The Pitch Room Africa

WE INVITED IAN LORENZEN EXECUTIVE PARTNER AT GROWTHAFRICA AND ESTHER NDETI INVESTMENT PRINCIPAL AT UNCAP FOR A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AFRICAN ECOSYSTEM. IN THIS CONVERSATION, WE SPOKE ON THE CONTROVERSIAL SIDE OF THE AFRICAN ECOSYSTEM AND ITS GROWTH.

WE INVITED IDOWU AKINDE STARTUP MENTOR, COACH, INVESTOR AND FOUNDER OF BOOLEAN. WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF MENTORSHIP IN AFRICA AND PROVIDE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BEING FACED BY STARTUPS. Idowu: Idowu Akinde is a startup coach and investor who loves building and supporting startups (i.e. helping to birth disruptive/transformative ideas) by connecting people with (intellectual, social and financi...

WE INVITED EYITAYO OGUNMOLA FOUNDER AND CEO OF UTIVA- ONE OF AFRICA'S LEADING TECH EDUCATION PROVIDERS. WITH MORE THAN 90,000 MEMBERS, WE SPOKE ABOUT HIS JOURNEY AND THE FUTURE OF TECH PROFESSIONALS ON THE CONTINENT. Brief Eyitayo Eyitayo Ogunmola is a technology and impact entrepreneur, the founder of Utiva, who built the largest tech learning company on the continent with over 90,000 people...

WE INVITED IBRAHIM ADEPOJU CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF TYMS AFRICA TO DISCUSS THE WORK THEY ARE DOING TO EASE ACCESS TO COMMUNITY LENDING IN NIGERIA AND THEIR RECENT EXPANSION TO UGANDA. Ibrahim Ibrahim Adepoju is a technology entrepreneur and the Co-founder and CEO of Tyms Africa, a product of AjoPay Inc. AjoPay Inc is a financial technology company incorporated in Deleware, USA with the aim of providi...

WE INVITED TOM-CHRIS EMEWULU FOUNDER OF SFAN. WE EXPLORED HIS HARD JOURNEY TO SUCCESS AND WAS FACED WITH THE QUESTION ON WHETHER INCUBATION AND ACCELERATION PROGRAMS IN THE CONTINENT HAVE WORKED OR NOT. TOM IS FORBES FEATURED AND ALSO NASDAQ CELEBRATED ENTREPRENEUR. Tom-Chris Emewulu is an exceptional leader whose work has created innovative change across organizations and communities and impacted...

WE INVITED CHIDI NWAOGU CO-FOUNDER OF PUBLISEER AND THE SAVVY GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR ENTREPRENEURS. CHIDI SHARED WITH US HIS JOURNEY AND HIS BRUTAL HONESTY ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA. Chidi Chidi Nwaogu is a serial tech entrepreneur and software developer. He founded, grew, and sold two successful tech startup companies before he turned 24. Today, Nwaogu is a co-founder at Publiseer, one...

WE INVITED ZACH GEORGE CO-FOUNDER OF LAUNCH AFRICA AND AFRICA'S LEADING ANGEL INVESTOR TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT IN AFRICA, HIS JOURNEY, THE INVESTMENT BIAS AND LAUNCH AFRICA INVESTMENT THESIS. Zach Zachariah (Zach) George is a Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures – the most prominent and active early-stage Venture Capital Fund across Africa, solving the significant gap in the pre-Series A inves...

WE INVITED JUMOKE DADA THE INSPIRING NIGERIAN ENTREPRENEUR AND FOUNDER OF TAEILLO. JUMOKE SHARED WITH US HER JOURNEY AND HOW BY 26 YEARS SHE WAS ABLE TO BUILD TAEILLO INTO A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR REVENUE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA. Jumoke Jumoke is an award-winning Entrepreneur, International Keynote Speaker, and the founder of Taeillo an E-commerce furniture and Lifestyle brand based in Lagos Nigeria and...

WE INVITED BLESSING ABENG CO-FOUNDER OF INGRESSIVE 4 GOOD AND IT COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TO TALK ABOUT BRANDING, MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW SHE HAS LEVERAGED THAT TO SAVE LIVES. Blessing Abeng Blessing Abeng is the Co-founder and Director of Communications at Ingressive for Good where she drives the mission of the edtech nonprofit to create and increase the earning power of African youth...

WE INVITED DAVIDSON OTURU PARTNER AT AELEX AND MEMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL THAT DRAFTED THE NIGERIAN STARTUP ACT RECENTLY PASSED INTO LAW. WE SPOKE ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THE ACT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND THE BROADER AFRICAN ECOSYSTEM. David Davidson is an experienced corporate lawyer, financier and investor. He was a partner at AELEX, a leading law firm in Nigeria an...

WE INVITED MARK KLEYNER CO-FOUNDER OF DREAM VC AS WE EXPLORE VC, THE STRUCTURAL BIAS, THE EXITS AND HIS WORK ACROSS THE AFRICAN ECOSYSTEM. Mark Mark is the co-founder of Dream VC, an entrepreneur, ecosystem builder and early-stage investor in Emerging Markets. Mark has worked within VCs in the UK, US, Europe and Africa and actively advises, coaches and mentors several very early-stage West & E...

WE INVITED DAVID GONOHASA CO-FOUNDER of TRIPESA TO DISCUSS THE WORK THEY ARE DOING TO EMPOWER BUSINESSES IN THE TOURISM SECTOR IN AFRICA STARTING FROM UGANDA. WITH DAVID WE ALSO EXPLORE THE HUGE POTENTIAL OF TOURISM AND THE FUTURE OF TECH IN THE SECTOR. David David is the co-founder of Tripesa a SaaS platform helping tourism, hospitality and experiences businesses access technology, payments and l...

WE INVITED OLUSOLA AMUSAN FOUNDER AND CEO OF VESTI TO TALK ABOUT MIGRATION FROM AFRICA AND HOW HE IS USING VESTI TO SUPPORT THE DREAM OF MILLIONS MIGRATING TO US WHILE SUPPORTING THEM WITH SOFTLANDING. Olusola Olusola (Olu) Amusan, is an Artificial Intelligence Evangelist, Disruptor and serial Technology entrepreneur, an UNLEASH Alumnus, HIVE Global Leader, the Author of Are You Branded or Strande...

WE INVITED JONATHAN ELCOCK FOUNDER AND CEO OF COMPARISURE- THE COMPANY THAT IS DISRUPTING THE INSURANCE SPACE WITH A CHATBOT IN SOUTH AFRICA. WE SPOKE ON ISSUES AROUND INSURANCE, THE OPPORTUNITY, HIS JOURNEY AND RECENT ACCIDENT AND LEADERSHIP. Jonathan Jonathan Elcock is an entrepreneur, passionate about using tech to improve access to quality financial products. After studying actuarial science a...

WE INVITED IFEOMA UDDOH FOUNDER AND CEO OF SHECLUDED TO TALK ABOUT FEMALE ACCESS TO FINANCE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ENTIRE CONTINENT AND ITS FUTURE AND HOW SHE HAS LEVERAGED HER COMPANY SHECLUDED IN A QUEST TO SOLVE THIS. Ifeoma Ifeoma Uddoh is a social entrepreneur and the founder of Shecluded, the first FINTECH for financial growth, wellness, and inclusion for women in Nigeria. Growing up in a...

WE INVITED NICOLAS GOLDSTEIN CO-FOUNDER OF TALENTEUM TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF WORK IN AFRICA AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THE CONTINENT TO CONNECT THOUSANDS OF TALENTS WITH REMOTE WORK OPPORTUNITIES AT GLOBAL COMPANIES Nicolas Nicolas Goldstein, is co-founder of Talenteum Africa, the 1st  Social Bridging web platform in Africa. This platform helps you find, recruit and pay your employees ready...