Written by Katharina Dalka, CEO StellarOne Everybody speaks about funding in Africa, and rightfully so: the continent received over $4b in investment in the last year. But what happens with the money once sent? Funding is only ever worth as much as the way it is...
The African Continental Free Trade Area came into action in January 2021. According to the World Bank’s report THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA – Economic and Distributional Effects, it will lift 30 million Africans out of extreme...
Written by Katharina Dalka, CEO StellarOne I am part of the mentor program at Africa Fintech Forum and also get to speak to a lot of start-ups in Western Africa in general. Many of them seek investment (all from Seed to Series A). When compared to more mature...
Written by Katharina Dalka, CEO StellarOne Corporate strategy is the starting point of corporate development. It seems obvious, reading the previous sentence, but it is not. I have been advising and managing deals for a fair amount of time and through my experience I...
Written by Katharina Dalka, CEO StellarOne Investment in technology firms is not always straightforward, especially for those investors who keep a more generic investment approach to their portfolio. I recently spoke to an PrivateEquity director and she openly...
