About Us
Who we are
Our mission is to cost-effectively create income doublings for people in Africa through value-added exports and labor migration.
Africa Jobs Fund catalyzes high-productivity jobs to end poverty in Africa. We create these jobs through export manufacturing and international labor mobility, the two most cost-effective ways to increase incomes for people living in poverty in Africa.
We help to start and scale commercially viable organizations in two ways: we source exceptional founders and incubate them to start new organizations, and we fund existing organizations to scale their operations or launch new ventures.
Our values
Cost effective
We seek to maximize the positive impact that we can create relative to the resources we are deploying.
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 seek to create organizations that not only directly benefit their employees and customers, but also create a broader positive impact in the countries in which they operate.
Execution focused
We believe that the quality of our operations and the speed with which we work is crucial to successfully achieving our mission.
Rights respecting
We believe that it is of paramount importance that our organizations respect the rights of the workers at all times.
Backed by
Who we are
Daniel Yu
Founder & General Partner
Founder & CEO of Wasoko, Africa's largest B2B e-commerce company, serving 150,000+ businesses with 2,000 staff and $145M raised. Oversaw the largest tech merger in African history. Board Chair of Malengo. Forbes 30 Under 30, Prince of Wales Young Person Award. Speaks 8 languages.
Ben Hyman
Co-Founder
CEO of Talent Safari, Africa's leading mid-level talent partner for startups. Previously led product & growth at an African logistics tech startup ($5.5M seed led by Google Ventures). Oxford PPE, Harvard graduate student. Advisor to Malengo and Health Progress Hub.
Advisory board
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Advisor
Co-founder of two African unicorn startups; Flutterwave and Andela. Partner at Future Africa.
Samantha Power
Advisor
Former Director of USAID and former US Ambassador to the United Nations.
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