Career
He was named as one of Ten African Technical Voices to Follow on Twitter by Cable News Network and one of the 25 most influential African-Americans in Technology by Business Insider. He was awarded a TED Fellowship in 2009 and later named a TED Senior Fellow. In 2013 Gosier was nominated as one of three Innovators of the Year by Black Enterprise Magazine for his work with data startup MetaLayer.
From 2009 to 2011 Jon Gosier was the Director of SwiftRiver at Jon later went on to found big data startup MetaLayer.
(sometimes referred to as Labs) is a technology firm founded by current Chief Executive Officer Jon Gosier in 2008 in Kampala, Uganda. The firm has been responsible for a number of technology initiatives responsible for promoting Africa"s technology sector including, HiveColab, QuestionBox and for helping Google Africa translate its page for Ugandan audiences.
Jon was one of the founders of, an accelerator for African technology intitives. began with a series of Challenges whose sponsors include and the United States. Department of State. The goal of is to promote "African solutions to African problems" by rewarding African technologists seeking to impact society with their inventions.
The competition asks civil society and citizens throughout the continent to submit local community challenges on issues like transparency and better governance, health, education and more.
The project began in late 2009 with a partnership formed between and the United States. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Office of Public Diplomacy (Air Force/PDPA) as part of President Barack Obama"s administration"s 21st Century Statecraft initiative.
