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3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2019

Take Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of Zenvus. In Silicon Valley it’s great to fail fast; possibly even necessary to end up with a successful startup. But in countries like South Africa and Ghana entrepreneurial failure is seen by many as shameful. He grew up on his parents’ smallholding farm in rural Nigeria.

South Africa

South Africa Africa Ghana Entrepreneur

Disrupting VC

thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

I talked about creative disruption and how many significant companies would be formed as a result of this (not dissimilar to what I saw in Silicon Valley while investing post 2001 crash). In contrast, many Silicon Valley funds are large with much capital to put to work (which is why we are seeing them lead NYC deals at these stages).

Silicon Valley

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StartUpRoar

3 Big Lessons From African Entrepreneurs

Disrupting VC

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