Aban: Spotlight on Angel investing in Africa - The Changing Narrative - Development Trends - An Emerging Middle Class - A Booming Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - But… - Africa’s Pioneer Capital Gap - Why Angel Investing in Africa is Important!

1. Spotlight on Africa
EBAN 2016 CONGRESS

2. ABAN is a pan-African non-profit association founded to support the
development of early stage investor networks. ABAN began as a
consortium of independent African Angel investing networks including
Lagos Angels Network (LAN), Cameroon Angel Network (CAN), Cairo
Angels, Ghana Angel Network (GAIN), Venture Capital for Africa
(VC4Africa), Silicon Cape, DEMO Africa and the European Business Angel
Network (EBAN).
ABAN’s mission is to help develop early stage investing in Africa by
providing the support, networking opportunities and essential resources
Africa’s Angel Investing Syndicates & Networks need to maximize their
impact.
ABOUT ABAN

3. Spotlight on Africa
• The Changing Narrative
• Development Trends
• An Emerging Middle Class
• A Booming Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
• But…
• Africa’s Pioneer Capital Gap
• Why Angel Investing in Africa is Important!

4. The Changing Narrative

5. Development Trends
• Population growth
• Urbanization
• Enabling technology
• Energy leapfrog
• Private Sector Momentum
• Consumerism
• Climate change
• Commodity prices 
• Migration
• Increasing global influence
• Chinese investments
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• Rising middle class

6. An Emerging Middle Class
http://www.amethisfinance.com/about-amethis/africa/

7. A Booming Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

8. But…

9. Africa’s Pioneer Capital Gap
• Entrepreneurs struggle to find startup funding
• Most serious investors only interested in later stage
companies
• DFI’s, NGO’s provide larger amounts of capital, not the
fraction startup entrepreneurs usually need
• Investing in Africa from abroad is difficult, time consuming
and expensive
• Startup entrepreneurs need more than funding alone

10. Angel Investing in Africa…
• Nascent angel groups, syndicates & networks
• Local investors that can be scaled up with international
funding
• Angels already participants in local economic development
• Smart capital, providing knowledge, network, mentoring
• Life savers when startups pass through the valley of death
• Huge potential social & economic impact (2015: USA $20B,
Europe € 5B, Africa still negligible)
• Creating new jobs locally (and globally)
• Having fun all the way!

11. THANK YOU!
TOMI DAVIES
PRESIDENT

12. We’d love to hear from you!
Web: abanangels.org
Twitter: @ABANangels
Facebook: African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
Linkedin: African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
Mail: secretariat@abanangels.org