Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaCote d’Ivoire Deep Dive Part IV: A regional hub for Francophone countriesWelcome back to the final edition of our four-part Deep Dive into the Cote d’Ivoire tech ecosystem and the historical factors that shaped…Feb 23Feb 23
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaCote d’Ivoire Deep Dive Part III: An ecosystem as an image of the country: unstructured but full…Welcome to Part III of our four-part Deep Dive into the Cote d’Ivoire tech ecosystem. In Part II, we delved into d’Ivoire’s…Feb 23Feb 23
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaCote d’Ivoire Deep Dive Part II: Françafrique, liberal state capitalism and socio-ethnic tensionsFrançafrique, liberal state capitalism and socio-ethnic tensionsFeb 14Feb 14
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaCote d’Ivoire Deep Dive Part I: Akwaba, an attractive land of prosperityIn the late 70s, after only 2 decades as an independent nation under the presidency of Félix Houphouët Boigny, observers had high hopes for…Feb 6Feb 6
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaHow smaller African economies can become leading innovation ecosystems — Case in point with TunisiaIn the Africa of 2023, four countries still dominate the continent’s startup ecosystem, attracting 75% of VC funding and most of the…Oct 4, 2023Oct 4, 2023
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaEgypt Deep Dive Part II: An ecosystem awash in concern, resilience, and bottomless potentialWelcome back to this two-part deep dive into the Egyptian tech ecosystem. In Part I, we considered how the winds of history have shaped the…Jun 19, 2023Jun 19, 2023
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaEgypt Deep Dive Part I: Early successes and the rise of bottom-up tech entrepreneurshipOm El Donya (Earth’s Mother) — this is how Egyptians like to see their 5000+ years old nation. At the crossroads of continents and…Jun 8, 2023Jun 8, 2023
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaHow do you scale a business in Francophone Africa?Every year at the same time, when the sacred startup funding statistics are revealed, the same questions arise. One of these questions is…Mar 28, 20231Mar 28, 20231
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaBenin Deep Dive — A looming founder boom shaped by legacy and modernityAn ancient regional power finding its own way in the West African ecosystemFeb 14, 20231Feb 14, 20231
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaSenegal Deep Dive Part III — An African ecosystem with promise, yet over-exposed and lacking…An underlying characteristic of the Big 4 in Africa’s tech ecosystem is that in each market, a steady to highly-active pipeline injects…Feb 6, 2023Feb 6, 2023
