Ibrahim Sagna spent greater than 20 years in finance, together with on the African Export-Import Financial institution and the Africa Finance Company, earlier than co-founding Silverbacks Holdings, a agency that invests in know-how, leisure, sport and the inventive industries. How we made it in Africa editor-in-chief Jaco Maritz spoke to Sagna concerning the agency’s origins and the way it picks its investments.
Matters mentioned in the course of the interview embrace:
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The backstory to the founding of Silverbacks
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Why it doesn’t immediately put money into early-stage firms
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What it seems to be for in an funding
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The way it decides when to exit
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Why Sagna hosts his personal podcast
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Whether or not abnormal individuals ought to put money into startups
