- 🇳🇬 Nigeria has a great fintech scene
- 🇪🇬 Egypt is active in edtech and logistics
- 🇰🇪 Kenya is dominant in agtech
- 🇿🇦 South Africa has a strong enterprise market
These can become massive ecosystems in time.
2. VC investment is growing *fast*
In 2020, $1.43B was invested into African startups. That sounds small, but it's growing fast.
Since 2015, capital investment has grown *40%* per year. That is nuts.
3. Foreign capital is flooding in
US + Chinese investors are increasing interest in African tech.
Example: @OPay_NG is owned by Chinese investors. They recently poured *$400M* in to help it scale.
4. That's creating winners
Africa already has some powerful unicorns (or close).
This is my best Walt Disney impression. Here's where I hope The Generalist goes.
- Play w boundaries of "audience" + "creator"
- Multiplayer by default
- Build, invest, write in public
- Decentralize decision-making to community
- Be the platform for smart ppl to share thoughts
Since I'm not a very good artist, I can't compete with Disney's amazing original.
But I've done my best...
Meet some characters below ;)
First, the "Blue Whiskered Job Fox."
He just wants to get people into careers they really like.
The more people he helps find a job, the longer his whiskers grow.