Problem validation is a crucial step in your startup journey, as it helps you as a founder ensure that your solution is solving a real problem for your target customers. Here are some steps that you can take to do problem validation for your startup’s solution: Define the problem: The…

In angel investing, we learn as much as the entrepreneurs we invest in. When we do it right, we even learn more. This story, is about how the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) invested in Big Cabal Media (BCM) which became an invaluable learning experience for all involved. Author Tomi Davies, Lead…

Businesses across the world have felt Covid-19’s impact, but it is financial technology, popularly called fintech, that has reaped its rewards. …

POEM Framework Economics are the measures of the startups’ use of available capital for funding expenses that generate impact… How does the startup team plan for the future when there is no certainty in what that future will look like? What methods and tools does it use for cash flow…

At the start of each new year, I take a moment to reflect on the past twelve months and share some of my thoughts in writing. 2019 was particularly notable given the dramatic increase in access to early stage funding across the continent. In 2017, I commented on how African…

According to Quartz, African startups raised a record $725.6 million across 458 deals in 2018. While the exact proportion that came from Angel investors is unclear, it’s still particularly impressive considering early stage investment is relatively new on the continent and as our research with the World Bank last year…

As DEMO Africa gears up for the final stage of this year’s competition, Africa will once again come on the radar of many early stage investors’. …