The People Behind It

This is who you are
actually working with.

Two founders. One mission built over eight years. Every engagement backed by both.

Arun Sharma

Managing Director & Co-Founder

Arun has spent two decades delivering complex initiatives across Africa, leading high-stakes projects with a focus on sustainable growth and technological integration. His tenure at the AIMS network saw him architecting regional expansion strategies that balanced fiscal rigor with transformative social impact.

Career Track

Co-Founder
Tenacious Intelligence
Present
Co-Founder
10 Academy
2017 - 2023
Managing Director
Next Einstein Forum
2013 - 2017

Academic Pedigree

Cambridge
University
MPhil Engineering
University of
Waterloo
M.Eng & B.Eng

$25M+

Budgets Managed

$10M+

Revenue Generated

20+ Yrs

Exec Leadership

Recognized Global Authority By

The EconomistBBC NEWSDie Zeit

Dr. Yabebal Fantaye

Chief Technical Lead & Co-Founder

Yabebal built petabyte-scale data pipelines for the Planck satellite mission, translating celestial complexities into actionable data. Today, he applies that same rigour to optimizing corporate logistics and research frameworks, securing multi-million dollar grants for African scientific advancement.

Technical Career

Technical Lead
Tenacious Intelligence
Present
Scientific Director
10 Academy
2018 - 2023
Head of Data Science
Adludio

Academic Pedigree

PhD in Cosmology
"Statistical methods for CMB data analysis"
SISSA (Italy)
M.Sc Astrophysics
"High-precision cosmic background modeling"
University of Cape Town

18%

Margin Improvement

$800K

Research Grants

2,500

Hours Optimized

Recognized Global Authority By

WEF GLOBAL
FUTURESARETE-AIMS
ChairNext Einstein
Fellow

What Makes Us Different

We built the pipeline before we built the company.

10 Academy was founded in 2017 to identify and train the top 1% of technical talent across the African continent, creating a rigorous, data-driven selection process.

Over the years, we processed tens of thousands of applications, refining our ability to spot not just coding skills, but problem-solving aptitude, resilience, and communication.

Tenacious Intelligence is the direct result of that pipeline. We don't just source talent; we deploy the elite graduates we've known and trained for years into your engineering teams.

2017Year 10 Academy was founded

10 Academy Founded

~5,000Applicants

Applications Received

19Countries represented

Training Across 19 Countries

95%Placed in global roles

95% Placed in Global Roles

$172MAdditional lifetime earnings created

Tenacious Intelligence Founded 2021Your Engineering Team

Infrastructure Insights

We are fully equipped.

Every engagement comes with the infrastructure, oversight, and guarantees to make sure the work actually gets done.

In-person office

5-hour overlap

$1M insurance

Single monthly invoice

Dedicated PM

1-week trial

Replacement guarantee

Backup power

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