May Magazine Audio Summary

This months issue of the May Magazine, we have a few ideas in mind. First is an event I stumbled across on my LinkedIn. Africa Reimagined. Two days of intense and productive conversations between some of the leading funds sharing perspectives about Africa’s Investment landscape. In this issue we cover the first of a key conversation about the myths of VC in Africa with @Nonnie Burbidge. She tackled some major ideas such as the questions of population and market, VC presence in Africa, profit versus impact, the role of Fintech in Africa and much more. In another of our favorite conversations we share some insights from Founders Freedom. This is a group with which we are currently pursuing a partnership for useful financial content as well as leadership and governance direction. We are keen to share their ideas about how organizations and companies can make the most of governance and board structure for the success and future of businesses and to guarantee succession. James Currier makes a comeback with his piece about what makes successful startups. NFX is determined to support the most promising startups and shares ideas about this can be done in James’ article. After loosing my Father in 2019 I was keen to see if I can reproduce some of his ideas an$ thoughts. This is therefore a posthumous interview capturing key ideas that in my view shaped what made him special. From leadership, to faith, to challenges, to upbringing to family and friendship. Finally in a section that we have created to see if we can more effectively cover the most important events in the country here is a summary of three of the top April events. @Sling launch (a Fintech), @Caleb Maru and his Tech Safari as well as @Africa’s Business Heroes. Read this for strategies about launching and making inroads in new markets as well as possibilities of new funding opportunities.