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The Brief - A Beta Collective Newsletter

Ukeme D.
Jan 31, 2020
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February Issue - Creating Companies in Frontier Markets.

Our monthly Newsletter focuses on Africa-focused products startups and Entrepreneurs. All our community events and featured companies have also been included. Also get the scoop from our last event in Houston.

About a week ago the business giant Clay Christiansen passed away. I knew of him, in a very general sense. But his passing caused me to learn a lot more about his legacy. I discovered he recently published The Prosperity Paradox, and with a bit of research, also learnt that one of the coauthors Efosa Ojoma, was featured on an episode of HBR’s Ideacast that just happened to be in my Spotify queue. The episode is titled How Innovative Companies Help Frontier Markets Grow.

How Innovative Companies Help Frontier Markets Grow

Efosa Ojomo, global prosperity lead at the Clayton Christensen Institute, argues that international aid is not the best way to develop poor countries,

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One of the ways to implement Market innovative solutions in frontier markets is to go through the non-consumption route. The non-consumption idea is essentially the fact that people need a certain product, but they aren’t using the product, because of a lack of access due to cost or being too technical.

The main point of this episode was essentially how you can build a company and simultaneously help build a nation in frontier markets.

Take for example the Sudanese entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim’s who built a Telco’s company in a continent with very low overall penetration in the use of cell phones. Part of the reason for this Non consumption of mobile phones was a lack of access. This was due to a lack of infrastructure and the cost of cell phone for the average middle class individual.

So he went on to create the infrastructure, educate the workforce and employed thousands of people. And in less than a decade had created a product and industry that’s worth over 200 Billion dollars to the African Economy.

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Our monthly Newsletter focuses on Africa-focused products, startups, and Entrepreneurs. All our community events and featured companies have also been included in the newsletter. Also, get the scoop…

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Sign up for a Pow-wow session

Members are entitled to free one on one strategy sessions focused on Business fundamentals like whether you are trying to start a new business or looking for ways to improve your value chain or improve your competitive advantage, there’s something for every stage. There are 8 available sessions, for Feb, please use the same email you used to sign up for your Beta Collective membership. Also please limit to one session per month.

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Companies Seeking Investments and Mentors

WeMove - A transportation Startup

Stage: Post - Revenue

Region: West Africa & East Africa

Founder: Celestine (@celestocalculus)

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Home : Startup Plug

Startup Plug is an online platform that curates over 1000+ tools and resources to help accelerate a startup’s journey especially those based in Africa.

Stage: Early stage

Region: West-Africa

Founder: Yewande O. (@yewiedewie)

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Podcast - Beta • Mode

We will Launch our Beta•Mode podcast in February, and our first season will be themed around entry into and operations in frontier markets such as Kenya and Nigeria. We’ll also talk to founders and entrepreneurs about getting their first customer, pretty much what it took to get that first check.

Our first episode will be published on the 2nd Wednesday of Feb (12th) on all your favorite platforms.

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Upcoming Events

Customer Journey Mapping: A hands-on exercise Tickets, Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

Eventbrite - The Beta Collective presents Customer Journey Mapping: A hands-on exercise - Tuesday, February 11, 2020 - Find event and ticket information.

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Fireside Chat: Startups in Africa - Myth vs Reality (Houston) Tickets, Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

Eventbrite - The Beta Collective presents Fireside Chat: Startups in Africa - Myth vs Reality (Houston) - Thursday, February 20, 2020 - Find event and ticket information.

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Fireside Chat: Startups in Africa - Myth vs Reality (Austin) Tickets, Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

Eventbrite - The Beta Collective presents Fireside Chat: Startups in Africa - Myth vs Reality (Austin) - Thursday, February 27, 2020 at Capital Factory, Austin, TX. Find event and ticket information.

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January's Event Recap

Mix and Showcase

Mix and Showcase

Bola

  • Founder of ScholarX

  • Pitched SkillShare A new product by ScholarX.

  1. where students can get funding for skills acquisition

  2. seeking investment

  3. looking for mentors, partnerships, training opportunities.

Josh:

  • Profitable podcast: his company helps people edit podcast

Jude

  • app: damixhub by Jude

  • Looking for Collaboration

Omoniyi

  • iclockin.com

  • help kids learn about stats

  • Anyone can report on any game

Mfon

  • Pediatrician interested in health literacy, having more health representation in kids books. Interested in getting more interested in the health ecosystem.

Nana

  • World Diaspora: travel/tourism to Africa

  • Nasare technologies (Nasaritech): Hardware and Software

Ayo (Man)

  • Interested in investing in the African startup ecosystem.

  • Background in Coffee

Ayo (Woman)

  • Former Fibre COO

  • Looking to network and connect

Sophia

  • Technology consultant, serial entrepreneur; background in real estate, healthcare

  • Hair product company

  • Looking for partners and looking to invest in profitable companies looking to grow

Amaka

  • awareness for mental health. Has an interested in fiction.

  • web series handle on twitter: @btwnclasses

Ukeme (Writer of this Newsletter)

  • Organizer of The Beta Collective

  • Currently building a coffee business - Edisana.co

Ways to connect with Beta Collective

  • Website: https://thebetacollective.com/

  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beta_Collektiv

  • Slack: Slack Group

  • Linkedin: Follow Here

  • Join The Houston Meetup Group: https://www.meetup.com/The-Beta-Collective/

  • Join the Austin Meetup Group: https://www.meetup.com/The-Beta-Collective-austin/

And there’s me the organizer, you can connect with me via twitter.

Ukeme D. (@DrKemzz) | Twitter

The latest Tweets from Ukeme D. (@DrKemzz). Building a global collaborative community for African Entrepreneurs. Chicago | Lagos | Austin

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Featuring conversations and creating dialogue about the non-glamorous, behind-the-scenes processes and strategies involved in building in the African Business Ecosystem.

Our mission is to build a global collaborative community
around Africa focused entrepreneurs in order to provide resources need to scale and create social impact.

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