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Investing in Southeast Asia in times of Coronavirus with KK Fund’s Koichi Saito

April 21, 2020

Koichi Saito is the Founder and General Partner of KK Fund, leveraging his experience in the internet sector, finance expertise and investment experience at PE and VC fund. He previously…

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How building a Nigerian startup got Marek Zmyslowski on Interpol’s Most Wanted List

April 14, 2020

Marek Zmysłowski is a Polish-born entrepreneur and executive, focused on online businesses in Frontier and Emerging Markets. He co-founded Jumia Travel – Africa’s Biggest Hotel Booking Portal listed on NYSE…

COVID-19 Innovation Diaries: How Startup Ecosystems are mobilizing against the coronavirus

April 7, 2020

CK Japheth is building The Innovation Village; Uganda’s launchpad for leading Innovators and entrepreneurs co-creating the future through the smart application of technology to unravel challenges and create unique solutions.…

The state of emerging market VC ecosystems with Alex Lazarow

March 31, 2020

Alexandre (Alex) Lazarow has spent his career working at the intersection of investing, innovation, and economic development in the private, public, and social sectors. He is a venture capitalist with…

How we can increase cryptocurrency adoption in emerging markets with Yellowcard’s Chris Maurice

March 24, 2020

Chris Maurice is the CEO and co-founder of Yellow Card Financial. Chris started his freelance writing and SEO consulting career in high school, writing for more than 200 publications (including…

Africa

Part 2 – State of the Ecosystem – North Africa, Middle East, & Sub-Saharan Africa with Andile Masuku

March 17, 2020

Andile Masuku is a Zimbabwean broadcaster and entrepreneur based in Johannesburg, South Africa. As the executive producer of African Tech Roundup, much of his time is spent covering Africa’s emerging…

Africa

Part 1 – State of the Ecosystem – North Africa, Middle East, & Sub-Saharan Africa with Andile Masuku

March 10, 2020

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Creating a digital policy framework to cultivate frontier market startup economies

March 3, 2020

Samia Melhem is a Lead Policy Officer in the World Bank’s Transport and ICT Global Practice. She chairs the Digital Development Community of Practice and leads Global ICT’s Transformation practice,…

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China

China’s growing influence in the global startup ecosystem with Eric Olander

February 25, 2020

Eric Olander is the co-founder of the China Africa Project (CAP), an independent, non-partisan media initiative dedicated to exploring every facet of China’s engagement in Africa. Eric is also the…

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China

“Is 2020 the year of M&A for Nigerian Fintech?” with Odun Eweniyi

February 18, 2020

Odunayo Eweniyi is Cofounder and COO of PiggyVest. She previously cofounded pushcv.com, one of the largest job sites in Africa with the largest database of prescreened candidates. In 2019 she…