryanzip]

Zipline Delivers - — - — - — - Order #1,779,877
At 4:45 PM on October 30, Nyagatare District Hospital faced a crisis. A mother in labor suffered a placental abruption, causing severe bleeding. Both of her twins were born prematurely and in distress. Three lives were in danger and the hospital's blood supply was low.