Speaking
Sharp ideas.
Standing-room rooms.
Standing ovations.
I speak to founders, investors, and operators on the forces reshaping African talent, capital, and ambition — and what to do about them.
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Topics
What I talk about.
01
Building from Africa, scaling to the world
Lessons from operating across talent, media, and education in the world's youngest market.
02
The next billion knowledge workers
How African talent will power the next decade of global productivity — and what it takes to participate.
03
Founder operating systems
Hiring, capital, focus, and survival — the unglamorous decisions that compound into category leaders.
04
Investing in frontier markets
How to underwrite, build conviction, and earn deal flow when the data is thin and the upside is asymmetric.
Past engagements
Where I've spoken.
- Africa Tech SummitLondon2024
- TechCrunch DisruptSan Francisco2024
- Moonshot by Big CabalLagos2023
- GITEX GlobalDubai2023
- Africa Soft Power SummitNairobi2023
- Harvard Africa Business ConferenceBoston2022
Testimonials
From the rooms.
“Adewale doesn't perform clarity — he is clarity. After thirty minutes, our team had a sharper roadmap than after two months of off-sites.”
“One of the few operators who can talk policy, product, and people in the same breath without losing the thread.”
“He moved our keynote audience from polite applause to standing ovation. The Q&A ran 40 minutes past schedule.”