We Can Solve It Ourselves: The Case for African Startup Success
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In this episode, Dr. Dotun and I spoke about his circuitous journey to becoming an Africa-focused investor, what his initial assumptions and mental models were when he started investing, what changed when he gained investing experience, how he uses external trend data to make decisions, the impact of governance on innovation, and why now is an unprecedented time for Africans to solve African problems.
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