What are your current startup challenges? I'm making thesources.co - an online course for African startups, by African founders

[lordbanks]

@SaintSal

From what I’ve seen, the African environment is so different that a lot of good advice elsewhere doesn’t apply here. Things like the power gap (“the Oga effect”) affect how deals are made, or the difference in investment and economic landscape (how to grow rapidly when VC is still relatively new and so many countries have monetary or poliitical instability) - even Customer Development is different in African cultures.

Wow, I didn’t know this had been examined academically, much less named.

This is a great idea, Sal. As a primer, here is a previous thread which I think you will find immensely useful.

Why do you think many startups in Africa don't seem to get very big?

Take a look at the African startup scene. So many small-ish companies? Is there something in the water?

Goodluck!