Strong governance is essential for Africa’s tech ecosystem to build trust, scale, and endure.
Over the past decade, Africa’s technology ecosystem has transformed from a fledgling experiment into a magnet for global attention and capital.
We’ve witnessed the rise of unicorns, the spread of digital infrastructure, and the emergence of world-class talent. But beneath the surface of this success story is a less glamorous reality, one that threatens the legitimacy of everything we’ve built.
W’ve had the privilege, and the pain, of sitting on boards and leading startups as an operator at critical inflection points. In that time, I’ve seen how poor governance doesn’t just derail individual companies; it undermines entire ecosystems. And I’ve come to a firm conviction: without accountability to global governance standards, African tech will not scale.
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