Nigerian founders-turned-investors are now running syndicate funds
The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi, co-founders of U.S.-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. This continued even as Aboyeji joined and left Flutterwave, the fintech company he co-founded.
In January 2020, the pair made the fund official, with Aboyeji as general partner and Enegesi as limited partner. Simultaneously, they announced that the fund had invested $1.5 million across 19 African companies.
The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide.
Edwin Madu
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On the 19th of January, Future Africa, together with LocalGlobe, set out to answer this question with an event titled “A 10-year view of Entrepreneurship in Africa”.
To take a detailed look at the future, the event had panels with founders and investors from all parts of the ecosystem.
After a welcome address by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Future Africa Co-founder, Remus Brett of LocalGlobe took the virtual stage to moderate the founders’ panel.
This panel included: Eden Co-Founder/CEO Nadayar Enegesi, Piggyvest Co-Founder/COO Odunayo Eweniyi, Indicina Co-Founder/MD Yvonne Johnson, and Co-Founder & Chair, Andela Advisory Board, Christina Sass.
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