Who we are

A philanthropic venture builder catalysing high-productivity jobs in Africa through export manufacturing and international labour mobility.

The Africa Jobs Fund is a philanthropic venture builder catalysing high-productivity jobs to end poverty in Africa. We create these jobs through export manufacturing and international labour mobility, the two most cost-effective mechanisms for raising incomes for Africans at scale.

We start and scale commercially viable organisations through two entry points. We source exceptional founders and incubate them to build new ventures against specific, pre-scoped opportunities. And we fund existing organisations to scale their operations or launch new ventures in adjacent geographies and sectors.

The Africa Jobs Fund is housed at Renaissance Philanthropy, a nonprofit organisation that designs and runs time-bound, thesis-driven philanthropic funds led by field experts.

This gives funders the governance, compliance, and audit discipline of a well-regarded philanthropic institution while letting the team operate at venture-builder speed.

Our values

Cost effective

We seek to maximise the positive impact we can create relative to the resources we deploy.

Truth seeking

We want to know what is true about the world regardless of whether that truth is inconvenient or difficult.

Tolerant of risk

We focus on projects with the highest expected value, not only on those for which we are certain of the outcome.

Mutually beneficial

We create value not only for the workers and companies themselves but also for the countries where they operate.

Execution focused

We believe that the quality of our operations and the speed at which we work are crucial to achieving our mission.

Rights respecting

We believe it is paramount that our organisations respect the rights of the workers they engage with at all times.

Leadership

Daniel Yu

Founding Partner

Founded Wasoko, Africa's largest B2B e-commerce company (serving 150,000+ businesses, 2,000 staff, $145M raised). Led Africa's largest tech merger. Board Chair of Malengo, a leading (East Africa → Germany) migration non-profit. Forbes 30 Under 30. Speaks 8 languages.

Ben Hyman

Operating Partner

Started Talent Safari, a leading recruitment agency for startups in Africa. Led product & growth at Leta.ai, a logistics-tech startup serving manufacturers across Africa ($7.5M raised, Google Ventures-backed). Advisor to Health Progress Hub. Studied at Oxford & Harvard.

Team

Anteneh Tesfaye

Venture Builder

Formerly Chief Innovation Officer at Komari Beverages, a leading beverage company in Ethiopia. Previously an investor at Ethiopian Investment Holdings and in operations at One Acre Fund.

Abubakar Abdulfatah

AI Automation Specialist

Completing an Engineering degree at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna, and working in research at the University of Lagos' AI & Robotics lab.

Entrepreneurs in Residence

Renate Winkler

Germany Labour Mobility

Formerly Founder of Guardian Carers, a leading UK care-staffing business, acquired by Homecare in 2025.

Alex Mina

Italy Labour Mobility

Formerly Co-Founder of Profiter, a leading healthcare supply-chain business in Italy, acquired in 2025.

Tereza Matos

Portugal & Brazil Labour Mobility

Previously Country Lead for Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) in Portugal and a project officer at IOM.

Advisory board

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

Advisor

Founded two African unicorns: Flutterwave (pan-African payments) and Andela (global tech talent network). General Partner, Future Africa.

Samantha Power

Advisor

Former Head of USAID, US Ambassador to the United Nations, and US Special Envoy for Refugees. Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Coming soon

Interested in partnering with us?

We would love to hear from prospective funders, founders, and operators.

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