impinv… Kibus: robot cooking for pets 27 Jul 20226 Aug 2022 Kibus Petcare (*) is an automated pet food feeder that supplies healthy food. An automatic, convenient device that cooks healthy, natural, and minimally processed dog food. What prompted you to…
Socents… T40: disrupting passenger transportation in Africa 7 Jun 202211 Jul 2022 Folarin Olulana is the founder and CEO of T40(*), a company disrupting the intercity transportation and logistics industry across Africa - increasing revenues for transportation and logistics service providers and…
Basics… How to Improve your chances of raising a seed round 24 May 202226 Apr 2022 This is a co-authored post with Jorge Goncalves, who is also a lawyer and the co-founder, and CEO of 4YouSee Arenas. We offer some perspectives and tips on how entrepreneurs…
Climate Change… Freshbox: Avoiding food waste at the farm 10 May 202210 May 2022 John Mbindyo is the CEO and co-founder of Freshbox, a Kenyan startup focusing on avoiding food waste in East Africa by offering affordable cooling solutions (*). What prompted you to…
Basics… Building unicorns 12 Apr 202222 Mar 2022 For early stages investments, this is more art than science, nevertheless, there are some common traits that can be easily identified for founders of startups that can go from Zero…
impinv… Moni: enabling groups and communities to meet their objectives 29 Mar 202226 Mar 2022 How did Moni start? Dapo and Femi reconnected in 2019. They agreed to build something together. Both had experience in consumer finance and financial inclusion, but they did not know…
Management… Real-Life Heroes: Lina and Ted 23 Mar 202222 Mar 2022 Hi, Gaston here. When I chose to invest in Carmachain's pre-seed round almost a year ago, I just envisioned helping the unbanked in emerging markets (starting with Kenya and Nigeria).…
impinv… Omniolytics – automating poultry production best practices 1 Mar 20221 Mar 2022 What prompted you to launch Omniolytics? Omniolytics(*) was launched in 2017, however, the idea was born in 2006 whilst I worked for the leading mobile operator in South Africa, Vodacom.…