Opinion

Godwin Sunday – Co-founder and CEO of Prokip Africa {🎥Author} The knowledge gap that could make or break your startup How much do you really know about building a business? For Godwin Sunday, meeting Tosin Eniolorunda in 2022 was a game-changer—shaping his perspective on startups and revealing crucial lessons about fundraising, scaling, and resilience. In this piece, he shares how learning from those ahead can save years of struggle and why continuous learning is the key to startup survival. If you’re building a business, this is a must-read! 🚀 How much do you really know about business?Who are you learning…

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Founder, CEO at SkillHat [📸Author] Mobola (Mo’) Ekujumi is the Co-Founder and CEO at SkillHat – a global tech company launching people of colour, women and North America’s newcomers to dream tech careers through e-learning, career coaching and staffing services. The biggest wealth opportunity right now: AI-Powered problem solving Businesses are drowning in inefficiencies, and those who can identify bottlenecks and automate workflows with AI are in high demand—commanding six and seven-figure incomes. In this opinion piece, Mobola (Mo’) Ekujumi breaks down why AI-driven automation is the next big wealth-creation opportunity and how anyone can master it, no coding required.…

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Alvin V. Cheeks – ESG investor, policy advocate, start-up to scale-up growth expert, advisor to African startups [📸 Author] Article by Alvin V, Cheeks a strategic leader, investor, and policy advocate with a mission to drive sustainable growth and foster transformative opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cheeks’ work centres on promoting investment by the African Diaspora and creating the right environment for these investments to thrive, unlocking the region’s potential for economic and social impact. The Future of African Startups: Where to Spot Unicorns [📸 Author] Have you ever wondered where the next billion-dollar startup could emerge from—and how you can…

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Jennifer Dumle Daniel – Founder, Sasie,org [📸drjenniferdaniel.com] The New African Female Entrepreneur: Not Small Business, But Big Tech by Jennifer Dumle Daniel In a sleek co-working space in Lagos, a woman is pitching her fintech platform to a global VC firm. Across the continent in Nairobi, another entrepreneur is deploying a healthtech solution that could save lives in underserved communities. These women aren’t exceptions to a rule—they are rewriting the rulebook. Yet, the world stubbornly clings to an outdated narrative: African women entrepreneurs as small-scale operators, navigating markets with grit but limited scope. That story is not just tired—it’s wrong.…

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Yassin El-Hardouz – Senior Analyst at Infomineo [📸Yassin ElHardouz] Linkedin post by Yassin El Hardouz – a Senior Business Analyst who is passionate about technology and what the next generation of startups can achieve. Before working at Infomineo, he was a tech entrepreneur. He says; “Don’t get fooled by the years I spent in medical school, I’m anything but a doctor”. đź’° Largest Startup Funding Rounds in Tunisia (2024) Despite the challenging funding landscape across Africa, Tunisia stands out as a resilient ecosystem where innovative startups continue to flourish. From fintech platforms advancing financial inclusion to AI-driven solutions revolutionizing language…

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Abayomi Semudara (Freelance product designer & tech content creator) Interesting LinkedIn post by Abayomi Semudara “This founder [Nelson Elemi] has spent over 200 million naira to rebuild Tinapa for tech…Tinapa Business Resort, once envisioned as a “Mini Dubai,” was launched in 2007 with grand ambitions. With retail spaces, entertainment centers, and a 400-room luxury hotel, it was a $450-million statement of Nigeria’s aspirations. But years of underuse and the 2020 EndSARS carnage left the facility in disrepair, looted and abandoned.For Nelson Elemi, Tinapa’s decline is a foundation for something new. “As Silicon Valley is to America, Tinapa can be to…

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Pascal Weinberger – CEO & Co-Founder at Bardeen.ai, San Francisco [📸PascalWeinberger] Interesting LinkedIn post by Pascal Weinberger, Co-Founder & CEO at Bardeen.ai – providers of AI agents for businesses, automating tasks and removing workflow friction. “I’ve worked with and invested in over 50 startups over the last ten years (a lot of which YC backed). Most, if not all, have suffered from the same 5 problems.Young founders, don’t do this:1. Launching lateThere’s this idea of “perfecting” your product before launch.So then you build and build and build.And when you FINALLY launch, you realize:âžś There’s no product-market fitâžś It had bugs…

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Oluseun Onasoga (Business Executive, Access Bank Plc, Rwanda) Oluseun Onasoga is a Business Executive at Access Bank Plc, responsible for the development and expansion of the bank across corporate, commercial, treasury and public sectors in Rwanda. Onasoga holds an MBA from Business School Netherlands, with various leadership, digital and management courses with Wharton, IMD and Emeritus Business Programs. Increasingly, investors are turning to Africa for several compelling reasons, reflecting the continent’s rising economic prominence and growth potential. in a LinkedIn post, Onasoga shares his thoughts on African countries that are notable investment destinations, and some critical factors (in addition to…

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JP Følsgaard Bak, Esq. (Chairman at Industry Five Group – USA, Denmark, Uganda, Nigeria, Gabon and Ethiopia) Interesting LinkedIn Post by JP Følsgaard Bak, known for his legal and entrepreneurial background And the winner is?The African Continent!Trust me, in two years there will be a stampede from Europe and the USA like the gold rush in California!I am sure the coming president of America has seen this and will plant the Stars and Stripes strategically there soon.Why?After decades of negligence, the world woke up one morning and said: why did we not see this coming?Why did we ignore the upcoming…

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Founder & Partner at Ingressive Captal, Maya Horgan-Famodu Maya Horgan-Famodu is a venture capital investor and entrepreneur, committed to ensuring brilliant people, wherever they are located, have access to the resources they need to build wildly scalable businesses. She founded Ingressive Capital (a $10 Million VC Fund I and $50 Million Fund II focused on early stage African tech); Ingressive for Good (a nonprofit providing micro-scholarships, technical skills training, and talent placement); as well as Ingressive Advisory (an advisory firm providing market entry / market opportunity services and tech research for corporates and investors). Ingressive Capital portfolio companies include Paystack,…

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