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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji’s Future Africa Set to Invest Up to $50k in Innovative African Startups

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, the co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, has established the Future Africa Fund with the aim of investing up to $50,000 to support up to 20 founders annually.

Aboyeji alongside Olabinjo Adeniran and Adenike Sheriff, launched Future Africa last year to provide capital, coaching and community for mission driven innovators building an African Future where purpose and prosperity is within everyone’s reach.

However, with African startups in dire need of seed capital, the Future Africa Fund was set up to cater for this lacuna and to help lead the team in a new direction an additional co-founder, Chuba Ezekwesili, has been added to the team.

The fund it might interest you to know already has about 15 startups in its portfolio including 54gene, Max.ng, Big Cabal Media, Chaka and Lori System among others.

In addition to the funding, Future Africa would provide startups with access to a network of talent and early customers, which he said could make the difference between success and failure for many startups.

Beyond funding, Aboyeji said that Future Africa will expand its coaching and community plans for African startups.

On the coaching side, Aboyeji said there are many questions that the average entrepreneurship course or article skips in the African context.

With that in mind, the Future Africa Venture  School (FAVS) will work with an experienced faculty of founders, investors and operators from across Africa and around the world to impart practical wisdom on various issues through articles, webinars, videos and podcasts.

“We will also host public and private virtual office hours where we will help founders navigate the many complex scenarios that arise while building a high growth startup in Africa in real-time,” Aboyeji said.

Read more from source article: https://www.techawkng.com/2020/01/07/iyinoluwa-aboyejis-future-africa-sets-up-fund/

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Nichole Manhire

Is the media and brand manager at GFA News. She works very closely with editors and podcasters that contribute to telling the African business success story. For marketing and advertising send Nichole an email: nichole@getfundedafrica.com

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