My vision
Where I am going
I am not building for the next year alone. I am building for decades.
My African vision
Africa must stand up and stand out.
I love Africa. I love what Africa could become if her people were connected with the right information, resources, systems, networks and opportunities. I believe our continent has enormous potential.
But I also believe we have a mentality problem that we must confront. Too often, we assume that what comes from so-called white countries must automatically be better. We can place foreign systems on a pedestal while undervaluing our own capacity. We can allow resources to leave our continent while our people remain economically disadvantaged. We can enter partnerships that do not always create genuine ownership and capacity.
I don't believe Africa needs to isolate itself from the world. I believe Africa needs to engage the world from a position of confidence, capability and ownership.
I don't want an Africa that only dreams.
- An Africa that stands up.
- An Africa that stands out.
- An Africa that builds.
- An Africa that owns.
- An Africa that creates.
- An Africa that invests.
- An Africa that exports ideas, technology, products and institutions — not only raw materials and talent.
Long-term ambition
What I intend to build
- 01
Major African companies
- 02
Technology platforms
- 03
Education systems
- 04
Investment capacity
- 05
Institutions
- 06
Jobs
- 07
Opportunity networks
- 08
Humanitarian infrastructure
- 09
Philanthropic institutions
- 10
African-owned intellectual property
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Businesses that can compete globally
The ten-year vision
What I want to see, a decade from now
VisionQuest
becomes a significant multi-sector African business ecosystem.
EduNex
becomes meaningful digital infrastructure for education.
THE FORGE
becomes a major network connecting young people to industry and opportunity.
Investment
eventually supports African founders and enterprises.
Philanthropy
supports children, vulnerable communities, education and humanitarian work.
Africa
becomes more confident, capable, connected and ownership-driven.
My definition of success
Wealth with purpose
Success, to me, is not simply how much money I have.
I want sufficient resources to build. I want to impact lives. I want to help people. I want to train people. I want people to feel loved, cared for and valued. I want to have enough financial capacity to give significantly to charity and still have enough left to continue building.
I want wealth, but I want wealth with purpose. I want comfort, but I do not want comfort to make me indifferent. I want influence, but I don't want influence to make me forget people.
Wealth should become a tool for impact, not the endpoint of impact.
The life I am building toward
- Build companies
- Own assets
- Invest
- Travel
- Live comfortably
- Support my family
- Create institutions
- Fund humanitarian initiatives
- Support founders
- Give to charity
- Create scholarships
- Support children
- Build infrastructure
- Keep learning
- Keep creating
I want to become wealthy enough that my ability to help is no longer constantly limited by my resources.
My biggest vision
I don't want to build everything. I want to build systems that allow millions of other people to build.
If something I create allows someone to learn, connect, start, build, employ, invest, grow or help someone else, then the work becomes bigger than me.
What I want to be remembered for
When everything else is gone
I don't want to be remembered only for the companies I built.
I want to be remembered for the people who became more capable, more confident, more connected and more hopeful because something I built reached them.
I want people to say that I cared.
That I built.
That I connected people.
That I believed in people.
That I helped.
That I remained human.
I want to leave people better than I found them.