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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is a faith-driven investor and entrepreneur. He is passionate about partnering with mission-driven innovators and investors building an African future where prosperity and purpose are within everyone’s reach. He is currently the CEO and General Partner of Future Africa, an early-stage venture capital firm with a portfolio of 100 companies collectively worth over $6 billion. Before founding the Fund, he was the founding CEO of Flutterwave, a billion-dollar global payments platform connecting African businesses and individuals to the global economy. He was also the co-founder of Andela, a billion-dollar business that matches Africa’s top engineering talent to global technology companies. Andela is also backed by top global investors like Spark Capital, Google Ventures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and SoftBank amongst others.
The premier literature award in the UK is the Booker Prize; in 2020 it was won by Scottish writer Douglas Stuart (now resident in the US) for his first novel, Shuggie Bain. The novel opens in Glasgow 1992 with the 16-year protagonist Shuggie living alone
Well, apart from medicine, irrigation, health, roads, cheese and education, baths and the Circus Maximus, what have the Romans ever done for us? (Monty Python and the Life of Brian, 1979) What does a 5,000-year-old road in England tell us about the governance of England
In December 2023, Malawi’s Parliament passed transformative legislation allowing secondary cities and urban centers to be designated as Special Economic Zones (SEZs). This new law marks a significant shift towards integrating SEZs with urban development, moving beyond traditional industrial parks to create comprehensive economic hubs.
This policy brief delves into the organizational frameworks that have made Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) in Singapore, Ireland, Mauritius, Rwanda, and Costa Rica successful in driving economic growth. By examining the mandate, autonomy, and structural dynamics of these IPAs, the brief highlights how their powerful
This policy brief critically examines the Export Processing Zones Act of 1995 in Malawi, which aimed to promote export-oriented manufacturing through Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The brief argues that the Act was fundamentally flawed, leading to the collapse of Malawi’s SEZ experiment by the mid-2000s.
This policy brief explores the successful strategies of Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) in five small countries: Singapore, Ireland, Mauritius, Rwanda, and Costa Rica. These agencies have played a crucial role in their countries’ economic growth by implementing a combination of general investment promotion, targeted incentives,
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