Strive Masiyiwa – Founder & Executive Chairman, Econet Group (Cassava Technologies & Econet Wireless), Co-Founder, Higherlife Foundation) [📸 Author] Strive Masiyiwa is a telecommunications and technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. In nearly four decades as an entrepreneur, he has founded and invested in businesses globally, spanning Africa, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, New Zealand, and the USA. Some of his most prominent start-up companies and investments include Mascom Wireless Botswana, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, Econet Wireless Nigeria (now Airtel Nigeria), Liquid Intelligent Technologies Group, Econet Wireless New Zealand (now 2degrees Mobile), Trilogy Capital Partners Canada (early investor), Cassava Technologies…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is CEO & General Partner at Future Africa – the fund for Africa’s future, providing capital, coaching, and community to bold and visionary leaders turning Africa’s biggest challenges into business opportunities. This innovation fund has invested in over 100 companies across the continent, collectively worth over $6 billion, in sectors such as fintech, edtech, healthtech, and agritech. Some of Aboyeji’s notable investments include Moove, a flexible car ownership platform that empowers Uber drivers in Nigeria, and Itana, a network of charter cities for African technology talent. In this LinkedIn post, Aboyeji advises Founders to start right by choosing…
Tony O. Elumelu – Founder & Chairman, The Tony Elumelu Foundation – TEF [📸Author] Tony O. Elumelu is renown for his significant contributions to Africa’s economic growth and entrepreneurship. He is the Founder & Chairman of Heirs Holdings (a pan-African investment company with interests in financial services, energy, real estate, and healthcare); Chairman of United Bank for Africa – UBA (a leading financial institution operating in over 20 African countries); and Chairman of Transcorp (a diversified conglomerate with investments in power, hospitality, and Oil & Gas). Beyond business, Elumelu is Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), which drives entrepreneurship…
UfarmX Founder & CEO, Alexander Zanders [📸 Author] Alexander Zanders is Founder & CEO at UfarmX ® (Techstars ’24) – an AgTech company dedicated to transforming agriculture in Africa by empowering smallholder farmers through advanced technology and innovative solutions. In his piece (original article here), he shares about the immense opportunities and challenges in Africa’s agricultural sector, emphasising that with nearly 70% of the world’s remaining arable land and over 500 million smallholder farmers, Africa holds the key to meeting global food demand.He discusses:1. How technology can bridge gaps in financial inclusion and market access.2. The critical role of data-driven…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…