Archive - The African Century

Kenya and Africa's tech moment is here

Sep 23, 2023 •

From Here Ventures Investor Update - September 2023

It's with great enthusiasm that we share our mid year-ish performance update. Reflecting on our journey since the start of the year, I recall words from…

Sep 23, 2023 •

From Here Ventures - Annual Investors Letter, 2022

Sharing our Annual Investors letter from January this year.

Sep 22, 2023 •

November 2022

I recently returned from a business trip to the US whose primary purpose was connecting with our support and investor network. I spent the majority of…

Nov 30, 2022 •

September 2022

Introducing local community capital in Africa

Sep 30, 2022 •

Excited to announce our second investment at From Here Ventures. Rology is a health tech startup introducing Teleradiology to the vast African and…

Sep 30, 2022 •

April 2022

One Thousand Lee Kuan Yews

We are now only 8 years away from our 10 10 10 BHAG. A vision that is the ‘city on a hill’ drawing us irresistibly forward. The vision is to build 10…

Apr 16, 2022 •

Founder Series: Femi Kuti, Co-Founder & CEO @ Reliance Health

Bold Changes: It's Not As Bad As It Sounds "Many times we step away from giving stuff a try because we think that the fallout is going to be worse than…

Apr 11, 2022 •

March 2022

Founder Series: Sam Wanjohi, Founder & CEO @ Popote Innovations

CATEGORY CREATION: AN INSIGHT INTO UNIQUE SOLUTIONS "If you've been doing something painfully for so long, it becomes a dull ache, eventually you don't…

Mar 31, 2022 •

Founder Series: Daniel Yu Co-founder & CEO @ WASOKO

Building Africa's Champion for e-commerce "With a curiosity mindset, there is an endless number of things that you can ultimately discover and…

Mar 18, 2022 •

Founder Series: Eldrid Jordaan Founder & CEO GovChat

Why Social Impact Technologies are a Game Changer for Africa "The best and newest technology is going to be technology around social good," Eldrid…

Mar 9, 2022 •

February 2022

Progress update #2 February 2022

Feb 19, 2022 •

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