UNAJUA S1 EP2: What have founders learned from Africa's early internet startups? feat. Derin Adebayo

Derin Adebayo shares what he reckons the ecosystem has learned from Africa’s first generation of internet startups and suggests what lessons might be gleaned from other emerging markets.

UNAJUA S1 EP2: What have founders learned from Africa's early internet startups? feat. Derin Adebayo

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This UNAJUA instalment features Nigerian analyst and researcher, Derin Adebayo's second "minimum actionable response" to the question:

Is the African technology ecosystem at an inflection point?

In this podcast (the second in a three-part series), Derin shares what he reckons the founders of Africa’s first generation of internet startups have learned and suggests what lessons might be gleaned from other emerging markets.

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