WHERE NATURE AND TECHNOLOGY MEET

Our Team

We are a global team of investors, conservationists, consultants, operators, researchers, data scientists, ESG and governance experts, academics, business strategists, policy and regulatory experts, with deep local expertise. 

We lead with curiosity and passion. With over 60 years of combined experience, we have been serving Africa’s underserved through entrepreneurship, drawn together by our common mission to build a more inclusive and sustainable planet so Africa can realise her full potential.

Nela Duke Ekpenyong

Managing Partner, Co-founder

Ryan Lee

Partner, Strategy and Operations

Gladys Kavuma

Venture Partner

Xerona Phillips

Head, Governance and ESG

Advisors

Folarin Aiyegbusi

Head, Google Startup Africa

Dr. Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua

Professor of Engineering & Founder, ATII

Lindy Larson

Social Impact and Mobility Expert

Davidson Oturu

Nubia Capital & Regulatory Expert