Our Team

Meet the People Building Africa's Future

We're a diverse team of investors, operators, and advisors with deep expertise in African markets and a shared passion for backing exceptional founders.

Leadership

Setting the vision and strategy for backing Africa's most innovative founders

Investments

Identifying and supporting exceptional companies across the continent

Platform

Providing operational support to help our portfolio companies scale

Advisory

Domain experts guiding our investment strategy in specialized sectors

Our Team Members

Experienced investors and operators dedicated to building the future of African commerce

Farida Abubakar Nasir
Leadership

Farida Abubakar Nasir

Founder & General Partner

Farida founded Ventures Platform to back Africa's most innovative founders. With over 15 years of experience in venture capital and technology, she leads our investment strategy across the continent.

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Emmanuel Angbula Adakwu
Investments

Emmanuel Angbula Adakwu

Director

Emmanuel leads our fintech and infrastructure investments. He has deep expertise in scaling technology companies across emerging markets.

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Join Our Team

We're always looking for talented individuals who share our passion for backing exceptional African founders. Explore our open positions.

Our Values

The principles that guide everything we do

Founder-First

We exist to serve exceptional founders building transformative companies across Africa.

Long-Term Thinking

We're patient capital, committed to supporting our founders through multiple stages of growth.

Collaborative Excellence

We believe the best outcomes come from working together—with founders, co-investors, and our network.