Growth Gateway: Masterclass, Fundraising in Africa
A practical 4‑step guide to help African founders, especially women, plan capital needs, choose the right financing and engage investors to raise funds effectively.
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This Growth Gateway masterclass, produced by Boston Consulting Group, provides African founders with a clear fundraising playbook focused on strategy, investor targeting, materials preparation and engagement.
It explains how to quantify funding needs around milestones, design an optimal capital stack, and select suitable instruments such as equity, debt and grants. The session outlines investor types in Africa, common ticket sizes and return expectations, and how to tailor pitches for equity and debt providers. It also addresses biases that women founders face, offering practical ways to strengthen confidence, evidence and delivery.
Summary insights from the document are also included as a separate document, outlining 4 main lessons for entrepreneurs and ecosystem partners:
- relating to quantifying capital needs
- choosing capital source
- selecting investors
- managing the fundraising process
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