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…3 min read·Feb 23, 2024----
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…3 min read·Feb 23, 2024----
Abderrahmane ChaouiinFounders Factory AfricaCote d’Ivoire Deep Dive Part II: Françafrique, liberal state capitalism and socio-ethnic tensionsFrançafrique, liberal state capitalism and socio-ethnic tensions2 min read·Feb 14, 2024----
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…4 min read·Feb 6, 2024----
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…6 min read·Oct 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…9 min read·Jun 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…11 min read·Jun 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…5 min read·Mar 28, 2023--1--1
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 ecosystem10 min read·Feb 14, 2023--1--1
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…6 min read·Feb 6, 2023----