Latest Episodes
How to get into Techstars — Oyin Solebo, Managing Director, ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator
In 2022, Oyin Solebo joined Techstars as the Managing Director of the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator. Early this year, the first cohort of...
Building local startup ecosystems: Insights from Susana Garcia-Robles on stimulating local venture capital investments
Our guest on the podcast today is Susana Garcia-Robles. Before joining Capria Ventures as a senior partner in 2021, Susana spent more than 15...
How startup founders can make venture capital work for them — Ikpeme Neto, Founder and CEO, WellaHealth.
Dr Ikpeme Neto founded WellaHealth in 2014. The startup helps Africans get affordable healthcare coverage for illnesses like malaria. Since its inception, the startup...
How to pick the right investors for your startup — Victor Kareem, Executive Director, Lagos Angel Network
In 2022, Victor Kareem joined Lagos Angel Network as its Executive Director. Before then, he had worked as an investment banker and venture capitalist....
Accion Venture Lab's Amee Parbhoo on how to improve a startup's chances of raising money and how to identify a good investor
In this episode of Equity Merchants, I spoke to Amee Parbhoo, the Managing Partner at Accion Venture Lab to get her story and some...
Expert Dojo's Ajani Windsor-Areago on how investors in Africa think about exits and the importance of storytelling in the fundraising process.
Many startups fail to reach the Series A round and Expert Dojo, a venture capita firm based in helps its founders with growth strategies...