Why African Corporations Must Own...
Why African Corporations Must Own the Infrastructure, not Just Procurement in Innovation with Henri Nyakarundi.

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Are African corporations building long-term enterprise value, or are they simply buying the innovative infrastructure from everyone else?

In this episode of African Intelligence, we sat down with serial entrepreneur and venture advocate ⁠⁠Henri Nyakarundi⁠ ⁠to challenge one of the biggest blind spots in African business today: treating innovation as a procurement expense rather than a capital-allocation strategy.

Henri breaks down why global corporate giants grow their valuations by taking strategic equity in emerging technologies.

At the same time, too many African boardrooms still ask startups for "free pilots," price cuts, and 90-day payment terms.

We explore how foreign investors routinely capture the ... 

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