{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"43. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji on The Future Africa Fund and How Africa\u2019s Challenges Can Be Transformed Into Global Business Opportunities","description":"For today\u2019s episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, co-founder of Andela, Flutterwave, and The Future Africa Fund. Iyinoluwa \u201cE\u201d Aboyeji is regarded as one of the most successful African entrepreneurs of our time. He\u2019s helped launch two of Africa\u2019s best known and best funded startups, Flutterwave and Andela. While at Andela, a company training African developers and hiring them out to global tech companies, he and his team secured a $24 million investment Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg. Today, E is building an African future where tech and innovation will enable so much abundance that prosperity and purpose is within everyone\u2019s reach via the Future Africa Fund During the episode, we discuss:  His upbringing in Nigeria, studying abroad in Canada and how his mom\u2019s entrepreneurial endeavors inspired his Some of the biggest lessons he learned building Andela and how he overcame fundraising challenges often faced by African-led startups His thoughts on what some of the most urgent challenges Africa is facing are\u2014and how we can transform them into global business opportunities Why Africa continues to be a \u201chidden gem\u201d that the world overlooks How you can invest in African-led startups via the Future Collective  Resources: Learn more about Future Collective: https:\/\/www.future.africa Become a Patreon &amp;amp; support the show: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/deardiaspora Join me and Certified Africa in Ghana now: https:\/\/deardiasporashow.com\/ghana2020\/ Subscribe to Dear Diaspora\u2019s newsletter: http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gZpu79 Dear Diaspora Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/deardiasporapod Dear Diaspora Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/deardiaspora\/ Dear Diaspora FB Community: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deardiaspora ","author_name":"Dear Diaspora","author_url":"http:\/\/deardiaspora.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16077494\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/83943482"}