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Did you know that over 525 million people used the internet in Africa in 2019? If current growth trends continue, almost 75% of Africans are expected to come online by 2030.
African Changemaker
Maya is a Nigerian-American venture capital investor and entrepreneur committed to ensuring brilliant people, wherever they are located, have access to the resources they need to build wildly scalable businesses.
She is the founder of Ingressive Capital, a VC firm targeting early-stage startups across Sub-Saharan Africa’s key tech
markets. Ingressive Capital has seeded some of Africa’s fastest-growing businesses, including Paystack and OZÉ.
Her commitment to growing the African tech ecosystem also saw her co-found Ingressive For Good, where she is focused on equipping young Africans in need with tech skills to help them impact and contribute to the development of Africa, socially and economically.
At 25, Maya is thought to have been the youngest person to have launched a tech fund in Sub-Saharan Africa. She is a two-time Forbes 30 under 30 awardee and has previously been named United Nation’s Most Influential Person of African
Descent.
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Dr. Arielle Ahouansou is a medical doctor and entrepreneur from Benin who is using technology to improve healthcare systems in Africa.
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Yango Group, a global tech company, has launched a new venture fund called Yango Ventures to support early-stage startups in fast-growing regions.
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The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced a $15 million grant to support 3,000 emerging entrepreneurs across 52 African countries.
