Africa’s leading builders and investors will be sharing their remarkable experiences at the 12th Angel Fair Africa (aka AFA@12) themed “Building and Investing in Africa” at the Google NYC office on 19th September 2025. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Managing Partner of Accelerate Africa and a two-time unicorn co-founder of Andel and Flutterwave, Barbara Iyayi, co-founder of Liquid Credit who doubles up as an investor – both from Nigeria with Barbara now based in NY. Benjamin Fernandes, CEO of NALA and founding partner of P1 Ventures from Tanzania, Alexandre N’djore, CEO of Digitech from Cote d’Ivoire and moderated by Otema Yirenkyi of Nviron Hive from Ghana.
The investors panel has Candice Morgan from Black Angel Group, USA, Steven Grin from Lateral Frontier, USA, Achumboro Ataande from Ataande & Advisors, Ghana, Dr. Ola Brown from HealthCap Africa, Nigeria moderated by Tinyiko Valoyi from Chanzo Capital, South Africa.
The builders will be sharing their experiences of building ventures, funds, accelerators and incubators on the continent from ground up. These experiences will serve as inspiration for the founders who would be pitching. The investors would be sharing their criteria and requirement for selecting founders as well as their experiences from their portfolio companies. These panels would be interspersed with the pitches from the ten founders.
The day will start with a keynote fireside involving Arcangel Esther Dyson of Term Limits, USA in conversation with Eric Osiakwan from Chanzo Capital, Ghana. Esther’s unique investment experience spans the US, Europe and Africa. Her upcoming book “Term Limit” would be worth reading in 2027 but snippets would be out in the fireside chat.
About Angel Fair Africa
Angel Fair Africa is an event that brings together accelerators, incubators and emerging businesses from across the African continent and investors to do deals. The event has resulted in about $100M of investments over its twelve years of existence. More @ www.angelfairafrica.com; contact – info@angelfairafrica.com
About Chanzo Capital
Chanzo Capital is an Africa focused tech VC firm, investing Capital, Capacity and Community into category defining Africa tech ventures through their KINGS (Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa) Funds. More @ www.chanzocapital.com; contact – info@chanzocapital.com
About Five Two Five
Five Two Five invests globally in technology startups that use data, AI, and machine learning to support the movement of people, goods, and money. Our mission is to remove the biases of proximity within the startup ecosystem through increasing global access to capital, coaching, and community.
About BAG Collective
The BAG Collective (BAG) is a global powerhouse of 350+ tech operators, united in their passion for investing in groundbreaking startups. We bring a unique blend of intellectual, social, and financial capital to the table, giving founders the resources they need to scale their businesses.
