Joe Kinvi

Joe Kinvi is a co-founder of HoaQ, the diaspora investment community he helped build from an informal angel collective into one of Africa's most active early-stage syndicates. Based in Ireland, Kinvi has been central to HoaQ's evolution into an organisation with more than 300 investors from 14 countries, backing roughly 30 companies at $25,000–$50,000 per founder across seven countries. His work has helped channel diaspora capital toward African founders at the pre-seed stage — a funding gap historically the most underserved in the ecosystem — with a portfolio that includes Raenest, Chowdeck, LemFi, Norebase, and Bamboo.

Kinvi belongs on the Borderless 100 because diaspora capital and knowledge networks are among the most underrated inputs into African tech, and HoaQ has demonstrated that organising that community produces real investment outcomes. His co-founding of the organisation — and its position as both investment vehicle and peer network for African operators worldwide — makes him one of the architects of a model that others are now trying to replicate.