Nii Osae Osae Dade is the co-founder and director of software engineering at CYST, a software
innovation company that specializes in artificial intelligence, blockchain and payments systems.
Nii Osae attended University of Ghana and is an experienced software engineer with a demonstrated history
of working in the information technology and services industry. Nii Osae is passionate about creating new
groundbreaking innovations to solve everyday problems. His contribution has been recognized in the Forbes
30-Under-30 Technology category for improving financial inclusion using disruptive technologies such as
blockchain and artificial intelligence and was named as one of the most influential technology entrepreneurs
under the age of 30 on the African continent.
He also won the IBM/Airtel Mini Mobile Innovations competition that was held to develop smart
innovations using telecommunication and was honored with an award for most innovative company in
the mobile, telecom and software development industry in Ghana due to the ground-breaking
technologies that have been built by his team.
Nii Osae is an avid reader, violinist, chess player, mental athlete, board chairman of Artificial
Intelligence Association of Ghana and a proud member of the Astronomical Society of Ghana.