Adewale Yusuf

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.

Adewale Yusuf delivering a keynote

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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.

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