Execution, Resilience
& Adaptation

Speaker: Muchu Kaingu

Muchu Kaingu shows that purposeful pivots come from data, not guesswork. He explains how Lupiya reduced default rates from 50% to under 10% by continuously analyzing data, adjusting the lending model, and adapting to real customer behavior. 

This lesson reveals how aligned pivots, driven by insight and focused on the mission of financial inclusion, can create sustainability and unlock entirely new revenue streams such as peer-to-peer investments, payments, and instant automated loans.

Lesson Outcomes: 

• Identify when data signals the need to pivot.

• Evaluate whether a new direction strengthens or dilutes your core mission.

• Add-on: Compare revenue potential before and after your pivot, which path scales faster?

Speaker: Afshon Wallace

Afshon Wallace shares his brutally honest journey of building AfriDelivery from nothing—no money, no industry, no partners, no support. 

At times he says he would never choose to repeat the journey, yet he stayed in the fight because the work mattered. His resilience came from purpose, from seeing real impact in people’s lives: drivers building houses, families being fed, restaurants surviving because of the platform. 

This lesson shows that resilience isn’t about being fearless—it’s about staying committed when everything feels impossible.

Lesson Outcomes: 

• Identify the stress triggers you face when building alone or without resources.

• Understand how purpose and impact can sustain you through pressure.

• Create one habit or support system that helps you maintain emotional stability in hard times.

• Add-on: Write down one way your work creates impact for others. This purpose becomes your fuel when pressure hits.

Speaker: Owen Harmon

Owen Harmon shares a raw and powerful story of entering the African market without proper experience — and losing $500,000 on a palm oil investment. 

He explains how misunderstanding the logistics, culture, and realities of the work environment led to costly mistakes. Owen shows how this failure became the foundation for a better strategy: improving due diligence, building stronger checks, and eventually creating an investment fund to mitigate individual risk.

This lesson teaches that failure, when studied honestly, becomes a blueprint for smarter decisions and sustainable growth.

Lesson Outcomes: 

• Identify the root causes behind a failure or setback

• Extract actionable lessons that improve your future strategy

• Add-on: Write down one risk you are currently exposed to and how you can reduce it today

Speaker: Tomi “TD” Davies

Tomi “TD” Davies breaks down the real mindset of an angel investor in Africa. He explains that investing is about building the future of your community — not chasing unicorns. 

TD shows how investors think in terms of risk, traction patterns, and portfolios rather than single bets. He also shares the hard truth about failure, including how to do a postmortem and create synergies even when startups shut down.

This lesson teaches you how to evaluate your business the way an investor would: through risk, growth patterns, and community value.

Lesson Outcomes: 

• Understand how investors view risk, traction, and portfolio strategy

• Identify where your venture fits in the “gazelle vs unicorn” growth spectrum

• Learn why postmortems matter and how investors learn from failure

• Add-on: Sketch your business model (Customer → Value → Revenue → Cost) from an investor’s point of view. Highlight where risk is highest and why.