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Downloadable guides and three free diagnostic tools. Built for African founders and operators who need to move fast without hiring a consultant for every decision.

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Guides

Downloadable PDF guides. Practical, Africa-specific, built from real client work.

FUND  ·  Vc Funding

African Fundraising Toolkit

Four trackers. One market. $1.21bn to $3.3bn.

Briter puts H1 2026 African startup funding at $3.3bn and growing 73% year on year. TechCabal puts it at $1.44bn growing 1.4%. Launch Base puts it at $1.21bn and falling. Same six months. This edition sets the four trackers side by side, explains the four mechanisms that drive them apart - incorporation, debt, period and minimum round size - and gives you four rules for citing a market number without being caught out. Includes the term sheet decoder, with every worked example checked. 6 pages.

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THINK  ·  Think · Capital Free

The African Funding Tracker Reconciliation

Four trackers, one 2.7x gap

Four organisations counted African startup funding in 2026. Their totals differ by nearly three times — not because anyone made an error, but because each counts a different thing. This is what each one actually counts, the six variables that drive the gap, and which number to use for what.

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GROW  ·  Gtm Coming soon

Africa GTM Playbook

Enter African markets the right way, the first time

A fill-in template, not a read: 7 African distribution channels ranked, a local-affordability pricing framework, a 20-point launch audit, and a 90-day sequence — built to work through with your co-founder, not skim once and forget.

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THINK  ·  Grow · Market Entry Free

Nigeria Modular Data Centre Market Map

Contents, and what the evidence cannot settle

Buyer segments ranked by strength of evidence rather than size of opportunity, three regulatory gates with the action that clears each, competitor financing terms — and a section stating plainly what public sources cannot establish. Extract from the eight-page report: the contents page and Section 06 in full.

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FUND  ·  Islamic Finance Free

Islamic Finance Brief

369 million Muslims. 0.7% of the money.

Sub-Saharan Africa holds USD 30.79bn of the world's USD 4,403.39bn in Islamic financial services assets — 0.7% — and 0.1% of global sukuk issuance, against a Muslim population of 369 million. This edition shows the gap, names its sources line by line, and accounts for every figure carried in the previous version: what was corrected, what was removed for lack of a primary source, and one regional growth rate deliberately left unstated because the underlying chart could not be read unambiguously. 7 pages.

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BUILD  ·  Ai Readiness

AI Readiness Framework

A scoring method, not a market forecast — score yourself before you spend

A 5-pillar diagnostic — data, process, team, infrastructure, strategy — scored against African operating conditions rather than Silicon Valley benchmarks, ending in a 90-day sequence. This is a framework: it gives you a method for assessing your own position and makes no claims about market size, growth rates or sector figures.

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Free diagnostic tools

Three interactive tools you can use right now — no signup required.

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GTM Evaluation

9-step mentorship-style gap analysis. Walks you through your GTM strategy and identifies where you are losing customers before they convert.

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(T-002)
Most comprehensive

GTM Scorecard

175-point scoring tool across 7 dimensions. The most comprehensive GTM diagnostic available for African market entry and expansion.

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Credit Readiness Check

8-question credit readiness diagnostic for African SMEs. Know where you stand before you approach a lender or DFI.

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Built differently.

01

From client work, not research desks

Every guide is the output of real consulting engagements, pattern-matched across multiple markets and clients.

02

Africa-native, not adapted

Written for African market realities from day one — not Western frameworks with African examples bolted on.

03

Operational, not theoretical

Each guide ends with a framework you can apply in the next 30 days. Not background reading.