Tomi Davies (TD)

My name is Tomi Davies (aka TD) and I believe that Africa’s future is being built today in African cities by entrepreneurs with business ventures using innovation and technology to create social and economic value.

As a Business Angel I’m helping drive the development of Africa through entrepreneurship support organisations such as business angel groups and innovation hubs while nurturing a growing portfolio of tech-enabled startups originating from Africa with a personal mission to “find, fund then follow great African founders that are innovatively using technology to commercially drive positive social impact across the continent as they build us all a better future.”

If you are one of them, then I want to support you.

Africa and its entrepreneurs currently lack the education, exposure and structure of their western counterparts when it comes to building successful startup ventures.

The not-so-investor-friendly policy environment of most African countries is another challenge.

The fact that there are a dearth of local investors to provide seed funding, guidance and direction in my opinion is a critical factor hindering the growth of investment.

So to accelerate growth we need improvement, and these improvements must come in three main areas the first of which is that both graduates and non-graduates must be given access to entrepreneurial education and mentoring.