The continent has a rare opportunity - not to replicate a mature ecosystem, but to outsequence one.
By Ajay Wasserman One of the most persistently misunderstood realities of building companies in Africa is that opportunity is rarely the binding constraint. Across the continent,...
By Kei Rapodile The Northern Cape, South Africa’s largest yet least economically active province, stands at a critical juncture. Despite its abundant natural resources and untapped...
By Ajay Wasserman While global investors funnel billions into Asia and Latin America, one continent remains conspicuously overlooked – despite housing 17 percent of the world’s...
Kenya has emerged as a beacon of resilience in the face of a global funding downturn for emerging businesses, boasting a remarkable 17 percent surge in...
Bloomberg | Funding for African startups is on track to hit a record this year despite a slowdown globally, according to a recent report. Venture capital...
Late last year, venture capitalist Adeyemi Ajao traveled back to his native Spain to tend to his 92-year-old father. The elder Ajao asked his son about...
Omadeke: It's 'bittersweet' to join small club of Black female founders who've raised more than US$1 million
Private equity and venture capital is one asset class that is still grossly misunderstood in African economies. This is according to Michelle Essomé, CEO of African Private Equity and...
A Kenyan based startup incubator, Nailab, has launched a mobile crowd-funding platform Babandu hosted by the 1%Club site to assist local entrepreneurs to access cheap non...
Jamaica is set to host its first-ever venture capital conference this coming September. The Jamaica Venture Capital Program (JVCP) is to be launched on September 9,...
An African entrepreneur and investor community known as the Venture Capital for Africa has announced the launch of a new initiative for promising African entrepreneurs to...
App developers at work in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/File East Africa’s tech entreprenuers have a new opportunity for fundraising following the launch of a US$196 million fund...
