Obuntu Foundation

Look at that! We’re coming to Cape Town ???? Come meet our team and Fund Managers through Investor Week at the Obuntu Foundation Summit on Wednesday the 4th of November. Join the waitlist here: https://lu.ma/m6o917pa Look out for our team at SuperReturn Africa as well ?? #ObuntuFoundation #Investments #Africa

Obuntu Launchpad Fellowship Alumni Madica is growing their team and looking for a Head of Portfolio Success! This is a great opportunity to work with an experienced an diverse team on the continent. About Madica: Madica is a structured investment program for pre-seed stage companies in Africa. Madica aims to empower mission-driven founders by democratizing access to world-class company building support, which is available today only to a few well-networked entrepreneurs. ???Location:?Africa (Remote, with some travel required) – candidates in major tech hubs preferred. Apply now or share with someone who’d be a great fit! ??

Our lovely Obuntu community came together once again in Cape Town ????. It’s always great to meet in person and see present fellows, alumni and great friends of Obuntu! A very special thanks to Obuntu Launchpad Fellow Abby Stern and the wonderful team at Holocene for hosting! We’re coming to other cities soon ?? #obuntufoundation #venturecapital #africa

We love to have our community come together in person! We spent this past week/weekend with some of our Fellows, Alumni and Session Leads in Nairobi ???? Had a great time co-hosting our IRL Meetup with Obuntu Alumni HoaQ in Nairobi on a warm Saturday morning. A very special thank you to Nubi Kay' and many friends of Obuntu that joined us this weekend ?? On to the next! Maybe we’ll be in your city soon ??

Meet Surayyah Ahmad Sani? ???????? She's a Class 3 Fellow from ???? and we'd love for you to get to know her more personally with our 14 Days of Fellows Spotlight Surayyah is General Partner at Aduna Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, underserved founders in Africa. She is also a Founding Partner at TTLabs, an accelerator focusing on supporting founders from diverse backgrounds, particularly in Northern Nigeria and among female entrepreneurs, helping them validate their ideas and prepare for funding. Previously, Surayyah successfully exited an e-commerce and fulfilment service company in Nigeria and founded an AI company in the UK. Her professional experience includes a role as a Senior Product Manager in the UK. Beyond her professional pursuits, Surayyah is a passionate advocate for encouraging women to join the tech industry and develop their skills for the global market. She collaborates with numerous local and international agencies in this advocacy work. Read more about our Class 3 Fellows, link in comments ????????

Meet Vuyani Tati? ???????? He's a Class 3 Fellow from ???? and we'd love for you to get to know him more personally with our 14 Days of Fellows Spotlight Vuyani is managing director of AfriTech Catalytic Growth Fund and an advisor to Startupbootcamp AfriTech (SBC). He has always been interested in being a venture capitalist and has found opportunities to engage with founders and investors to learn as much as possible about the space. He began his career at a high-growth Fintech company, Yoco Technologies and has been the Group Finance manager and Portfolio Manager at SBC. He managed a portfolio of 60 companies over two funds with SBC and has assessed over 500 startups as part of their accelerator programs. He is currently the Managing Director of an investment holding company in Mauritius with 5 investments. The fund has performed well, with me of the companies on target to become a fund returner and 5.8x DPI. This experience has given him first-hand insight into what it takes to build a successful tech business on the continent and has helped develop investment criteria to better identify and support founders. Read more about our Class 3 Fellows, link in comments ????????

Meet Barbara Ghansah ???????? She's a Class 3 Fellow from ???? and we'd love for you to get to know her more personally with our 14 Days of Fellows Spotlight. Barbara is CEO at Zinari Capital Ltd, an impact investment firm that seeks to promote the economic empowerment of African women and reduce gender inequalities. She is an Agricultural Finance, SME & Impact Investment Expert with extensive experience of over 25 years in West Africa. She has worked extensively with agribusinesses and women-led SMEs in Ghana and other West African countries, notably Sierra Leone and Liberia, and across various value chains and industries. Barbara has successfully facilitated access to finance and provided business development services for several agribusinesses and SMEs including early-stage businesses. Over the years she has also developed and maintained extensive networks both formally and informally with several partners and stakeholders, among government, private sector and international development organisations. Read more about our Class 3 Fellows, link in comments ????????

Meet Rowena Luk? ???????? She's a Class 3 Fellow from ???? and we'd love for you to get to know her more personally with our 14 Days of Fellows Spotlight Rowena is the Managing Director of Africa Health Ventures, investing in early-stage healthcare ventures in Africa. She is a healthtech founder, entrepreneur, and software engineer. Rowena has deep experience scaling healthtech in 40 countries across Africa, including four products adopted at national and multinational scale. She is host of the leading healthtech podcast in Africa — The Africa Health Ventures Podcast — where she speaks with entrepreneurs, industry leaders and innovators every quarter to strategise on what the future of healthcare in Africa will be. Previously, Rowena was a Director at Madiro.org, an impact fund investing in healthcare in Africa, and the Chief Services Officer at Dimagi, a social enterprise deploying digital health to 130 countries. Read more about our Class 3 Fellows, link in comments ????????

Meet Nadia Seemuth? ???????? She's a Class 3 Fellow from ???? and we'd love for you to get to know her more personally with our 14 Days of Fellows Spotlight. Nadia is Managing Partner at Jambaar Capital — a seed stage VC fund supporting impact tech startups in Africa. Nadia is a third-generation Senegalese and grew up in Dakar, before moving to Paris then London to study Finance and Law. Nadia became a corporate and PE lawyer at Clifford Chance then Ropes & Gray LLP then in-house. Nadia has always wanted to apply her skills and network to a career with a link to Africa. She became part of the Deals Team of Dakar Network Angels (DNA) and also an angel investor in African tech. While Angel Investing, Nadia was excited to see how many brilliant African founders were changing Africa from the inside by addressing its most pressing issues. This led her to co-found Jambaar Capital with her business partner, July ANDRAOUS. Nadia recognises the need and importance to work with partners from anywhere in the world. However, She is most excited to play a part in the Africa-based wave of change induced by technology and changing the continent for the better. Read more about our Class 3 Fellows, link in comments ????????

Meet Mathew Marsden? ???????? He's a Class 3 Fellow from ???? and we'd love for you to get to know him more personally with our 14 Days of Fellows Spotlight Mathew is the founder of Startup Club ZA- South Africa’s largest tech startup and investor network. He is a purpose-driven entrepreneur, on a mission to equip Africa’s founders to solve the continent’s hardest problems. After graduating summa cum laude at University of the Witwatersrand, Mathew spent 7 years building a private wealth business, before exiting to focus on the startup space as an angel investor and founder. After two-and-a-half years as CEO of his first SaaS venture, backed by one of South Africa’s leading fintechs, Mathew stepped away to play a more active role in supporting the continent’s tech founders and investors.In 2022, Mathew went on to launch dealbase.africa — an African fundraising insights platform — and in 2023 founded Startup Club, anchored on nationwide events, a soon-to-be-launched ecosystem platform and maiden first-cheque venture capital fund targeted for 2025. Mathew is an avid learner, passionate about catalysing people’s potential and fostering collaboration. Read more about our Class 3 Fellows, link in comments ????????