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If we want jobs, we have to build and fund the businesses that create them.

I am Pheneas, founder and CEO of Phindor. I am building JuaFlow, Clerqe, and other ventures from Nairobi. These are notes on companies, local capital, and better work across Africa.

72M+

young Africans are outside work, education, and training.

12M each yearenter the job market.

Nearly 1 in 2young workers still live in poverty.

More people need a path into work. More work needs to pay well.

The gap is not effort. It is the number of productive companies able to turn that effort into better incomes, useful skills, and lasting work.

12M/yr

young Africans enter the job market

A new generation looking for a way to earn, learn, and build.

~545M

people across Africa are employed

Work already takes many forms across the continent.

~1 in 2

young workers in Sub-Saharan Africa live in poverty

A job must also pay enough to move life forward.

The work ahead.

My name is Pheneas, founder and CEO of Phindor. I started the company to help businesses become competitive. That work produced JuaFlow, which has now handled more than 1M interactions, and continues through Clerqe and other ventures.

I am beyond conviction that Africa needs more of us building, and funding what gets built. I would like to invite you to join me on a mission to help more young Africans start and build companies, and to encourage more local investors to put money into local startups.

Building something useful, or helping someone else do it?

I am always interested in thoughtful conversations with founders, operators, and people backing African companies.

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