Iyinoluwa “E” Aboyeji, Founder & General Partner, Future Africa – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji (born March 28, 1991) is a leading Nigerian entrepreneur, investor, and ecosystem builder, best known for co‑founding Andela and Flutterwave before launching Future Africa, a pioneering venture platform that provides capital, coaching, and community to mission-driven innovators across the continent. Aboyeji’s journey began while studying in Canada, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Legal
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Tomi Davies, CEO, DiaGlocal Collective – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Harry ‘Tomi’ Davies (TD) is a highly respected African angel investor, author, and innovation strategist, serving as CEO of DiaGlocal Collective. With over four decades of experience in technology and startups, he has become a pillar of the African investment ecosystem, connecting diasporan and local capital to empower entrepreneurs across the continent. Davies holds a bachelor’s
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Dr Omobola Johnson – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Dr Omobola Johnson, former Nigerian Minister of Communication Technology, is a Senior Partner at TLcom Capital, where she leads investments in high-growth African technology companies. She represents TLcom on the boards of Educatly, FairMoney, Okra and Pula, backing innovations in edtech, digital lending, open banking and agricultural insurance. TLcom’s wider portfolio includes category-defining startups like
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Tokunboh Ishmael – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Tokunboh Ishmael is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alitheia Capital, a pioneering impact-investing firm channelling private equity into inclusive African businesses. She co-founded the $100m Alitheia IDF gender-lens fund, investing in women-owned or women-serving SMEs such as Reelfruit, Psaltry International, Wemy Industries, Ivili Loboya, Jetstream Africa, SweepSouth and SKLD, across agribusiness, consumer goods, logistics and
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Olumide Soyombo – Nominated for Investor of the Year at MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Olumide Soyombo is one of Africa’s most prolific early-stage tech investors and co-founder of pan-African VC firm Voltron Capital. A serial angel, his portfolio spans more than 30 startups, including Paystack, PiggyVest, TeamApt (Moniepoint), Brass, Trove, Mono and Lemonade Finance, many of which are now market leaders in fintech and digital infrastructure. Through Voltron Capital,
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Kola Aina -Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Kola Aina is the Founder and General Partner of Ventures Platform Fund, one of Africa’s most respected early-stage venture capital firms backing bold founders building transformational solutions across the continent. Since launching in 2016, he has invested in category-defining startups such as Paystack, Mono, PiggyVest, Remedial Health, Brass, Nomba, and Lemonade Finance, helping shape Africa’s
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Marlon Nichols – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Marlon Nichols is an American investor and co-founding Managing General Partner of MaC Venture Capital, a top seed-stage firm backing founders who build culture-shaping companies. A former professional athlete turned technologist, Nichols earned his BS in Management Information Systems at Northeastern University and MBA at Cornell University, then worked at Intel Capital and became a
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Hakeem Belo-Osagie- Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of Metis Capital Partners, is one of Africa’s most respected investors, known for deploying strategic capital into sectors that shape the continent’s future. Through Metis Capital Partners, his investment and advisory firm—he backs high-growth ventures in telecommunications, energy, finance, and education, combining deep industry insight with disciplined, long-term strategy. A Harvard-trained economist,
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Future Africa – Nominated for Investor of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Future Africa is one of the most dynamic early-stage investment firms reshaping the startup ecosystem across Africa. Founded by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, co-founder of Andela and Flutterwave, Future Africa was born from his passion to empower bold founders solving the continent’s most urgent challenges, from finance and health to climate, education, and governance. Established in 2020,
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ARM Investment Managers – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Founded in 1994 by visionary entrepreneur Deji Alli, ARM Investment Managers has grown from a bold idea into one of Nigeria’s foremost asset management firms, setting the benchmark for professionalism, innovation, and trust in West Africa’s financial ecosystem. Driven by Alli’s belief that Nigerians deserved world-class investment management rooted in integrity and long-term value creation,
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Speedinvest – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active and respected early-stage venture capital firms, founded in 2011 by Oliver Holle, Daniel Keiper-Knorr, and Marie-Hélène Ametsreiter. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with offices across Berlin, London, and San Francisco, Speedinvest was born from a shared belief that the best founders deserve more than capital — they deserve a
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Newfund – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Newfund is a transatlantic venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Henri Deshays, François Véron, and Patrick Malka, with a bold mission to back exceptional entrepreneurs shaping the future through innovation. With offices in Paris and Silicon Valley, Newfund has built its reputation as one of France’s most dynamic early-stage investors, combining European depth with
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Flourish Ventures – Nominated for the Investor of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Flourish Ventures is a global venture capital firm founded by Omidyar Network partners Emmalyn Shaw and Tilman Ehrbeck, with a mission to advance financial health and economic resilience for people and small businesses around the world. Launched in 2019 as an independent fund backed by Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, Flourish was built on a
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DST Global – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Founded in 2009 by visionary investor Yuri Milner, DST Global has become one of the world’s most influential venture capital firms, known for backing the biggest technology disruptors of the 21st century. From Facebook, Twitter, and Spotify to Airbnb, ByteDance, Klarna, Nubank, and FairMoney, DST Global has consistently identified and supported category-defining companies long before
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Raba – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Raba is a Nigerian fintech company transforming how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access financial services and equipment, enabling business growth through “pay-small-small” models and embedded credit. Founded by a team of local tech and finance entrepreneurs in Ibadan, Oyo State, Raba is committed to filling a critical gap in the market: many micro and
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AXA Mansard Insurance – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 30 October 2025
AXA Mansard Insurance plc was incorporated in 1989 as a composite insurance company in Nigeria. In 2014, AXA (the global insurance group) acquired majority ownership in Mansard, bringing global backing and repositioning the brand. Headquartered in Victoria Island, Lagos, AXA Mansard offers a full suite of financial products: life and non-life insurance, health (HMO) plans,
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ASNR Investments Ltd – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
ASNR Investments Ltd is a privately held UK company registered on 14 January 2025 under company number 16182874. The firm’s registered office is at 403 Kingston Road, Epsom, Surrey KT19 0BT, England. Founded as a micro-sized private limited company, ASNR Investments Ltd is in the early stages of its corporate life According to official filings,
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Blockwall Capital – Nominated for Investor of the Year Award at the MOI Award
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Blockwall Capital is a thesis-driven early-stage venture firm backing the builders of the next internet—Web3 and blockchain infrastructure. The firm’s edge comes from its founders: Dominic Briggs, Jannis Choulidis, and Nikos Choulidis. As Managing Partners, they combine complementary strengths, venture discipline (Briggs), company-building and operations (Jannis), and product/security depth plus partnerships (Nikos)—to deliver a founder-first
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Meristem Securities Limited – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Meristem Securities Limited is a Nigerian capital-markets firm providing a wide range of financial services including wealth management, stock-broking, asset management, investment banking, trusteeship and registrars & probate services. Founded originally as Great Africa Securities in 2003 and renamed to Meristem in 2005, the group has grown into a multi-subsidiary financial services provider operating across
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Tekton Ventures – Nominated for Investor of the Year at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Tekton Ventures is an early-stage investment firm rooted in Silicon Valley but active globally. The firm traces its founding to around 2009-10, and it is headquartered in San Francisco, with a presence in Paris as well. Tekton focuses on seed-stage and inception investments, supporting founders who are building category-defining companies, often with a global or
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