Media
Media archive
66 interviews, videos, podcasts, features and listings, newest first within each group. For interview requests, use the enquiry form.
Video and TV
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Angel investing vs venture capital
The Investor Talk, episode 58, EquityMatch. How investment decisions really get made and what founders should weigh before choosing angels or VC.
May 2026
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Raising African champions: talent, tech and Africa's global ambition
AL24 News panel at the 4th African Startup Conference, Algiers. With Angelique Kantengwa and Ghani Kolli on the diaspora's role in cross-border acceleration and putting impact and returns on one scoreboard.
January 2026
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Navigating the funding landscape: types and sources of funds
CERI & KRISP seminar with Heather Sherwin of ELMA Philanthropies. The full range of funding options for African innovators, researchers and startups and how to approach funders.
October 2025
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Raising funds, African tech and deep tech investment in South Africa
The Truth Talk Podcast, episode 46 (Inside VC), hosted by Larreth Jimu. The path into VC, deal-making, raising funds in Africa, deep tech, B-BBEE, AI and advice for founders.
August 2025
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How local venture capital is building South Africa's startup scene
ITWeb TV #SS24. Interview on local venture capital and South Africa's cybersecurity startups, also shared as a clip by ITWeb Live.
June 2024
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ITWeb Security Summit broadcast
ITWeb, YouTube. The full recorded broadcast from the ITWeb Security Summit.
June 2024
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Live at AVCA 2024
AVCA Conference. A live interview from the African Private Capital Association's annual conference.
May 2024
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Emerging technology companies solving real needs in Africa
BigFive Summit Speaker Podcast Series, Big5D TV, hosted by Charles Laughlin. How the fourth industrial revolution is producing companies that meet real needs in Africa, ahead of the BigFive Summit in Cape Town.
February 2024
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From marketing to venture capital
Tooways to skin a CAt, hosted by Uwais Asmal. A conversation on moving from marketing into early-stage investing.
August 2022
Podcasts and newsletters
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Tech Aways newsletter
Substack. Notes on building and running the African Angels Guild.
Ongoing
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Building Africa's angel investing ecosystem
Tech Aways Podcast. Why African founders should weigh their options before assuming VC is the only path.
July 2026
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The case for building Africa's angel ecosystem
Tech Aways, transcript. The mechanics of early-stage angel syndicates, explained.
July 2026
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The Raise Summit interviews: unlocking Africa's VC potential
Deep dive reviews, interview by Kurt Walker, with a written version on Insights by Fusion42. Fundraising in Africa, corporate partnerships and the sell-before-you-build playbook.
December 2024
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Sin Malditas Excusas, season 2, episode 54
Sin Malditas Excusas, recorded in English. Background, the value of relationships in business and backing South African science and engineering with global potential.
May 2024
Features and interviews
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Building the continent's deep-tech future
Platform Africa. The case for backing hardware, retaining talent and executing with urgency, plus the role of India-Africa corridors.
June 2026
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AIM Congress: leading an MEA corporate–startup workshop
Gulf Today. Leading a corporate–startup workshop for the Middle East and Africa at AIM Congress 2025.
April 2025
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Quoted on satellite IoT connectivity for Africa
ITWeb Africa, via the DNS Africa archive. On portfolio company Visiosoft's partnership with France's Kinéis and why international partnerships matter.
March 2025
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Low-cost engineering to solve corporate bottlenecks
The Exchange. AIM Congress presentation on putting African engineering talent to work for corporates.
2025
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Retaining tech talent and pitching to VCs
The Condia. Interview on deep tech, how founders should pitch VCs and keeping technical talent in Africa.
December 2024
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Core operating principles for African venture
AVCA Afri-spective blog. Human connection, timing and multi-stakeholder capability.
2024
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2024 VC outlook: Cyrine Fadhel, Seedstars
The Condia, compiled by Thaheer. Venture outlook interview with Seedstars' Cyrine Fadhel, compiled by Thaheer.
2024
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Solving real-world problems to attract capital
Uganda Radio Network. Quoted at the Uganda Deep Tech Summit investment rally.
2024
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Support resources for early-stage startups
The Africa B2B Tech Report. Coverage of a panel Thaheer led on financial and non-financial support for startups.
2024
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From entrepreneur in residence to fund partner
Fund blog. A six-year journey from EIR to partner.
2023
Speaking, jury and mentoring listings
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Fireside chat on startup investing
Dream VC with Malaika Commons and Umu Igbo Unite. A fireside chat for diaspora investor communities, hosted by Mark Kleyner.
August 2026
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Judge, Converge Africa 2026
Converge Africa. Judging eight startups pitching at the Converge Africa Startup Project, as Chair of the African Angels Guild.
May 2026
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Panellist, Health Entrepreneurship Summit 2026
Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, UCT Graduate School of Business. Social innovation in the South African health system, including the valley of death between proof of concept and scale.
May 2026
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Panellist, Change The World 2026
Workshop17 Watershed, Cape Town. Built in South Africa, sold to the world: a playbook for founders scaling beyond South Africa.
March 2026
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Faculty, Africa Venture Primer
Dream VC. Joining the faculty to bring African venture investment context to a Bay Area cohort.
February 2026
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Mentor, Founder Institute Cape Town
Founder Institute. Advisor and mentor to pre-seed founders.
2026
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Fireside chat: can 2 and 20 serve African VC?
Dream VC Investor Accelerator Programme, with Mark Kleyner and Tamim El Zein. Unpacking whether the century-old fund fee model fits African venture capital today.
September 2025
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Speaker, Invest Tour
La Réunion Développement. Speaker profile for La Réunion's investment tour, during a visit to the island's startup and SME ecosystem.
June 2025
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Speaker and workshop lead, AIM Congress 2025
AIM Congress, Abu Dhabi. Official speaker profile, as CEO of Dala For Africa.
April 2025
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Speaker, UM6P Deep Tech Summit
UM6P Ventures, Ben Guerir. Africa's first dedicated deep tech summit, at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University.
May 2024
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Panellist, State of Climate Tech
AfricArena Johannesburg Summit. Two panels on climate tech, agtech, enterprise and deep tech investing.
April 2024
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Speaker, BigFive Summit 2024
BigFive Summit, Cape Town. Speaking on early-stage investment at the summit on 19 and 20 March 2024.
March 2024
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Speaker, Global AI Congress for Africa
GAICA, Sousse, Tunisia. Speaker profile for the summit on AI and venture capital.
2024
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Fireside chat: attracting angel capital
GAICA Startup Hall programme. Fireside chat on attracting angel investors to emerging ecosystems.
2024
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Jury member, Burning Heroes Africa 2024
Burning Heroes. Evaluating pre-seed and seed startups.
2024
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Speaker, AfricArena FinTech, Mobility & Logistics Summit
Tech In Africa. Listed among the speakers at the summit in Dakar, Senegal, on 24 and 25 May 2023.
May 2023
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Moderator: can technology platforms move the needle for small and growing businesses?
Panel discussion. Moderating a panel on what technology really changes for small and growing businesses.
March 2023
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Panel moderator, SuperReturn
SuperReturn. Moderating a panel at the private capital conference.
2023
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Obuntu Launchpad Fellowship, class 2
Obuntu Foundation. Selected for the African fund manager fellowship, with a focus on hands-on due diligence.
2023
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Moderator, VC Lab Venture Trends roundtable
VC Lab. A multinational GP and LP roundtable on deep tech as an investment category.
December 2022
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Panellist, funding early-stage agtech
Founders Factory Africa. Funding early-stage agtech ventures on the continent.
September 2022
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Speaker, AfricArena and AVCA summits
Dakar, Senegal. Speaking to founders and funders at two summits in Dakar.
April 2022
Awards and recognition
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2025 Visionary of the Year (Finance & Insurance)
Forttuna Global Excellence Awards. Official winner profile. The award was presented in Dubai.
2025
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Young African Catalysts spotlight
Young African Catalysts. Featured in the Young African Catalysts series.
May 2023
Commentary on LinkedIn
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Managing the stress of investing in private markets
LinkedIn. On how fund managers can stay level-headed through the ups and downs of high-risk investing.
November 2025
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Why the African Startup Conference pulls the continent together
LinkedIn. How Algeria convened ministers, corporates, investors and startups, leading to a new investment.
October 2025
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Offshore platform costs and local alternatives
LinkedIn. Rising costs and reporting burdens for founders, co-investors and fund investors.
September 2025
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Will a $1 billion valuation on a 3% round hold?
LinkedIn. What a small first disclosed round really says about value.
July 2025
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Inside La Réunion's developing ecosystem
LinkedIn. Startups, SMEs and corporates trading with each other on an island of 980 000 people.
June 2025
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Africa to the Middle East: following $100 billion of Gulf capital
LinkedIn. Why Gulf investment into Africa is a corridor founders and investors should take seriously.
March 2025
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VCs on stage should listen before they lecture
LinkedIn. A note to fellow investors about what founders actually need from panels.
August 2024
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Lightspeed, secondaries and the liquidity squeeze
LinkedIn. What a major US fund hiring for secondaries signals about LP pressure for returns.
June 2024
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Venture debt and founders weighing their options
LinkedIn. Grants, equity, debt or blended finance: the funding choices management teams now face.
December 2022
Fund and portfolio news
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UM6P Ventures partnership with a South African deep tech fund
Fund blog. A Morocco–South Africa partnership to accelerate deep tech startups.
2024
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Healthcare on the move: the investment in Mia
Fund blog. Why Mia Health Technologies' mobile dental model is a health-tech access opportunity.
2023
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The Energy Investment Village
Fund blog. A clean-tech pitching partnership, with Thaheer's commentary.
2023
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The future of agriculture is soil-less
Fund blog. Agri Logiq and customer-centric engineering.
2022
Earlier writing, University of Cape Town
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Mathematics: are you as smart as our high school students?
UCT News. Feature co-written with Chris Gilmour.
March 2015
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On the record
UCT News. Legal profession profiles compiled for the Faculty of Law.
March 2015
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Campus Life 2015
UCT Monday Paper. Contributions as a student writer.
2015
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What it takes to make it
UCT News. Postgraduate clinical and genetics research, compiled by Thaheer.
December 2014
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Humanities focus
UCT Monday Paper. Faculty research monograph, co-curated.
2014