#43: Africa Tech - 2022 & Beyond (Creator Roundtable #1)

Afrobility: Africa Tech & Business

Overview: Today, we’re going to have a creator roundtable to discuss the African tech ecosystem. We’ll discuss the biggest 2021 moments in Africa Tech and our hopes for the ecosystem in 2022. This episode was co-hosted with Justin Norman & Samora Kariuki and recorded on Nov 28, 2021.

Companies discussed: Adamantium Fund, The Flip Podcast, Frontier Fintech newsletter, Wave, Andela, Flutterwave, Entrepreneur First, Safeboda, Chipper Cash, FTX, Upstart, Helium Health (Magic Fund), Twiga Foods, Omnibiz, Safaricom, mPharma & Paystack

Business concepts discussed: M&A, regulation, employment enablement, infrastructure moats, Web3 decentralization, fundraising strategy, operator-investors & Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) strategy

Conversation highlights:

• (01:10) - Adamantium Fund (early stage Africa Tech investment fund) announcement
• (07:50) - 2021 moments in Africa Tech: Samora, Justin, Bankole & Olumide
• (1:08:20) - What I would like to see in Africa Tech 2022: Samora, Justin, Bankole & Olumide
• (1:40:08) - Roundtable creator questions
• (2:22:30) - 2022 plans: The Flip Podcast, Frontier FinTech newsletter & Afrobility Podcast
• (2:33:40) - Recommendations & small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

• Recommendation: Workout dance/aerobics classes & Encanto movie
• Small win: Talking to people about the about-to-launch Adamantium Africa Tech fund (memo). Great conversations with potential LPs. Exciting! Email [e-mail] if you're interested in investing

Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

• Recommendation: The Reckoning (Jacob Soll)
• Small win: Great holiday over thanksgiving

Samora’s recommendations & small wins:

• Recommendation: The Box (by Marc Levinson)
• Small win: Moving to Kenya permanently next week (from Burundi) with my German Shepherd

Justin’s recommendations & small wins:

• Recommendation: Micah Johnson’s NFT project Aku
• Small win: My alma mater the University of Michigan beating Ohio State in football.

Interested in investing in Africa Tech. Read about Adamantium fund & contact [e-mail] for more info

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