ABS E11 Vula: Helping African Startups Raise Funding
Released Wednesday, 3rd May 2023
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ABS E11 Vula: Helping African Startups Raise Funding
ABS E11 Vula: Helping African Startups Raise Funding
Wednesday, 3rd May 2023
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We had a conversation with Nicholas Rawhani, the CEO of Vula, a company whose mission is to help African entrepreneurs secure funding for their business.
Born and raised in South Africa, Nic tells us about his experience transitioning from the corporate world with McKinsey, where he worked to support green scale-ups in Africa, to leading a venture backed start up.
The key themes we explore on this episode include:
- The challenges faced by African entrepreneurs in raising funding?
- Some tips that entrepreneurs can use to secure funding for their business.
- Nic's experience with Entrepreneur First and finding a co-founder.
- Vula's integrated software solution using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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Africa's Big Switch (ABS)
Africa’s Big Switch is a podcast that aims to identify current and future solutions to complex problems on the African continent. Examples of such problems include: Climate Change, Homelessness, Poverty, Political Instability, Famine, Floods etc.Our first season sheds light and sparks conversation around the future of energy in Africa.Why Energy?Modern society depends on reliable and affordable energy services to function smoothly and to develop equitably. A well-established energy system supports all sectors from medicine and education to agriculture, infrastructure, communications and high-technology. However, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), there are over 770 million people in the world today without access to electricity, 77% of which are in Sub-saharan Africa. The Sustainable Development Goal 7 of the UN Agenda, aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. Given we are only a few years to 2030, we explore the progress, challenges and opportunities for achieving this goal acrossJoin Podchaser to...
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