As Regional Director for Africa and Middle East at Village Capital, Adedana oversees the growth, health, and expansion of the organization's work and teams. She’s passionate about further leveraging the Village Capital’s learnings to better support locally founded and led entrepreneurs and intermediaries. Her research and work have taken her to Ethiopia, China, South Korea, Nicaragua, and now Kenya

13: A peek into the deep tech industry - with Matthew Misbin

From Day One to Exit explores entrepreneurs’ paths from day one of their company to an exit event. With a claimed failure rate of 90%, startups face different challenges at different stages in their development. In this podcast, we’re delving deep into every aspect that goes into building a successful startup: from idea validation and user testing, through fundraising, pitching and building your MVP, to scaling and finally making an exit. We’re inviting founders, industry experts and investors to share their insights into what it takes to make your company a success. They’ll tell you their stories and the ups and downs of running a business. Curious? Let’s listen in.