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Beyond Investment Access: The Deeper Struggles of African Women in Business

Published March 27, 2025March 10, 2025 by cumeadi

This essay could not have been written without honoring the countless women who’ve shared their stories with me. I appreciate and thank you for sharing these stories in the hopes we can all learn from their experiences. Every International Women’s Day, we see the same headlines: “Invest in women,” “Support women-led businesses,” “Close the gender […]

The Real Opportunity to Re-Invent Healthcare

Published January 5, 2019July 20, 2018 by cumeadi

It’s been a while…. I’ve been quite busy over the last couple of months trying to build stuff….. I’ll explain in another post. In the mean time, I thought I’d share some content I had the chance to write for another reason on to my blog. I’ve realized I do a lot of writing but […]

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 […]

My Thoughts On A Potential CVS+ Aetna Deal

Published November 1, 2017 by cumeadi

Some context….We’ve seen high levels of consolidation in the healthcare industry over the last 4- 5 years….a lot having to do with ACA and inter-industry competition. Yesterday, Amazon won regulatory approval to wholesale pharmaceuticals in 12 states. While it does seem Amazon will enter the pharma sales business, the larger elephant in the room, which […]

Looking For America On The Fourth Of July

Published July 5, 2017 by cumeadi

This is was supposed to post on the 4th but I scheduled for the wrong time. One of my favorite songs ever. It encapsulates the journey of an individual and their loved one (Paul and Kathy) as they journey across the United States and also serves as an analogy for the search of the American […]