General Electric, Coca Cola, Colgate-Palmolive and other industry leaders have been around for more than a century and remain competitive in their respective markets. Today, we investigate why such entrepreneurial feat is rare in Africa and why less than one percent of businesses founded on the continent outlive their founding generations. First, African entrepreneurs seldom …

Building Multi-Generational Multi-National African Tech Corporations Read More »

Chanzo is a Swahili word for “early stage” or “beginning,” a brand chosen by the firm to highlight our unique ability to help founders with smart new ventures into commercially viable businesses. So it came to pass that in the beginning, Angel Fair Africa (AFA) was a precursor to Chanzo Capital (CC). After a successful …

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Nairobi, Kenya – 30th October 2024: Thomas Festerling, CEO of Greentec Capital, Germany, Achumboro Ataande, Angel Investor and CEO of Attaande and Advisors, USA, Mia von Koschitzky–Kimani, Managing Partner of Future Africa, Nigeria and Rodrique Msechu, CEO of Serengeti Angels, Tanzania would consititute the Angel Investors Panel moderated by Abigail Komu of Nairobi Business Angel Network (NaiBAN), Kenya on …

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Nairobi, Kenya – 24th October 2024 – Roselyn Spencer, Former Chief Investment Officer of the $3B Baltimore City Employees & Elected Official’s Retirement Pension Fund will be the second keynote for the highly anticipated 11th Angel Fair Africa from 7th to 8th of November 2024. During her tenure, she successfully diversified the fund’s porSolio across …

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Innovative tech scaleups to receive Capital, Capacity and Community to become African multi-national corporations through the COSSA program. 2nd July 2024Nairobi, Kenya. Two Rivers International Finance and Innovation Centre SEZ (TRIFIC SEZ), ONESPACE and Chanzo Capital, a venture and growth capital firm dedicated to investing in high-tech startups and scaleups, have today launched the Chanzo ONESPACE …

TRIFIC SEZ, ONESPACE, and Chanzo Capital Launch COSSA Read More »

A series of submarine fiber cable cuts this year have called into question the resilience of Africa’s Internet infrastructure and its ability to serve the tech ventures as they scale up their operationsas the foundation for the scaling of tech ventures across the continent. The current generation of tech founders are building applications that sit …

Resilient Internet Infrastructure Needed for Africa to ScaleUP Read More »

The 11 th Angel Fair Africa (AFA) aka AFA@11 is returning to the Silicon Savannah of Nairobi, Kenya from 7th to 8th November 2024. AFA is Chanzo Capital’s annual event that brings together selected African entrepreneurs and curated investors to DO DEALS. /*! elementor – v3.20.0 – 10-04-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} Dr. …

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Today, the 23rd of May 2024, President William Ruto of Kenya, which is dubbed Silicon Savannah of Africa, is making an official state visit to the United States of America, the home of Silicon Valley. It is the first official visit by a Kenyan President in the last two decades, facilitated by Ambassador Meg Whitman who used to …

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I conclued my last oped on the prognosis that exits would follow African scaleups and by that I meant some of the deals would be mergers, others would be acquisitions, whilst a third category may go public. The drafting and publication of this paper was delayed by the massive internet outage in West Africa¹, caused …

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