Helen Anatogu of Nigeria's iDEA incubator on how African founders should position to land funding

05/02/18 • 21 min

Helen Anatogu is the Chief Executive and Programme Director of the Information Technology Developer Entrepreneurship Accelerator (IDEA) in Nigeria. In this throwback conversation with Andile Masuku – taped at the African Angel Investor Summit 2017 - Helen shares her thoughts on the startup investment landscape and factors in on how African founders ought to position themselves to land much-needed funding.

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YegoMoto's Karanvir Singh on surfing the mobility wave to launch an ambitious platform play

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