Insights
Thinking on finance, funding and how we approach the businesses we work with.
Taking on finance too early strains a business that isn't ready for it. Taking it on too late costs growth you can't get back. Here's how to tell which side of that line you're on.
Google, development finance institutions and international venture funds have put real money behind African startups in recent years. It's worth being clear about who that money is actually for — and who it isn't.
A 60-day payment term isn't a problem when it's the only one. It becomes one when three or four line up at once and the wages still need to go out on Friday.
An NCR registration number at the bottom of a page is easy to skim past. It's worth knowing what it actually guarantees you as a borrower — and what it doesn't.
The tender award is the milestone everyone celebrates. The working capital gap that opens up immediately afterward is the part that actually determines whether the contract gets delivered.
Governance tends to get treated as the tax a business pays for being taken seriously. Treated properly, it's closer to the reason a business is able to be taken seriously in the first place.
Most business failures aren't caused by a bad quarter. A surprising number are caused by a good one — a business that grew faster than its own foundations could support.
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