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The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

Africa Startup Series – Peter Ngunyi, EarlyBird Venture Lab – Accelerating Africa’s Startup Ecosystem | #394

The Meb Faber Show - Better Investing

The Idea Farm

Business, Investing, Management

4.7938 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Peter Ngunyi, founder and CEO of EarlyBird Venture Lab, which provides growth, acquisition and funding strategy for early-stage tech startups. In today’s episode, we’re talking to someone who’s seen the growth of the continent first hand over the last 40 plus years. Peter begins by touching on his recent transition from operator to investor to help solve startups get access to capital. He explains why African’s have historically mostly seen real estate as the only investment option but are now starting to invest in startups. We hear about areas he’s excited about like retail tech and fintech, and of course some companies he’s excited about. As we wind down, Peter shares why Africa needs to pave it’s own path and not just copy the US or Chinese model. ----- Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Today’s episode is sponsored by The Idea Farm. The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world’s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Join today and get access to quarterly CAPE ratios, an excel quant backtester and the entire research library. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Mebb Faver Show, where the focus is on helping you grow and preserve your wealth.

0:11.0

Join us as we discuss the craft of investing and

0:13.5

uncover new and profitable ideas all to help you grow wealthier and wiser. Better

0:17.4

investing starts here.

0:19.4

Meeth Faber is the co-founder and chief investment officer at Cambria Investment Management.

0:23.4

Didn't industry regulations, he will now discuss any of Cambra's funds on this podcast.

0:27.1

All opinions expressed by podcast participants are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the

0:30.8

opinion of Cambria Investment Management or its affiliates.

0:33.4

For more information, visit cambria Investments.com.

0:39.6

Welcome friends.

0:40.6

We're back with another episode in our Africa startup series.

0:44.0

Our guest is the founder and CEO of Early Bird Ventures,

0:47.0

which provides growth, acquisition, and funding strategy

0:50.0

for early stage tech startups.

0:52.0

In today's show, we're talking to someone who's seen the growth of the continent

0:55.1

firsthand over the last 40 plus years.

0:57.7

He touches on his recent transition from operator to investor to help solve startups

1:01.6

get access to capital. He explains why Africans have historically to We hear about areas excited about like retail tech and FinTech and of course some companies he's excited about too.

1:16.0

As we wind down, he shares why Africa needs to pave its own path and not just copy of the US or Chinese model.

1:22.0

This episode is brought to you by 10 East.

1:25.0

Long time listeners know I've invested in private markets quite a bit myself,

1:29.0

but with access to these markets broadening,

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