Our thesis
Africa has the world’s youngest and fastest growing workforce but today only contributes to 3% of global GDP.
The world is now more connected and it is possible to access economic opportunities from anywhere in the world thanks to rapidly expanding internet access. This represents a massive opportunity for Africa’s young and growing digital first population to lead the trillion dollar digital economy. We will increase Africa’s contribution to global GDP by investing in global businesses that will lead the digital economy and unlock a future where prosperity is within everyone’s reach.
Our team
We are the best partners for Africa’s bold and visionary entrepreneurial leaders
We are entrepreneurs, investors and operators with a track record of building and scaling Africa’s most impactful digital economy businesses.
Our collective experiences over the last decade uniquely position us to help Africa’s next generation of leaders solve the continent’s biggest challenges.
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Partner
Nigeria
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Partner
Nigeria
Iyinoluwa ‘E’ Aboyeji is passionate about building a future where prosperity and purpose are within reach for all Africans.
Iyin founded and scaled several category-defining technology businesses in Africa, including two of the continent’s first startup Unicorns: Flutterwave and Andela.
While he was CEO at Flutterwave, he led the company to become one of the fastest-growing payments technology businesses of all time, processing over $2 billion across over 50 million transactions with annual revenues of millions of dollars a year. Before that, he co-founded Andela, Africa's largest engineering organization with over 1000 software engineers. For both companies, he raised millions in funding from the world’s top investors.
E was named 30 under 30 in Enterprise Technology by Forbes and 100 Most Influential Africans by New Africa. Although they are a nomad family, he primarily resides in Lagos, Nigeria with his wife and child.
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Mia von Koschitzky-Kimani
Partner
Kenya
Mia von Koschitzky-Kimani
Partner
Kenya
Mia von Koschitzky-Kimani is passionate about helping African startups realize their potential, and leverages precise strategic acumen mixed with a healthy dose of empathy.
She learned that both are essential to a company’s success as an operator, VC, angel investor, and entrepreneur who co-founded and navigated her own startup through an exit.
Born in Germany, Mia attended Harvard Business School before moving to Africa in 2009 and adopting the continent as her own. After helping start the Johannesburg and Nairobi offices at the Boston Consulting Group, she co-founded the startup DukaConnect in the retail and AI space, which was exited to Mastercard.
Prior to joining Future Africa, Mia was a Partner at climate focused early stage VC Persistent Energy Capital and an active angel investor. She lives in Kenya with her husband and four children.
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Meet the Team
Meet the dynamic and talented individuals behind our company. With a diverse range of skills and backgrounds, our team is able to bring a unique perspective to every fund.
Our Values
1
We lead with courage
We believe there is plenty of genius in the world. It is courage that is in short supply. We believe true leadership requires the courage to take bold actions and inspire others to follow in pursuit of a common goal.
2
We do hard things
Africa’s challenges are hard problems to solve. Easy solutions won’t cut it. We believe in taking the harder, more direct and more long term sustainable path to turning Africa’s biggest challenges into global business opportunities.
3
We help each other prosper
Building African prosperity requires a collective effort. At Future Africa our secret weapon is our global network of Future Africa Community members across government, business, venture capital and academia who build with us.
Contact
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