The Grinders Memoir

The builder who moves across industries isn't wandering - they're compounding

Lessons from my conversation with Mike Hudack of Morse Money

Apr 24 • Uwem Uwem

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What Japan Taught Me About Trust Infrastructure

And What Africa's Startup Ecosystem Should Do With It

Apr 20 • Uwem Uwem

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Your First Product Isn’t an App, It’s a Network

A Conversation with Mélanie Keita, CEO and co‑founder of Melanin Kapital

Apr 7 • Uwem Uwem

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March 2026

Everyone Wants Africa. The Question Is Whether Africa Is Building For Itself.

The world's two largest economies are fighting over the continent. A Nairobi investor quietly asked the harder question.

Mar 24 • Uwem Uwem

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Fundability vs. Buildability - What African Venture Actually Demands

A conversation with Dotun Olowoporoku on Ventures Platform

Mar 13 • Uwem Uwem

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AI Isn't Fate. But in Africa, We're Still Acting Like It Is.

Who Gets to Decide What AI Optimizes in Africa?

Mar 6 • Uwem Uwem

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February 2026

The AI Advantage Doesn't Belong to the Youngest Person in the Room

Stone Atwine shares it all on The Grinders Table Podcast

Feb 27 • Uwem Uwem

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Afrobeats Won the World. Who Owns the Win?

A big missed opportunity

Feb 6 • Uwem Uwem

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January 2026

The Population Fallacy: Why I'm Rethinking My Own Investment Narrative

“Torture the data, and it will confess anything” - Roland Coase

Jan 30 • Uwem Uwem

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African Edtech Is Dying: We're Training for Jobs That Don't Exist

Edtech is training millions of Africans for skills the market doesn’t want.

Jan 23 • Uwem Uwem

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November 2025

Why Africa Will Win the AI Race Through Data, Not Models

My contrarian investment thesis for African venture capital

Nov 28, 2025 • Uwem Uwem

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October 2025

The Deals That Got Away

And Why That's Actually Good, Maybe?

Oct 22, 2025 • Uwem Uwem

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