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,

, Founder-Led, Founder Friendliness, a16z

Rich or King?

April 24, 2022

, Founder Friendliness, ZIRP,

Power and Pendulums

April 18, 2022

If You Build It, Nonconsumers Will Come – Revisited

April 10, 2022

, Nonconsumption, Infrastructure,

Jehiel Oliver, Disruption, B2B Commerce, Hello Tractor

X for Africa

April 3, 2022

Why is it so expensive to travel in Africa?

March 27, 2022

Dare Okoudjou, Air Travel, AfCFTA, Yamoussoukro Decision, Single African Air Transport Market, Infrastructure, Migration, Economic Integration, Regional Integration, Trade,

Jacques Marco, Egypt, Fintech, Regulation, Market Size, Ecosystem Building,

Egyptian Tailwinds

March 20, 2022

Wasoko: Powering Last-Mile Retail

March 15, 2022

Daniel Yu, B2B Commerce, Retail, Last-Mile Logistics, Informal Markets, Informal Merchants, BNPL, Credit, Fundraising, Verticalization, Wasoko

Business Models for Collaboration

March 6, 2022

, Scenius, Ecosystem Building, DAOs,

Fintech Founders & Funders Having Fun on a Flight with The Flip

February 27, 2022

Wiza Jalakasi, Nubi Kay, Tesh Mbaabu, Alexis Roman, Delila Kidanu, Nik Milanović, Sheel Mohnot, Fintech, Chipper Cash, Paystack, HoaQ, MarketForce 360, Koa, This Week in Fintech, Better Tomorrow Ventures, HoaQ

Stitch: The Anatomy of a $21 Million Series A

February 13, 2022

Kiaan Pillay, Open Banking, API Infrastructure, Instant EFTs, Fintech, Fundraising, Stitch

, Future of Work, Talent, Unbundling, Liquid Employment,

What is a job?

February 7, 2022

Strategy and the Smiling Curve

January 30, 2022

, Strategy, Smiling Curve, Aggregators, Tiger Global

Introducing The Flip Capital

January 23, 2022

, Angel Investing, Future of Work, Flywheels, Media, Venture Capital, The Flip Capital, The Flip

, Future of Work, Population Growth, Web3, DAOs, Jobtech, Play-to-Earn, Unbundling, JobTech Alliance

The Future of Work

January 16, 2022

On Regulation, Disruption & Narrative (TFN #48)

April 11, 2021

, Regulation, Narrative, Mobile Money, Disruption, Market-Creating Innovations,

Containerization (TFN #47)

April 4, 2021

, Containerization, Logistics,

The State of the Mobile Money Industry (TFN #46)

March 28, 2021

, Mobile Money, GSMA

Unbundling Mobile Money (TFN #45)

March 21, 2021

, Unbundling, Mobile Money, USSD, Digital Literacy,

Unicorns & Flywheels (TFN #45)

March 14, 2021

, Flywheels, Ecosystem Building, Flutterwave

Exporting Culture (TFN #44)

March 7, 2021

Guy Kamgaing, Culture, Entertainment, NFTs, StarNews Mobile, OPay

Mental Anticipation vs. Physical Reality (TFN #43)

February 28, 2021

, Cryptocurrency, Cross-Border Payments, Remittances, eCommerce, Analog, Paxful

Products and Storytelling (TFN #42)

February 21, 2021

, Product, Product-Led Organizations, Digital Payments, Nonconsumption,

Fragmentation & Specialization (TFN #41)

February 14, 2021

, Fragmentation, Specialization, NFTs, Peer-to-Peer,

The barriers to mainstream crypto adoption (TFN #40)

February 7, 2021

, Cryptocurrency, Nigeria, Peer-to-Peer, P2P Payments, Narrative,

, Creator Economy, IndiaStack,

Stacks (TFN #39)

January 31, 2021

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