Swedfund backs TLG fund with $15 million to strengthen SMEs

Swedfund has invested $15 million in the TLG Africa Growth Impact Fund II to help bridge Africa’s SME financing gap. The fund targets job creation and economic recovery for small and medium-sized businesses, working alongside global partners.

What Do Investors Want? Navigating Investor-Startup Relations in Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem

We spoke with seasoned investors and venture capitalists, to find out their perspectives on investment criteria, expectations and more

Global interest, local impact: Seedstar’s Cyrine Ben Fadhel’s outlook for African VC

Cyrine Ben Fadhel shares her outlook for African VC, including how foreign investors will reemerge in the African startup ecosystem.

Exploring deeptech, pitching to VCs & retaining talent in Africa with Thaheer Mullins

Thaheer Mullins serves as a partner at Savant Venture Fund 1, South Africa’s primary deep-tech, science & engineering venture fund. Intrigued by the distinctive approach of Savant’s investment strategy, I contacted Thaheer to learn more about it. Our conversation delved into the pros and cons of specialising in hardware tech venture capital, explored common pitching […]

Kola Aina urges founders to assess venture scale viability before seeking VC funding

Kola Aina, founding partner at Ventures Platform shares the behind-the-scenes at Ventures Platform and insights on venture scale viability for startups.

Why founders should ignore the noise and focus on the fundamentals

Efayomi Carr has had the most multifaceted career one could ever ask for, transitioning from his role as an associate at Boston Consulting Group to becoming the chief financial officer at Lori, and now serving as a Principal at Flourish. 

How to attract VC funding in today’s market, according to Basil Moftah

The Investor's Corner is back! In the first episode, Basil Moftah, General Partner at Nclude talks about VC funding in the economic downturn

TIC: How African startups can navigate the funding winter

Funding to the continent dwindled in Q3 2022, creating a 'funding winter.' Three seasoned investors joined us at The Investor Clinic to share insights on how to navigate the season.

Top five reader’s favourites of The Investors Corner

We curated the most read editions from The Investors Corner. How Maya Horgan Famodu built Ingressive Capital into a pan-African VC powerhouse is the top edition.

Founders should focus more on their customers and less on fundraising — Emmanuel Adegboye

Emmanuel Adegboye, the Head of Madica talks about the challenges facing underrepresented founders in Africa and how to build a stronger tech ecosystem.

“Why social entrepreneurs need to stop relying on grants” — Karl Nchite, Impact Lead at Goodwell Investment

Karl Nchite, Impact Lead & Investment Associate at Goodwell Investment talks about impact investing in Africa and why social entrepreneurs should not rely on grants.

How to de-risk your investments as an angel investor

When Paystack exited to Stripe, some Angel investors confessed to making nearly 20x on their investment. Yet, a single mistake in their investment process could have wiped out any potential gain.