
Laura Davis
Co-CEO and Managing Partner of Renew Capital, a pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, and editor of The Africa Brief.
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Sep 17, 2026
Rethinking Venture Capital In Africa – Laura Davis
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Chipo MuwowoHOST
What does that mean in practice? What does that look like? What's going on there?

Laura DavisGUEST
Yeah, so looking at the missing middle and the problem and that thesis that it's both a huge problem and it's a huge opportunity for people like us who are looking at it.

Laura DavisGUEST
And as we look at many of the startups, They have built products, B2B SaaS products, and a whole range of things that are servicing small and mid-sized enterprises.

Laura DavisGUEST
Also, there's readily available data from other sources that can be added on into that.

Chipo MuwowoHOST
What's your take on this shift? And is Renew shifting anything in its approach to capital deployment as a result?