Resources

How Moniepoint Powers Millions of Businesses Across Nigeria

August 29, 2024

Ezekiel Sanni, Justin Norman, Point of Sale, Point of Sale Devices, Informal Markets, Informal Merchants, Fintech, Moniepoint,

How Africa's Fastest-Growing Company is Helping Retailers Grow

July 25, 2024

Deepankar Rustagi, Justin Norman, Retail, Inventory Management, Working Capital, Informal Markets, Informal Merchants, Credit, Credit Infrastructure, Nigerian Economy, Currency Devaluation, OmniRetail,

An African Tech Exit - Selling Sendwave for $500 Million

June 13, 2024

Sidharth Sridhar, Justin Norman, Mobile Money, M&A, Wave, Sendwave, WorldRemit,

Tackling Africa’s $330 Billion Credit Gap

May 30, 2024

Mark Straub, Chijioke Dozie, Justin Norman, Credit, Fintech, Credit Infrastructure, Smile Identity, Carbon,

African Small Businesses Have Many Challenges. Can These Platforms Help?

May 23, 2024

Ibi Cookey, Chris Maclay, Justin Norman, Jobtech, Platforms, Verticalization, Vertical SaaS, Fitted, JobTech Alliance,

Why Are Cross-Border Payments So Hard?

May 16, 2024

Dan Kleinbaum, Benjamin Fernandes, Justin Norman, Fintech, Cross-Border Payments, Regulation, API Infrastructure, NALA, GTXN,

Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney

May 9, 2024

Tosin Eniolorunda, Babs Ogundeyi, Laurin Hainy, Justin Norman, Fintech, Credit, Distribution, Point of Sale, Fundraising, Venture Capital, Exits, Regulation, Nigeria, Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney,

The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped

April 18, 2024

Sayo Folawiyo, Shalom Ishimwe, Imran Manji, Future of Work, Bootstrapping Development, Jobtech, Rwazi, JobTech Alliance, Tendo, African Youth Action Network,

Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos

April 4, 2024

Justin Norman, Osarumen Osamuyi, Tayo Oviosu, Tomiwa Aladekomo, Chris Quintero, Edidiong Uwemakpan, Nchedolisa Akuma, Tage Kene-Okafor, Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega, Nubi Kay, Aanu Adeoye, Dapo Awobokun, Media, Communications, Public Relations, Paga, TechCabal, The Subtext, TechCrunch, Paystack, Moniepoint, Financial Times, Stears Business, Rest of World, Techpoint,

Afrobeats, Basketball & Commerce

March 28, 2024

Abdul Karim Abdullah, Clare Akamanzi, Tuyee Yeboah, Sports, Entertainment, Music, Afrobeats, Development, Private Equity, NBA Africa, AfroFuture,

What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa

March 14, 2024

Justin Norman, Louise Fox, Janet Wandia, Felix Manford, Future of Work, Jobtech, Portfolio of Work, Social Commerce, JobTech Alliance, Tendo, Rwazi,

Unlocking Gender-Smart Capital At Scale

March 7, 2024

Justin Norman, Eloho Omame, Jessica Espinoza, Gender Lens Investing, Gender-Smart Capital, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Female Founders, 2X Global, FirstCheck Africa,

The Mastercard Foundation is Investing $150 Million into 20 Gender Lens Funds

February 29, 2024

Samuel Akyianu, Eloho Omame, Justin Norman, Gender Lens Investing, Fund of Funds, Fundraising, Development Finance Institutions, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Mastercard Foundation African Growth Fund, Mastercard Foundation,

Investing in Women is an Economic Imperative

February 22, 2024

Tokunboh Ishmael, Andreata Muforo, Eloho Omame, Justin Norman, Gender Lens Investing, Fundraising, Venture Capital, Impact Investing, Private Equity, Female Founders, Alitheia Capital, TLcom Capital

This Angel Investor is Closing the Gender Funding Gap

February 15, 2024

Yemi Keri, Eloho Omame, Justin Norman, Gender Lens Investing, Angel Investing, Rising Tide Africa, FirstCheck Africa,

Why is only 2% of funding going to female founders?

February 8, 2024

Yanmo Omorogbe, Sneha Mehta, Eloho Omame, Justin Norman, Gender Lens Investing, Female Founders, SMEs, Fintech, Fundraising, Market Size, Impact Investing, Monitoring & Evaluation, Venture Capital, Bamboo, Uncover, FirstCheck Africa, TLcom Capital,

In Conversation with Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede

January 26, 2024

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Kwamena Afful, Justin Norman, Credit, Fintech, Governance, Cryptocurrency, Banks, Access Bank, Microtraction,

Norrsken22: Investing $205 Million into African Startups

January 11, 2024

Ngetha Waithaka, Natalie Kolbe, Lexi Novitske, Justin Norman, Venture Capital, Fundraising, Market Size, Impact Investing, Expansion, Private Equity, Norrsken22,

How to Pivot with Union54's Perseus Mlambo

December 14, 2023

Perseus Mlambo, Justin Norman, Fintech, Failure, Pivots, Fundraising, ChitChat, Union54, Zazu,

MTN Nigeria's Adia Sowho: Sharing Is A Must

November 30, 2023

Adia Sowho, Justin Norman, Fintech, Growth, Telcos, Thrive Agric, MTN Nigeria, Migo,

Ham Serunjogi: How Chipper Cash is Surviving the Slowdown

November 16, 2023

Making Borders Matter Less with Onafriq's Dare Okoudjou

November 2, 2023

Dare Okoudjou, Justin Norman, Cross-Border Payments, Fintech, Mergers & Acquisitions, MFS Africa, Onafriq,

Investing in African Talent with YC's Michael Seibel & Microtraction's Kwamena Afful

October 19, 2023

Michael Seibel, Kwamena Afful, Justin Norman, Fundraising, Fintech, Expansion, Silicon Valley, Nigeria, Creator Economy, Talent, Y Combinator, Microtraction,

Building a $1B Fintech in South Africa with Stitch CEO Kiaan Pillay

October 6, 2023

Kiaan Pillay, Justin Norman, Fintech, Fundraising, Talent, Expansion, South Africa, Market Size, Stitch,

What does ride-hailing in Kenya show us about the prospects for digitally-mediated work in Africa?

January 30, 2023

Julie Zollmann, Ride Hailing, Jobtech, Platforms,

Rethinking Metrics in B2B Ecommerce

January 16, 2023

Deepankar Rustagi, B2B Commerce, Retail, Last-Mile Retail, Last-Mile Logistics, Informal Markets, Informal Merchants, FMCG, OmniRetail

DeFi 2.0: The Best of Both Worlds

October 9, 2022

Obi Emetarom, Steven Grin, Decentralized Finance, CBDCs, Regulation, Stablecoins, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Appzone Group

Setting Up Product Teams for Enterprise Organizations

November 6, 2022

Ayodeji Fasore, Product, Product-Led Organizations, Appzone Group

The Future of Work is Digital Migration

October 23, 2022

, Labor Mobility, Networked State, Decentralization, Digital Migration, Future of Work,

State of The Flip, Year Three

December 4, 2022

, Media, Entrepreneurship, The Flip

, Cryptocurrency, Governance, Valuations, Venture Capital, Macroeconomics,

New News, Old Lessons

November 20, 2022

Capital Formation of the Future: How Africa's Development Will Be Financed

August 7, 2022

Sam Eyob, Obinna Okwodu, Decentralized Finance, Debt, Cryptocurrency, Cryptoassets, Warbler Labs

Sayo Folawiyo, Founder Stories, Founder-Led, Kandua

Founder Shorts

July 31, 2022

The Future of Work Meets Africa’s Youth Employment Puzzle

August 14, 2022

Paul Breloff, Future of Work, Youth Employment, Talent, Jobtech, Shortlist

There’s Never Been A Better Time to Invest in Africa’s Female Founders

September 11, 2022

Eloho Omame, Gender Lens Investing, Female Founders, Venture Capital, FirstCheck Africa, TLcom Capital

Lynk: Lessons Learned The Hard Way

September 25, 2022

Chris Maclay, Failure, Double-Sided Marketplace, Vertical SaaS, Platforms, Mercy Corps, Lynk, JobTech Alliance

Pave Investments: The Most Active Investor You Haven't Heard Of

August 28, 2022

Kwamena Afful, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Angel Investing, Limited Partners, Pave Investments, Microtraction

How does remote work affect local startup ecosystems?

May 22, 2022

, Remote Work, Future of Work, Talent, Compensation, Wage Arbitrage, Talent Flywheel,

, Future of Work, Andela for X, Rwanda, Digital Literacy, Urbanization, Mobile Connectivity, Wage Arbitrage, Remote Work, Andela, Caret, Hodi, GSMA

Wage Arbitrage

May 29, 2022

, Software-differentiated Hardware, Yoco, Twiga Foods

Software-Differentiated

June 5, 2022

How Startups Should Think About Third-Party Dependencies

July 17, 2022

, API Infrastructure, Strategy, Google, Kuda

Sabi: Platforming Trade in Africa

June 26, 2022

Anu Adedoyin Adasolum, Ademola Adesina, B2B Commerce, Verticalization, Asset Light, Sabi

The Anatomy of a Turnaround

July 24, 2022

Adia Sowho, Agritech, Strategy, Turnaround, Debt, Fintech, Thrive Agric

The Global Slowdown will be Short-Lived in Africa

July 10, 2022

Dare Okoudjou, Venture Capital, Fundraising, Ecosystem Building, MFS Africa

, Talent, Future of Work, Agent Economy, Caret, Hodi, Andela, TikTok

Talent Middlemen

June 19, 2022

Talent, Experience, and Risk

June 12, 2022

, Talent, Future of Work, Risk, Andela, Afrobility

, Regional Integration, Narrative,

African Solutions

May 15, 2022

, Agent Economy, Agent Network, B2B Commerce, Analog, Mobile Money, Cash, Mobile Network Operators, M-Pesa, Wasoko

The Agent Economy

May 9, 2022

, Employee Stock Options, Equity, Ownership,

Employee Ownership

May 1, 2022

Delta40 Studio, Co-founder & Managing Director, , S8E: Africa's Venture Builders

Lyndsay Holley Handler

Co-founder & Managing Director, Delta40 Studio

Co-founder & Managing Director

Africa Climate Ventures, Founder & CEO, , Africa's Venture Builders

James Mwangi

Founder & CEO, Africa Climate Ventures

Founder & CEO

Moniepoint, Senior ViceP Distribution Network Sales, , S7E: How Moniepoint Powers Millions of Businesses Across Nigeria

Ezekiel Sanni

Senior ViceP Distribution Network Sales, Moniepoint

Senior ViceP Distribution Network Sales

Wave, Head of Business, , S7E: An African Tech Exit - Selling Sendwave for $500 Million

Sidharth Sridhar

Head of Business, Wave

Head of Business

Carbon, Co-Founder & CEO, , S7E: Tackling Africa’s $330 billion credit gap

Chijioke Dozie

Co-Founder & CEO, Carbon

Co-Founder & CEO

Fitted, Co-Founder at Fitted, , S7E: African Small Businesses Have Many Challenges. Can These Platforms Help?

Ibi Cookey

Co-Founder at Fitted, Fitted

Co-Founder at Fitted

GTXN, Co-founder & CEO, , S7E: Why Are Cross-Border Payments So Hard?

Dan Kleinbaum

Co-founder & CEO, GTXN

Co-founder & CEO

FairMoney, CEO, , "S7E: Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney", "S7E: Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney"

Laurin Hainy

CEO, FairMoney

CEO

Kuda, Founder & CEO, , "S7E: Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moneypoint, Kuda, FairMoney"

Babs Ogundeyi

Founder & CEO, Kuda

Founder & CEO

Uber, Head of East Africa, , S7E: The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped

Imran Manji

Head of East Africa, Uber

Head of East Africa

African Youth Action Network, Jobtech Lead, , S7E: The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped

Shalom Ishimwe

Jobtech Lead, African Youth Action Network

Jobtech Lead

Paystack, Startup Partner, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Dapo Awobokun

Startup Partner, Paystack

Startup Partner

Financial Times, West & Central Africa Correspondent, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Aanu Adeoye

West & Central Africa Correspondent, Financial Times

West & Central Africa Correspondent

TechCabal, Newsroom Editor, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

Newsroom Editor, TechCabal

Newsroom Editor

TechCrunch, Technology Journalist, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Tage Kene-Okafor

Technology Journalist, TechCrunch

Technology Journalist

Stears Business, Senior Fintech Analyst, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Nchedolisa Akuma

Senior Fintech Analyst, Stears Business

Senior Fintech Analyst

Moniepoint, VP, Brand, Communications & PR, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Edidiong Uwemakpan

VP, Brand, Communications & PR, Moniepoint

VP, Brand, Communications & PR

Peak Investment Capital, Partner, , S7E: Investing in Africa's Development Through Sports & Entertainment

Tuyee Yeboah

Partner, Peak Investment Capital

Partner

NBA Africa, CEO, , S7E: Investing in Africa's Development Through Sports & Entertainment

Clare Akamanzi

CEO, NBA Africa

CEO

AfroFuture, Founder & CEO, , S7E: Investing in Africa's Development Through Sports & Entertainment

Abdul Karim Abdullah

Founder & CEO, AfroFuture

Founder & CEO

Tendo, Co-founder & CEO, , What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa

Felix Manford

Co-founder & CEO, Tendo

Co-founder & CEO

JobTech Alliance, Gender Lead, , What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa

Janet Wandia

Gender Lead, JobTech Alliance

Gender Lead

2X Global, CEO, , S6E5: Unlocking Gender-Smart Capital At Scale

Jessica Espinoza

CEO, 2X Global

CEO

Mastercard Foundation African Growth Fund, Managing Director, , S6E4: Mastercard Foundation is Investing $150 Million into 20 Gender Lens Funds

Samuel Akyianu

Managing Director, Mastercard Foundation African Growth Fund

Managing Director