The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped
In our first episode of this series on jobtech platforms and the future of work, we argued that the future of work is a tech-enabled portfolio of work. But what does a portfolio of work really look li...
18 Apr 20248min
Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos
In January 2024, we hosted a live show in Lagos with The Subtext's Osarumen Osamuyi on the relationship between the tech ecosystem and the media. It was a follow-up to a 2020 episode we published enti...
4 Apr 20241h 3min
Afrobeats, Basketball & Commerce
Live from the BIG Summit, a platform hosted by investor and 2x NBA All-Star Baron Davis, at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game, a conversation with three operators connecting Africa to the world through cultu...
28 Mar 202427min
What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa
The African continent has the highest levels of poverty, the lowest levels of formal employment, and its population is going to double in the next 30 years. African countries need to create more jobs....
14 Mar 202411min
Unlocking Gender-Smart Capital At Scale (2X Global's Jessica Espinoza)
Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. T...
7 Mar 202437min
The Mastercard Foundation is Investing $150 Million into 20 Gender Lens Funds
Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. T...
29 Feb 202446min
Investing in Women is an Economic Imperative (Tokunboh Ishmael, Andreata Muforo)
Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. T...
22 Feb 202458min
This Angel Investor is Closing the Gender Funding Gap (Rising Tide Africa's Yemi Keri)
Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. T...
15 Feb 202434min
