This newsletter profiles African entrepreneurs and investors through interviews, drawing out their lessons on building businesses across the continent. Recent issues cover a founder's advice on persistence and starting small, and a co-working operator's view of opportunities in Guinea.
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Ventureology publishes long-form narrative histories of business and capital formation in American cities, starting with Chicago, with companion biographies to its podcast episodes. Readers get researched stories of founders like Rosenwald, Sears and Swift, framed around how capital, infrastructure and distribution built fortunes.
TAOHS publishes long-form cultural features on Nigeria's creative economy, profiling people and institutions such as chess advocate Tunde Onakoya and gallerist Adenrele Sonariwo. Readers get reported, narrative-driven analysis of how art, culture and commerce intersect in Lagos and beyond.
Each issue lays out a specific startup opportunity backed by market data, named competitors and example numbers, then a concrete plan for building it. Paid sections add scoring frameworks, pricing tiers, outreach scripts and MVP timelines.
Long-form personal essays by a Christian founder-writer on faith, technology, friendship and building a Christian AI company. Readers get candid, first-person reflections that tie Christian conviction to current events and the author's own work.
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