Africa Notes: Updates on Africa & EM startups + investments

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Context and Thoughts The standout in this issue of Africa Notes is clearly Kobo360 [NG] with their $20m Series A funding round led by Goldman Sachs …
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context and thoughts while it’s been a quiet 2 weeks on the investment front (African VCs and Angels, please share more of your funding deals…
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Context and Thoughts On the back of the Civic [US] recent (very) successful $33mm well-planned ICO (Initial Coin Offering), i have to wonder: is the ICO…
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context and thoughts Welcome to the first issue of Africa Notes! This is my humble contribution to the growing Sub-Saharan Africa startup ecosystem: an…
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Context and Thoughts African startups continue joining Y Combinator (with Ghana & Nigeria leading the pack) I’ve been tracking the number of African…
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Context and Thoughts Dear readers: I’m trying a newer, lighter, significantly-easier-to-produce version of Africa Notes with this issue (also, Caps…
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Context and Thoughts I believe that that 2017 and 2018 will be when Nigeria becomes the #1 African country for tech startup growth & investment (more on…
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Context and Thoughts A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to talk with the Geeks on a Plane and 500 Startups contingents on the South African leg of…
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Context and Thoughts It’s been a busy few weeks for startup funding and acquisitions in Africa: The breakout acquisition that everyone has been talking…
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Context and Thoughts Welcome back dear readers: It’s been a little while since my last issue of Africa Notes! Since then, Africa has seen new…
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Context and Thoughts Africa Notes just keeps on growing: as I send out issue #12, I wanted to share a few statistics with you on Africa Notes…
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Context and Thoughts In July I had an epic expedition heading out from San Francisco through South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya, meeting with…
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