“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Kalon Venture Partners, Hlayisani Capital, and ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator, each episode wraps up the latest news in African VC, profiles a leading investor, and digs into a key theme or trend in conversation with partner VCs.

Episode seven sees us speak to Sapna Shah from Novastar Ventures, and discuss the importance of local capital with Hlayisani Capital's Mathew Palin.

DP #50: The month in VC - episode 7

“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Hlayisani Capital, ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator, and Atlantica Ventures, each episode wraps up the latest news in African VC, profiles a leading investor, and digs into a key theme or trend in conversation with partner VCs.

The latest episode sees us speak to Aniko Szigetvari of Atlantica Ventures about her career and passion for African tech entrepreneurship. We'll also discuss with various investors the importance of overcoming preconceptions startups have about VCs, and vice versa.

DP #55: The month in VC - episode 9

Disrupt Africa has teamed up with eLearn Africa to release a three-part deep-dive into the African ed-tech startup space.

In episode two, we're digging into the potential of ed-tech, and discovering how COVID-19 was not such a bad thing for online learning on the continent.

DP #60: Learning digitally - how ed-tech is boosting accessibility of education in Africa, episode 2

“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, and Goodwell Investments, each episode wraps up the latest news in African VC, profiles a leading investor, and digs into a key theme or trend in conversation with partner VCs.

The latest episode sees us speak to Justin Stanford from the Cape Town-based 4Di Capital about his career, company, and investment ethos, while we also discuss the advantages and disadvantages of specialisation within the African venture capital landscape.

DP #66: The month in VC - episode 15

Produced in partnership with Africhange, “The month in fintech” is Disrupt Africa’s regular podcast on the African fintech space. This episode catches you up on all the latest news from the ecosystem, chats growth with Oze's Dave Emnett, and discusses Africa's burgeoning crypto and blockchain scene with DCG's Aaron Fu.

DP #77: The month in fintech - episode 3

“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the African investment space. Produced in partnership with Novastar Ventures, each episode wraps up the latest news in African VC, profiles a leading investor, and digs into a key theme or trend in conversation with partner VCs.

In this episode, we’ll be chatting to Kiara Suttner-Tromp, partner at Cape Town-based VC firm HAVAÍC, about her career and her firm’s activities on the continent, as well as representatives from Launch Africa Ventures and E4E Africa to find out about a new innovation on the continent, the Launch Africa SAFE Purchase Agreement, which aims to change the way early-stage funds exit their investments. 

DP #78: The month in VC - episode 22

Podcast on all the happenings in Africa's tech startup ecosystem put together by the team at Disrupt Africa.

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