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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

ecosystems ranked

On Fundraising

Published February 5, 2017 by cumeadi

For those who don’t want to read everything, here are the 4 takeaways on how to fundraise.

The Key to Finding a CoFounder

Published June 9, 2021July 24, 2016 by cumeadi

Apply the same rigor you would to attracting customers and investors to hiring/ building an initial founding team

What Does a Deal Memo Look Like?

Published May 4, 2016 by cumeadi

I originally wrote this as a response to a comment. Long story short, when a vc firm is making a decision on whether to invest or not, and they’ve had meetings with your team. They normally make a deal memo to specify the opportunity and explain the pros and cons of the investment. This document […]