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Lexi Novitske

Lexi Novitske

Oct 1, 2026

14:21
How active are Chinese, uh, investors, uh, Chinese, uh, funds, uh, getting on the ground, and are they showing a lot of interest in, in, in investing in, in the Noske Fund?
14:32
Look, it's been an interesting, um, dynamic to watch because for quite some time, Chinese investors were, were quiet, but they were building a couple of massive platforms, um, first focused on hardware, uh, transition, which is probably Nigeria's biggest, uh, certainly cell phone devices, but they've expanded into other hardware asset classes as well.
14:58
Company, they invested pretty deeply in hardware.
15:01
We have then seen that evolution kind of play out in more the tech, especially fintech layers.
15:10
Um, Opay and Palmpay are two big examples of that.
15:13
So look, Chinese investors have been, um, really investing for a long time on the African continent, but a lot of times behind the scenes.
15:23
So I think their, their first rollout within Nigeria, within the technology space was in hardware, um, with Transition and Huawei, which now are hu-huge brand names within the Nigeria tech ec-ecosystem.

6 MINS LATER

21:52
How is that playing out on the ground here in Africa and in Nigeria, uh, in particular? What, what, what are you seeing? Um, are the Americans as active on the ground as they, as they were historically? And, and if not, what's, what does that, what does that mean for, uh, technology investment in, uh, in this market, and what does it mean for America?
14:21
How active are Chinese, uh, investors, uh, Chinese, uh, funds, uh, getting on the ground, and are they showing a lot of interest in, in, in investing in, in the Noskun Fund?
14:32
Look, it's been an interesting, um, dynamic to watch because for quite some time, Chinese investors were, were quiet, but they were building a couple of massive platforms, um, first focused on hardware, uh, Transition, which is probably Nigeria's biggest, uh, certainly cell phone devices, but they've expanded into other hardware asset classes as well, company.
14:58
They invested pretty deeply in hardware.
15:01
We have then seen that evolution kind of play out in more the tech, especially fintech layers.
15:10
Um, Opay and Palmpay are two big examples of that.
15:13
So look, Chinese investors have been, um, really investing for a long time on the African continent, but a lot of times behind the scenes.
15:23
So I think their, their first rollout within Nigeria, within the technology space was in hardware, um, with Transition and Huawei, which now are hu-huge brand names within the Nigeria tech ec-ecosystem.

6 MINS LATER

21:52
How is that playing out on the ground here in Africa and in Nigeria, uh, in particular? What, what, what are you seeing? Um, are the Americans as active on the ground as they, as they were historically? And, and if not, what's, what does that, what does that mean for, uh, technology investment in, uh, in this market, and what does it mean for America?

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