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CEO at Symbiotic | Opportunity Scout at Gruppo Potente, in pursuit of opportunities without regard to resources currently controlled #WhatIsNext #AfricaRising

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Catalyzing local investments in technology startups

August 7, 2017 by Mbugua Njihia Leave a Comment

We have no shortage of startup teams across Africa applying themselves fervently towards finding solutions to the real challenges we face, hoping to scratch a local itch that will inadvertently scale due to the shared nature of the problems we have as a continent. Mbugua NjihiaAn Africa based entrepreneur in the pursuit of opportunities without … [Read more…]

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Connecting capital to opportunities

November 9, 2015 by Mbugua Njihia Leave a Comment

A quick glance at the more prominent global investment communities, a filter for Africa based startups will reveal a not so surprising startup founder metric that has been the source of conversation among technology entrepreneurs. Broadly put, the ventures that have closed on decent rounds of funding with primary markets in Africa are almost all … [Read more…]

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