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Building for Purpose - China-Africa Tech

This week, we explore a hypothesis - that the lessons and models from Chinese tech companies have merit in African markets, given certain similarities between China’s development and the current conditions on the continent.  2:06 - DFS Lab's Stephen Deng on the experience of Chinese entrepreneurs a…

Live w/Stephen Deng of DFSLab who launched a Blockchain Bootcamp for African startups with Stellar

Stephen is a co-founder and partner at DFS Lab, leading its investments in early-stage digital commerce startups in Africa. He has also spent time advising global clients on the growth of fintech and ecommerce in frontier markets such as those in Africa, China, and Indonesia.    DFS Lab in collabo…

Stephen Deng, DFS Lab

For the inaugural episode of Fintech@Haas, we are joined by Stephen Deng, Haas Class 2015. Stephen is a co-founder of DFS Labs, which invests and supports early-stage founders in Africa. Stephen talks about his time at Haas, how he became involved in fintech during his time at the Bill & Melinda Ga…

Are African Startups Overvalued or Undervalued?

From misperceptions of risk in Africa to local investors undervaluing local startups, valuations in startups in Africa vary widely. Are they under valued or over valued? We discussed this topic with panelists;  Adenike Sherriff - Principal at Future Africa , Stephen Deng -Co-founder & Partner at DF…

Refugees Helping Refugees

Calgary’s Sudanese community is struggling. After fleeing civil war in Sudan, refugees are struggling with poverty, gangs, drugs and violence in their new home. Some in the community feel like they are cursed. Akeir Mel Kuol and Stephen Deng both arrived in Canada as refugees, but are now working t…

Live w/Stephen Deng of DFSLab who launched a Blockchain Bootcamp for African startups with Stellar

Stephen is a co-founder and partner at DFS Lab, leading its investments in early-stage digital commerce startups in Africa. He has also spent time advising global clients on the growth of fintech and ecommerce in frontier markets such as those in Africa, China, and Indonesia.   DFS Lab in collabora…

#84 - Dare Okoudjou - On Fundraising, Scaling a Pan-African Payment Network and Acquiring Startups

This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Dare Okoudjou, Founder & CEO of Onafriq (formerly known as MFS Africa). Dare has built a long-running startup success streak on the continent, having started the business over a decade ago to become a multimillion…

Accessing Global Talent with Stacey Bolon

In this episode I interview Stacey Bolon, the visionary Co-founder and CEO of STiiNT-iT, a groundbreaking platform that empowers professionals with a real-time, third-party-verified career history hub in order to make professionals discoverable to hiring companies, globally, particularly within pro…

Africa's S Curves: A Case for Realistic Optimism

In this episode of The Trajectory Africa, DFS Lab General Partner Stephen Deng introduces "Africa's S-curves," a framework that explains why technology transitions on the continent take longer, but are also characterized by dramatic adoption and big impacts on informal markets due to improvements i…

Fiasco al fresco

At the height of summer, when so many of us are grabbing picnic blankets, hitting the beach, and embracing an al fresco lifestyle, a tale of two outdoor events gone spectacularly wrong.  Featuring Anika Krause, Samuel Edward-Cook, Eloise Barker, Simon Vargas, and Stephen Deng. Produced by Marina …