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Eghosa Omoigui
@EghosaO
Dad; Stage-agnostic Tech VC Investor (US/Africa/SE Asia); ex-Intel Capital; ASTIA/SWIFT advisor #IDontFlinch #RLTW; Rtd Unicorn Hunter; Cologne collector
Apr 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Good discussion.
I’ve invested in different types of #credit/lending startups.
Credit is VERY hard but looks ‘easy.’
But I’ve asserted for years that it’s bigger (& more lucrative) than payments. Yet hugely underserved.
That may be a reason for the interest.
Access to cheap debt? That’s just one variable in the credit equation.
No-file/thin-file credit histories reaffirm but complicate the opportunity.
Ability to pay & willingness to pay are not coterminous.
Consequences of default aren’t well understood across geos.
Better sightline infra is still a WIP.
Apr 14, 2022 • 18 tweets • 4 min read
Taps mic.
Is this thing on?
Testing 1,2,3.
Clears throat. 
Ok, rant time.

This culture of putting our founders on pedestals when they haven’t earned a right, if any, to be there must stop.

Too many people aka gatekeepers are talking about protecting a 'fragile ecosystem' 1/18 while turning a blind eye to corrosive behavior. That includes insidery deals, self dealing, side shows, bullying, sexual harassment, etc.

Using metaphors to frame the problem as ‘spank, don’t kill, the child’ when you are looking at adults that have agency is ludicrous. /2
Jun 21, 2020 • 35 tweets • 8 min read
The price of entry & maintenance.

A thread.

As we hear about the data that supports the contention that there has been systemic marginalization of Black founders & investors, it struck me that the few of us that have paid visible & invisible dues while constantly dealing with the macro & micro humiliations that come with being Black (Fitz phototype VI, in particular) in the quest for an investing track record have shared their inside stories about the price of entry AND the price to stay in the game. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Jun 3, 2020 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
"Telephone Conversation" - © Wole Soyinka* (1962)

The price seemed reasonable, location
Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived
Off premises. Nothing remained
But self-confession. "Madam," I warned,
"I hate a wasted journey--I am African."
Silence. Silenced transmission of
Pressurized good-breeding.
Voice, when it came,
Lipstick coated, long gold-rolled
Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was foully.
"HOW DARK?" . . . I had not misheard . . . "ARE YOU LIGHT
OR VERY DARK?"