As CEO of EarlyBird Venture Lab, Peter Ngunyi has backed some of Africa’s leading tech startups. We had the opportunity to sit down with him to find out more about his investing strategy and how he’s finding the continent’s next unicorns.
Episode Highlights
From farmers son to entrepreneur to investor
Finding young founder talent in Africa… why cheating helps
Applying learnings from being an operator to investing
Don’t build in isolation, talk to other founders and mentors, and rally a force behind you
Be building, build quality, and have fun
Building brands on the continent for the next decade
Creating a black ops team to support investments in Africa
How to start investing in Africa - finding your tribe
Africa’s not poor, we just haven’t optimized value capturing
*Disclaimer. Although it is stated in the podcast that Peter Ngunyi invested in Flutterwave, this is not the case, Peter has provided support to the Flutterwave team but has not invested in them.
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