AfricArena Podcast with Patrick Craig

#Ep 9 - Investing in the tech sector globally and what needs to change in Africa facilitated by Tanya van Lill (CEO at Southern Africa Venture Capital Firm) featuring Clive Butkow (CEO of Kalon Venture Partners), Sascha Breuss (CEO Zando part of the Jumia Group, Mike Mompi (CEO of Enza Capital, Aaron Fu (Head of Growth at Catalyst Fund), Ben Marrel (Founding partner at Breega).

Episode Notes

Guys welcome back to the show, if you're new, thank you for listening, AfricArena is a pan-African ecosystem accelerator and our mission is to help African startups, connect to the right people, access bigger markets so that they can go on an impact their world

In each episode we chat to all sorts of people who play a key role in building the African tech ecosystem. We unpack their many insights around innovation, growth, challenges, mindset and investment. We hope that by sharing these incredible stories, about failures and success, that we will change the perception and narrative about African ideation and innovation. If there is one place where are people are forced to innovate, its in Africa.

Panelists include:

• Clive Butkow, - CEO the CEO of Kalon Venture Partners, a disruptive digital technology Venture Capital Fund (VCC).
   
• Sascha Breuss, - CEo Zando / Jumia Group (First tech unicorn in Africa)
   
• Mike Mompi - the CEO of Enza Capital, a private fund investing in early-stage African technology companies solving large and meaningful problems.
   
• Aaron Fu - Head of Growth at Catalyst Fund, a fund which accelerates inclusive fintech startups to build more affordable, accessible and appropriate solutions for underserved communities, and develops innovation ecosystems in emerging markets.
   
• Ben Marrel - Founding partner at Breega - a founder-friendly VC, with €250M under management, investing in promising European high tech start-ups at Seed/Series A stage.
   
• Facilitated by Tanya van Lill - CEO at Southern Africa Venture Capital Firm.