Ghana’s Cedi is fading, making it harder for any hope of ECOWAS’ planned single currency. As Nigeria’s Naira remains in a miry clay as a currency, and Cedi ceding strength to currency gravity, ECOWAS’ two leading economies are becoming yoyos.…

Innovators: in our amazing Africa, we need to look for other frictions besides fintech. Tekedia Capital sector mapping shows that  in pitch decks /business plans we receive monthly, more than 80% are on fintech and broad finance.  The irony is…

When was the last time you had a liberation through knowledge? In the last year of primary school, we read a small version of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Our teacher, Mr. Chigbu, said if you want to know…

This is an entrepreneurial  cambrian moment and Nigeria is being redesigned by young innovators who are building empires of the future. Their technologies will eat frictions and save markets and sectors. From education to healthcare, from financial services to logistics,…

We sent this email to Tekedia Capital Syndicate members yesterday. Dear Sir/Madam, Today, we sent an email to investors of one of our portfolio startups. The startup which raised its first funds from Tekedia Capital in November 2021 reached an…