Late last year Invest Africa together with Techstars partnered up for the first ever Accelerating Africa. They showcased seven innovators within financial services in Africa to a panel of five early stage investors at Rise in New York. Those companies are globally-scalable catalysts of change and our collective aim is to bring even more interesting and bold African opportunities to market.
Drawing on the success of last year and feedback collected from US investors, this year’s Accelerating Africa will focus on early stage investing in the future of payments and the pivotal role data is playing in driving transparency in the African financial market.
This will be an opportunity to experience the African frontier in FinTech disruption.
Lateral Capital is a mission-driven private investment firm. Lateral accelerates and invests in early-stage and growth ventures in Sub-Saharan Africa (“SSA”). The team specializes in direct private investments via a transparent, sophisticated investment structure with a specific focus on technology-enabled and real asset businesses.
Quartz Africa focuses on 'Africa Innovators', 'Nigeria Now', and 'China in Africa'. It aims to cover a global view of the continent as well as other international stories that are related to its African audience. Unlike other media sources, Quartz differentiates itself by focusing on technology, business and innovation in the continent, rather than the more crises-driven media outlets reporting elsewhere.
Invest Africa US is headquartered in Manhattan, New York. Founded by leading entrepreneur and investor Rob Hersov, Invest Africa is a unique, nonpartisan, members-only group that operates from London, New York, Dubai and Cape Town. It is a private network made up of those who share a common interest in the investment opportunities in Africa. Our board and membership is comprised of private equity firms, fund managers, high net worth investors, family offices, entrepreneurs, corporations, institutional investors and a cadre of Africa experts.
Launched in 2016 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly Meetings, Accelerating Africa is an engaging platform that drives and connects Africa's innovation revolution to the US technology ecosystem.
