Hey there! 👋🏽 As I’m embarking on a new professional challenge (jump to the bottom for announcement), I wanted a quickly share about what kept me busy over the past year. In October 2020, Suya Ventures materialized with the objective of writing quick checks to fast-moving entrepreneurs. This latter micro-fund…

From our December 2020 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. As we approach the end of 2020, an increasingly diverse group of global tech investors and companies are continuing to demonstrate an interest in Africa’s burgeoning tech scene particularly from Silicon Valley and China. This month Jeff Bezos, joined Silicon…

From our February 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Building the Future Podcast: in this discussion, Steven shares his thoughts on market gaps and opportunities in Africa in 2019 Digital Market places: what are key success factors in deploying technology to aggregate products and services for…

From our March 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes An African unicorn is born? Despite challenges in the e-commerce space, Jumia, the pan-African ecommerce business, filed its initial IPO on the NYSE this month and announced a pricing range. Jumia appointed, Andre Iguodala a seasoned venture…

From our April 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Africa read through of Facebook double down on e-commerce and payments. All eyes were on San Jose as Facebook kicked off its annual F8 conference. We were intrigued with the companies renewed interest in e-commerce and payments…

From our May 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Recipe to Build a Technology Ecosystem: Last week the Global Startup Ecosystem Report ranked Lagos as one of the top 30 challenger communities in the world. Former venture capitalist Eytan Messika put together a brilliant slide on…

From our July 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Before diving into developments in African technology it is appropriate to start by saying farewell to one of the great pioneers of the African digital technology revolution. Bob Collymore was the driving force behind M-Pesa and mobile…

From our August 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Africa open for business In a month where we have seen the UK government select a pro Brexit prime minister and the trade war between China and the United States continues to escalate, we take a closer look at Africa’s own…

From our September 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes ChinAfrica: In September, Quartz Africa provided a comprehensive update on China’s increasing influence in Africa in furtherance of its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. “The story of China’s engagement in Africa in the 21st century lies at the…