by Armele Togue | May 16, 2023 | Uncategorized, Fintech News, Resources, opportunities
In recent years, the Silicon Mountain region in Cameroon has been rapidly growing as a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. The region has seen a surge in startup activity, with many new businesses emerging and existing ones expanding. This growth has been fueled...
by Armele Togue | Jan 10, 2023 | Fintech News, Resources, opportunities
We think “Niche” is the next big thing and here’s why. Don Valentine once said “I like opportunities that are addressing markets so big that even the management team can’t get in its way.” Don founded Sequoia Capital and led investments in companies...
by Armele Togue | Jan 9, 2023 | Fintech News, Resources, opportunities
One of the most interesting things about Africa’s digital economy today is the degree to which it’s driven by the analog — the offline world of atoms and bits. Mobile money, for example, the king of digital financial services on the continent, depends largely on...
by Armele Togue | Jan 5, 2023 | Fintech News, Resources, opportunities
Pitching… that thing we force notoriously introverted entrepreneurs to do for funding. The main idea is that an entrepreneur— unless his name is Bernard Arnault or Elon Musk — has limited resources and needs the financial support of pockets that are...
by Armele Togue | Jan 3, 2023 | Fintech News, Resources, opportunities
“One of the things that I’ve been quite keen on internally and externally is that the valuation of our company has not been a focus for us. It’s not a goal we’re aspiring to achieve.” – Ham Serunjogi, CEO of ChipperCash. We agree with Ham, but we also think that...
by Armele Togue | Jan 3, 2023 | Fintech News, Resources, opportunities
African tech is closing the year respectably with well over USD 4 B raised in venture capital investments for 2022. Sure, it’s nowhere near the USD 7 B declared in projections from industry insiders who thought they had had a good look into the crystal ball (A...
