There is no new normal, be prepared for the New New Our borders are closed but our minds are open, we are all practicing social distancing, but we are globally connected through technology, we are wrestling with deep divides around race, national origin, gender and economics but

.Henry Louis Gates Jr is also one of the top Black tech founders with two exits under his belt! Made the list, checked it twice media.affiniti.co/where-are-the-…

VC Has a Rap Snack Problem...and if you've never heard of them, but love rap & have been to almost any city corner store or bodega over the past 20 years, you have unlooked and you are part of the problem. I'm just kidding but only a little bit - blavity.com/blavity-origin…

.@Cope84 from @aux21capital and member of the Builders and Benefactors, highlights the need to uplift the voices of the BIPOC investors and GPs that have been deploying capital equitably even before the pandemic and the mass demonstrations. bit.ly/2ZoAE4P

Great to finally share the podcast with the world. Mark Obonna & I have been having a blast interviewing top founders & investors from around the world. Episodes drop every Thursday #vc #startups #crossborder

Shining a long-overdue spotlight on the mavericks raising capital with the odds stacked against them. Presenting 14 Black and Latinx Emerging Fund Managers To Know (& Fund) bit.ly/blacklatinxEFM

Honored for Mark Obonna & I to be included in this rock star list of emerging managers - better still is that I count many of them friends & co-investors already. #NetworkLaterally #vc

Africa's premiere super angel & ecosystem builder and all while building an 8 figure USD Enterprise consulting business Rebecca Enonchong joins Venture The World for the launch of our Africa season!!! We explore AppsTech to AfriLabs to the new ABAN Angels Catalyst Angel Fund.

Nigeria, the one of private market companies (less publicly listed companies per capita than almost any other frontier market I would wager) just made this landmark change to corp law which will create a new market for tech companies. How soon before we see the Carta of Africa?

India continues to be the new consumer battlefield for US #tech giants, as Google launches business cards to take on Linkedin in the market. #vtwIndia #vc #startups | techcrunch.com/2020/08/10/goo…

Read how the venture finance landscape is changing in this Entrepreneur article - bit.ly/gendervf co-written by our Operating Partner & Fund Partner Lelemba Phiri and Affiniti VC's Tara Sabre Collier. Lelemba C Phiri Africa Trust Group #investing #womensmonth2020 #startups #work

Traditional models of early stage finance like this can be replicated via a localized ECommerce tech platforms. For instance, a DTC brand using tech to create a reseller apprentice program of storefronts & social media stores, this plus backend logistics & fulfilment

Today in Black History

I'm discussing “Everything Fintech: From Robinhood to Azlo to LinkAja to Kuda” with Donna Omoregie, Mark Obonna, @MrSmartCities, and Venture The World Venture the World. Today, Nov 18 at 3:30 PM EST on @joinclubhouse. Join us! joinclubhouse.com/event/bPQNAjxw

Next week on @joinClubhouse joinclubhouse.com/event/rM5G6JP1 And if you want an invite just click the link to sign up, DM me and we got you! -valar morghulis- B'Otegs #fintech #crossborder #fintwit

In the new attention economy where our attention is divided across so many screens and platforms, how do business owners keep up? @Cope84 & @shauziland discuss the decline of traditional tv & the rise of the attention economy and more! Here’s a sound bite ! #insidethesuites

Come learn about how @techstars supports Immigrant Founders in this AMA session with Techstars Western Union MD Elle Bruno Elle Bruno, @lineappofficial founder @entrprenr, and Venture The World. Tomorrow, Mar 31 at 12:00 PM EDT on @joinclubhouse. Join us! clublink.to/event/mgaV5jWp…

I'm honored to be Keynote Speaker at the inaugural Alliance Virtual Summit | Diversity Alpha’s Investment - Sept 18th 2021. I will share how valuing diverse communities and the founders that emerge from them consistently generates alpha & outsized returns. bit.ly/3ghz9ha

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