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Rethinking Startup Finance in Africa – Afrinnovator
I had a wonderful opportunity to have a discussion with Eric Osiakwan an African tech luminary from Ghana and director of Ghana’s Cyber City initiative about startup…
The Silicon Savannah: Of Vanity Capital and Vanity Companies
NAIROBI – Here at ground zero for the new era of African innovation, investors are learning what an impact investing “bubble” looks like. Too much…
The Role of Government in Promoting Tech Innovation in Africa
In talking about the efforts to promote technology and innovation in Africa, we tend to focus a lot of attention on private initiatives such as…
Genomics Research in Africa – Improving Health by applying cloud computing
I talked about the need for more market research needed. Lets get more serious. How about more genomics research? Sounds too cutting edge? No. Its…
Innovation Funding in Africa: Are VCs & Impact Investors Taking Enough Risks?
There are an increasing number of new Venture Capital firms (VCs) present on the continent in the last few years such as Fanisi Capital that operate in…