1914 Reader
A publication co-founded with Feyi Fawehinmi reading African stories through the lens of global economic change.
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Building
and investing
with purpose.
Notes on capital, cities, and the slow work of building things that last. Based in Lagos, working across fintech, SME services, and education technology.
Selected Ventures & Projects
Lagos Urban Project
Reimagining Lagos as a more inclusive, livable, and productive city, built from how people live in it.
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An institution dedicated to the civilisational foundations of African prosperity across multi-decade horizons.
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The Shape Lagos Takes When No One Is Planning It
On informal urbanism, and what the city's edges reveal about how Lagos works.
Read Essay →Patient Capital, Impatient Markets
The timelines investors want and the timelines development requires rarely match. That mismatch has a cost.
Read Essay →How Asia Works, and What It Leaves Unanswered for Africa
Joe Studwell's case for land reform and export discipline holds up. The parts that don't translate say a lot.
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