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Strengths and Weaknesses of Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem with Chika Umeadi from Tiphub

Published March 4, 2018 by cumeadi

I got a chance to talk about the Nigerian Tech Ecosystem with Andrew from Global Startup Movement Podcast. We discussed the following: Outside of access to capital, what are the common challenges for Nigerian entrepreneurs I works with? How has deal flow coming out of Nigeria evolved since I started Tiphub? Have I seen an […]

Foresight Africa viewpoint – African entrepreneurship in technology: Challenges and opportunities in 2018

Published March 4, 2018 by cumeadi

I wrote a viewpoint on African entrepreneurship in Technology for Brookings Institute’s Foresight Africa 2018 Report. Here’s a link to the blog post here. My Notes: My 1st published article in a major publication… ***touchdown dance*** Updates on Fundraising in Africa from 2017: Read this CNN article here. After all the Black Panther fanfare, I […]

Africa Startup Ecosystems Ranks: Where does Nigeria Fall on the list?

Published September 13, 2017 by cumeadi

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Re-thinking Venture Capital in Emerging Markets

Published July 5, 2017 by cumeadi

For the last year or so, the team at tiphub has done a lot of interesting research and testing to identify key needs to accelerate entrepreneurship in emerging markets like Nigeria. One of the most common challenges, as most would assume, is access to capital. However, speak to VCs and they say they don’t see […]