I am a medical doc, current finishing my postdoc at Johns Hopkins. I am also learning by experience about building in Africa. Join me as I continue to learn.
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From health systems to energy resilience to reimagining capital—Catalyze 2025 is our blueprint for what African innovation can look like when it's designed locally and scaled globally. Watch what #Africanbydesign means to us.
Africa’s next chapter is being authored by its builders. At Catalyze 2025, we gather the thinkers, makers, and funders driving local innovation—on their own terms. This year’s theme, African by Design, centers the power of context, culture, and community in building systems that last.
Are women-only founder events still relevant in 2025? Let’s talk facts, not feelings.
👇🏾In this Edition * Founder's Notes * Community Session Invitation * Ecosystem Updates 📮 Founder's Notes: Why Marketing Feels So Hard (And What to Do About It) Marketing is tough for startups, of course. There’s no way around it. You’re juggling building your product, setting up your operations,
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When we envisioned The Beta Collective, we set out to become a catalyst for African innovation—a place where bright minds could connect, experiment, and build solutions with genuine impact.
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So you put in the work. You polish your pitch deck, send out cold emails to “global investors,” and wait—hoping for a response that never comes. And then, you realize the truth: many of these so-called global investors don’t actually fund African startups.
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As a startup, your whole existence is one big hypothesis…lol. You have to find some way to measure your progress and the metrics you chose can be dependent on stage.
When we think about building a startup or what it takes to be a great founder, the usual ingredients come to mind: a great idea, a talented team, and access to capital. But the critical factor of community often gets overlooked.
Welcome to 2025 Planning Season🎊 👇🏾In this Edition * Founder's Notes * Introducing Community Sessions * Ecosystem Updates - New Unicorn Alert 📮 Founder's Notes I’ve been told I can no longer say “Happy New Year” since we’re well into January, so instead, let me officially welcome you
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Written by Ukeme Daniel and Adebayo Nathaniel Ademola Note: to view all the pictures, make sure you allow the 'view image option' in the email header. Howdy everyone! Welcome to the first part of the July edition of our newsletter 👇🏾In this Edition * Today's hangout event
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Written by Adebayo Nathaniel and Ukeme Daniel Note: to view all the pictures, make sure you allow the 'view image option' in the email header. Welcome to a special edition of our newsletter where we provide a recap of our SXSW event. 👇🏾In this Edition * Highlights of the
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Written by Ukeme Daniel Note: to view all the beautiful pictures, make sure you allow the 'view image option' in the email header.* ✍🏽Have you seen our startup blog? Greetings from The Beta Collective! We are excited to invite you to an upcoming event that holds great significance