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Popping Cristal: On How to Tap Unmet Need in Francophone Markets
Welcome to Episode 4 of Dans les Coulisses, a series exploring VC and tech entrepreneurship in Francophone Africa, brought to you by Impact Hub Dakar and The Trajector...
On Our Own?: Growing Francophone Startup Champions
In this conversation with founder, investor, and ecosystem builder, Omar Cissé, we discuss VC opportunities in Francophone markets, key characteristics of Francophone ...
The Trajectory Africa Rewind: Principles for Understanding African Venture
Welcome to The Trajectory Africa: Rewind, the summary episode for the Trajectory Africa, a podcast series exploring the trajectory, or pathway, of venture capital and ...
Tracing Roots: The Role of LPs in African Venture Ecosystem(s)
In this episode, Babacar Seck and I discuss how he started his career in venture capital and private equity, Proparco’s distinct characteristics as an LP and how it ev...
Listening with Empathy: Fundraising beyond Spreadsheets
In this episode, I speak with Danai Musandu about how she got into VC/PE, the fundraising process and how it differs by LP type, what LPs look for when they evaluate f...
Breaking Boundaries: Building Wealth & Community through African VC
In this episode, I chat with Adenike Sheriff about how she plotted an “unlikely” path into VC by co-founding Future Africa, why her “blank slate” thinking resulted in ...
Fun with VC Math: Designing Funds & Exits in Africa
In this episode, Track 8, I chat with Eghosa Omoigui, Managing General Partner of EchoVC Partners about designing high-performing, Africa-focused funds and how exits i...
Perception vs. Reality: How Fintech is Driving Africa's Digital Economy
This conversation with Africa-focused investor Barbara Iyayi takes a bird’s eye view of fintech as a cross-cutting enabler and investment opportunity, digging into how...
If You Build It, They Will Come: Creating a Lending Ecosystem for African SMEs
In this episode, Hilda and I chat about how she’s building a tech company that’s creating an (eco)system of tech products to connect SME borrowers to much-needed capital.
No Enterprise Left Behind: The Role of SMEs in Africa's Venture Landscape
In this episode, Kuhle and I explore the SME investment opportunity, how it’s similar to and different from tech, and the ways in which tech-enabled SMEs and tech vent...
One Step at a Time: Sizing Consumer Markets & Enabling Consumption in Nigeria
This episode of The Trajectory Africa is about how Stears Nigeria came to be, why it aspires to be the “Bloomberg of Africa”, the "proper" size of consumer and b2b mar...
Hold the C.R.E.A.M.: Decoding Consumer Markets & Digital Commerce in Africa
Guest artist Jake Kenadall and I discuss his unlikely path to becoming an Africa-focused investor, why digital commerce is a robust investment opportunity, why digital...
We Can Solve It Ourselves: The Case for African Startup Success
In this episode, Dr. Dotun and I spoke about his circuitous journey to becoming an Africa-focused investor, what his initial assumptions and mental models were when he...
Don't Start a Fund? Kinyungu's New Take on Chasing Outliers
In this episode, I chat with Tony Chen, Partner at Verdant Frontiers and Co-Founder of Kinyungu Ventures, about his journey to Africa-focused investing, how conducting...
Welcome to The Trajectory: Africa!
This episode is an introduction to The Trajectory Africa, a podcast series exploring the trajectory, or pathway, of venture capital and startup formation in Africa.
