Extremely excited for The Generalist's upcoming piece:
"Tech in Africa"
Meet the team...
@iaboyeji @Nicho0le @haydenalcalde @sgrin77
@LewamKefela @Daudex @aaronqfu @cm @lymusing
1. E
If you follow African entrepreneurship, you know @iaboyeji. He's been a founder of @Andela, @theflutterwave, and now @anafricanfuture.
future.africa
2. Nichole
Founder and MD of @TheChrysalisCo is @Nicho0le. She invests in companies in emerging markets. (That includes 22 countries.)
She's also an @ObamaFoundation fellow.
thechrysaliscapital.com
3. Abdul
@lymusing is an investor at @IndexVentures. He's passionate about entrepreneurship in Africa, particularly in his home country of Senegal.
Helped bring this team together in a major way.
indexventures.com/team/abdul-ly/
4. Hayden
@haydenalcalde is the founder of @RallyCapGlobal, and focuses his investments on fintech in emerging markets.
He's backed companies like @mono_HQ, @pngmemobile, and many others.
rallycapventures.com
5. Steven
@sgrin77 is the Managing Partner at Lateral Capital, a fund focused on the African tech ecosystem with investments in @AutochekAfrica, @carry1st, and many more.
Before that, Steven was a Director in the Office of the President of Guyana.
latcap.co
6. Lewam
@LewamKefela is an investor at @villagecapital. She is also the founder of @Africa_Playbook, which covers African startups.
Highly recommended!
africaplaybook.com
7. Chris
Huge thanks to @packyM for introducing me to the awesome @cm.
Chris is a Partner at @timoncap, a fund that invests in African startups including @lorisystems, @DecagonIns, @appzonegroup, and many others.
timoncapital.com
8. Dauda
@Daudex is building @alida_school, a tech school to educate the next generation of African entrepreneurs. He also invests in companies via @akivavc.
He has a great Substack, called Vista: vista.substack.com
9. Aaron
@aaronqfu is a General Partner at @sherpafund, as well as the founder of @venture4africa.
He's invested in companies like PayHippo, Zumi, OnePipe, and more.
sherpa.africa
If you're interested in the state of tech and entrepreneurship in Africa, you won't want to miss this Sunday's piece.
Just sign up via the link below and you'll receive our full report for free. I cannot wait to share!
readthegeneralist.com
And of course, @pkisadha!
An amazing researcher at Future Africa.
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