Part 4: The Power of the Scan — From Soccer Fields to Mining FieldsEssential Scanning Tools for Mining Arbitrage in AfricaSep 10Sep 10
Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth: The Power of Arbitrage, Part 3 of 4In the early 2000s, Africa’s IT landscape was largely uncharted territory, presenting daunting challenges for many. Enter Ashish J…Aug 13Aug 13
Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth: The Power of Arbitrage, Part 2 of 4In Part 1 we introduced arbitrage as a fundamental business model that drives innovation and value creation across industries. We…Aug 3Aug 3
Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth: The Power of Arbitrage, Part 1 of 4I grew up in a small mining town in the north of Zambia. Every day, without fail, the mine siren would sound whenever there was a shift…Jul 25Jul 25
Sid Mofya on Building and Scaling the Draper Venture Network: an International Network of Fundsas originally published in The Kauffman Fellows JournalJun 6, 2021Jun 6, 2021
Lessons I Learnt Climbing Africa’s Highest MountainI couldn’t bear to look where we were going. It all looked the same: greyish-brown sand and rock, just like I had seen for the last four…Jun 6, 2021Jun 6, 2021
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