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Aaron Fu

Bringing a bit of Ubuntu to NYC

How a movement to create a community of Founders, Builders, Investors and Ecosystem Builders of Tech in Africa in New York was sparked 💥.

4 min readSep 6, 2022

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Bringing a bit of Ubuntu to NYC

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Aaron Fu

Democratising Africa Venture Investing: Catalysing Startup Operators and Emerging Market Investors

Access to private early-stage investment opportunities in Africa has often been limited to investors with the trifecta of significant…

7 min readDec 13, 2020

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Democratising Africa Venture Investing: Catalysing Startup Operators and Emerging Market Investors

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Venture for Africa

Taking The Leap: The importance of onboarding 🤝 and the joy of following through 🥅 — Angelina…

Venture for Africa fellows embark on a 3 month experience that usually leads to them discovering capabilities and qualities in themselves…

3 min readNov 29, 2020

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Taking The Leap: The importance of onboarding 🤝 and the joy of following through 🥅 — Angelina…

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Venture for Africa

Making The Leap: Can non-tech 👨‍💼talent make an impact in tech 🤖 startups? — Wanjiku Kimani

One of the biggest motivations for us creating Venture for Africa was to build a supportive and defined environment for fellows to give…

5 min readNov 22, 2020

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Making The Leap: Can non-tech 👨‍💼talent make an impact in tech 🤖 startups? — Wanjiku Kimani

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Aaron Fu

2 stories you might’ve heard before, 1 wish to be Catalytic

Many college students 👨‍🎓 dream of changing the world 🌍 (sometimes this dream competes with wanting to be excellent at an obscure…

7 min readNov 7, 2019

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2 stories you might’ve heard before, 1 wish to be Catalytic

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Venture for Africa

Making the Leap: Learning to Learn — from DC 🇺🇸 to Kenya 🇰🇪 — Winston Reid

This is one man on a mission. A mission to learn better, pivot quicker.

5 min readNov 4, 2019

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Making the Leap: Learning to Learn — from DC 🇺🇸 to Kenya 🇰🇪 — Winston Reid

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Aaron Fu

Impact Venture Debt in Africa: 5 things I learnt co-building the Young Entrepreneurs Fund

We have a real and urgent need to re-invent financing instruments for entrepreneurs in Africa, this issue is especially acute among the…

5 min readOct 28, 2019

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Impact Venture Debt in Africa: 5 things I learnt co-building the Young Entrepreneurs Fund

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Venture for Africa

Making the Leap: NYC 🇺🇸 Consulting to African Startups — Efayomi Carr

That 1st leap of faith, really is the most challenging — Efayomi Carr

5 min readAug 31, 2019

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Making the Leap: NYC 🇺🇸 Consulting to African Startups — Efayomi Carr

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Aaron Fu

Jury Duty: 3 Pitch Tips inspired by Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Founders Den 2019

I’ve been real lucky to get to sit on the jury side of pitch competitions for years and almost without exception I’ve always learnt a lot…

4 min readAug 5, 2019

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Jury Duty: 3 Pitch Tips inspired by Tony Elumelu Foundation’s Founders Den 2019

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Aaron Fu

Founders View: What’s it like in Greenhouse Lab in Lagos?

So… I’ve always felt you’re only as good an investor as your portfolio says you are and you’re only as good as a program as your…

7 min readAug 2, 2019

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Founders View: What’s it like in Greenhouse Lab in Lagos?

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Aaron Fu

Aaron Fu

investor in tech for a better 🌍 | accelerating impact at the Catalyst Fund | africa pre-seed fund at Sherpa Ventures | talent community at Venture for Africa

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