Venture Capital investor at Mundi Ventures, Rubén Dominguez Ibar Rubén Dominguez Ibar is a Venture Capital investor at Mundi Ventures, which invests in Series A-C rounds (tickets from 3M -10M). Rubén, who has an engineering background and is passionate about technology and innovation, shares what he thinks are the two key roles that the ideal startup founding team must have: Ben Horowitz [co-founder, Opsware] believes the best founding teams have two people: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿: Their job is to build a product that’s 10x better than anything else. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿: Their role is to take the product to market and capture…
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Harry ‘Tomi Davies (co-founder of the Lagos Angel Network & President of the African Business Angel Network) speaks at Moonshot by TechCabal 2024 Systems Analyst turned Public Speaker, Tech Strategy Advisor and Angel Investor, Harry ‘Tomi Davies is Collaborator-in-Chief at TechnoVision, co-founder of the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) and President of the African Business Angel Network (ABAN). Davies recently spoke in the main arena at Moonshot by TechCabal 2024 – a conference that brings together Africa’s tech ecosystem – about the difference between Startups and SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprise) and why both matter to an economy. Here is a…
Winstone K. Nnko is a an electrical engineer born and raised on the slopes of Mount Meru (Tanzania). Winstone is skilled in Renewable Energy, electrical engineering, interior design, and brand identity creation, with a strong commitment to sustainable development and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. His humble beginnings inspired a passion for aiding the less fortunate. In this piece, he shares how Kenyan President, William Ruto’s introduction of Elon Musk’s Starlink into the telecommunications ecosystem has intensified competition within the sector, particularly impacting giants such as Safaricom! At the US-Kenya Business and Investment Roundtable in New York, held on the…
Sally Kimangu is an EdTech social entrepreneur with over two decades of experience. Her passion and dedication in implementingprojects in Africa have impacted hundreds of children through STEAM education and much needed soft skills. Sally’s main focus is job creation for Youth by ensuring they are market ready. 🎥 Sally Kimangu x LinkedIn Africa’s education system is leaving our youth unprepared for the practical demands of today’s world.While countries like China are giving students hands-on experience and job-ready skills, many African classrooms are stuck in outdated, theory-heavy learning.To close this gap, Africa needs an **education revolution**—one that prioritizes **vocational training**,…
📸 Ayodeji Balogun (Group CEO at AFEX) Ayodeji Balogun is an emerging Africapitalist, lover of art and a nature enthusiast. He is also the Group CEO at ALEX – a Commodities Exchange whose mission is to build an inclusive and efficient market system for commodities in Africa. The ALEX platform delivers the ultimate trading experience for both retail and institutional clients, enabling traders to focus on their strategies rather than their tools. In a recent post tagged Diary of a Commodity Trader, Balogun shares his personal thoughts on the necessity of doing well by doing good – that serving the interests…
Founder at the Ecobarter company – Rita Idehai Rita Idehai is a geoscientist turned social entrepreneur whose vision is to ensure that every urban household across Nigeria gets connected to a sustainable waste management platform. As founder at Ecobarter – a sustainable waste management company – Rita consistently works to help entrepreneurs and organisations make social impact where it matters the most. In a recent LinkedIn post, Rita shares the groundbreaking capabilities of the reverse vending machine – a machine that allows insertion of recyclable material in exchange for a reward – locally and proudly built by her team. Twenty…
Earlier this year, Justin Norman (Founder, The Flip) says he hit the streets of Lagos-Nigeria to answer one question: “How did Moniepoint grow so big, so fast?” Read his thoughts below about the phenomenal growth of fintech company, Moniepoint Group, founded by Tosin Eniolorunda: Justin Norman (Founder, The Flip) All over Nigeria, more agents & merchants are using Moniepoint’s light blue devices across Nigeria. But how did they do it?There are millions of Moniepoint point-of-sale terminals in use across Nigeria.These point-of-sale devices power Nigeria’s offline economy, and while there are many competitors in this space, Moniepoint appears to beating them…
🎥 Onyeka Okonkwo Onyeka Okonkwo is a Risk Manager who also writes about money, career, and self development . She describes herself as a Knowledge Fairy 😊 In her viddeo, Onyeka shares what she says are three unconventional practices helped her skip away from feelings of helplessness and being stuck, into living her best life. Onyeka hopes her tips may come in handy for un-knotting those moments of uncertainty that life sometimes throws our way. Interesting Read: How to Get Out of a Rut in 8 Steps [Masterclass] Numeris Média is officially accredited media to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Audrey Joe-Ezigbo is the Deputy Managing Director of Falcon Corporation Ltd., a company co-founded by herself and her husband in 1994. In its 29+ years of existence, Falcon (and the Falcon brand) has been recognised as a multiple award-winning, wholly indigenous mid- and downstream Energy, Natural Gas sistribution and LPG trading company in Africa, enabling the deployment of Natural Gas and LPG as drivers of economic growth and industrialisation. In this video clip, Audrey says: Putting too much faith in someone else nearly cost us our business. That experience was a wake-up call. We realised that taking ownership of our…
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Funder, Future Africa) Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – brilliant entrepreneur and 2 x founder of unicorns Andela and Flutterwave, says: If you are a startup founder who wants to build a healthy, growing company in these perilous times my sincere advice is to drop whatever you are doing and attend this fireside chat.Jonathan Ruwanika CA(SA) who I fondly call my startup IMF has saved several startups from the claws of death by helping them achieve financial fitness through tight controls and a relentless focus on unit economics so they can cut their fat and grow lean and profitable yet scalable,…