Untapped Opportunities

More and more African companies are speeding to global markets as services turn digital and migrate to the cloud. What does this mean for Africa’s tech firms? We explore this topic with key panelists Bob Skinstad, Keet van Zyl, Christophe Viarnaud and Alfa Bumhira. 

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, and in-person in cities around the world. We also host The Nest, a monthly in person and on-line pitch platform highlighting the most promising startups from emerging markets.

A Harvard Business Review study found that in general, women were better rated than men as leaders, not just for the more stereotypical or obvious reasons on their training skills. Women leaders were better rated on all levels of business success, including problem analysis, solving problem solving and Innovation Initiative. 

In this episode Hope Ditlhakanyane, founder of We Fund Women,  Sarah Dusek founder of Enygma Ventures and Louise Mitchell from Take My Word discuss investing and entrepreneurship for female founders and investors. 

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, and in-person in cities around the world. We also host The Nest, a monthly in person and on-line pitch platform highlighting the most promising startups from emerging markets.

Cryptocurrencies in Africa have attracted strong interest. But with the introduction of new government restrictions, what does the future hold for crypto in Africa? 

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, and in-person in cities around the world. We also host The Nest, a monthly in person and on-line pitch platform highlighting the most promising startups from emerging markets.

In this episode, Geetha Tharmaratnam, Raj Kulasingam, Vivian Nwakah Christophe Viarnaud, Luni Libes discuss alternatve investment models in Africa 

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, and in-person in cities around the world. We also host The Nest, a monthly in person and on-line pitch platform highlighting the most promising startups from emerging markets.

Meet the Entrepreneur, a podcast series by Invest Africa, spoke to Jim Chu, our Founder of Untapped Global, about Untapped Global's new collaboration with Invest Africa and his plan to use Smart Asset Financing™ to tap into the $4T opportunity in the fastest-growing economies.

This year, Untapped Global will be partnering with Invest Africa to boost investment in African startups through The Nest, a hybrid online and in-person monthly pitch series. Join us every month online and across the globe as we hear from Africa's high-impact and high-growth startups.

Register for the next pitch event on 18th March: bit.ly/untappedthenest

Get in touch at [email protected] for more information about how you can get involved in pitching or investing through The Nest.

Digitization has transformed the world in almost every aspect in the last few decades. Internet access, mobile phones, social media, and other services have changed how people communicate and work. In Africa and other emerging markets, the vast majority of economic transactions are happening informally, that is, not through formal companies or services, but between one person to another.

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, on zoom, and in-person in cities around the world.

In this episode, Geetha Tharmaratnam, Derrick Ashong, Kiendel Burritt, Ope Adeoye, and Raj Kulasingam discuss their experiences on The Nest and if alternative channels of funding such as crowdfunding and help drive growth in Africa.  

Hosted by Jim Chu, CEO of Untapped Global and Producer of The Nest.  

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, on zoom, and in-person in cities around the world.

Stephen Gugu  (Managing Principal at InVhestia Africa Limited), Ahmed El Alfi (Founder and Chairman at The GrEEK Campus), Brenda Wangari (Program Manager, Africa at Village Capital),  Sam Ajadi  (Senior Insights Manager - Ecosystem Accelerator at GSMA) and Roble Musse (CEO of Transalytics and Author of Un-Silicon Valley)  discuss venture capital in Africa with host Jim Chu.

The success of technology startups, especially. those from the US, has become legendary. It’s not a surprise that, whether through muscle memory or through deliberate choice, we’ve copy and pasted that model for investing in other areas: impact investing, investing Africa, etc.

So, is Venture Capital model the right model for Africa?"

Does it work?

Is it the kind of investment that Africa needs for economic development?

Listen to learn more! 

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, on zoom, and in-person in cities around the world.

This episode features AI to make trust easier, tech that allows low-income Bangladeshi households sell their excess solar power, and rapid response for motorcycle accidents throughout Africa. Two ventures receive investments in this episode!

Untapped Global's goal is to connect international investors with high growth frontier markets. We host The Nest investment network and have weekly discussions each Thursday on investing and entrepreneurship in frontier markets on Clubhouse, on zoom, and in-person in cities around the world.

This episode of The Nest features insect protein for animal feed for the growing millions of people in Africa, medical asset leasing to make life-saving procedures available to the poorest, and modern sales tools for the retail sales in the developing world.