About Us
Who we are
Our mission is to cost-effectively create income doublings for people in Africa through value-added exports and labour migration.
The Africa Jobs Fund catalyses high-productivity jobs to end poverty in Africa. We create these jobs through export manufacturing and international labour mobility, the two most cost-effective ways to increase incomes for people in Africa living in poverty.
We help start and scale commercially viable organisations in two ways: we source exceptional founders and incubate them to start new organisations, and we fund existing organisations to scale their operations or launch new ventures.
Our values
Cost effective
We seek to maximise the positive impact we can create relative to the resources we deploy.
Truth seeking
We want to know what is true about the world regardless of whether that truth is inconvenient or difficult.
Tolerant of risk
We focus on projects with the highest expected value, not only on those for which we are certain of the outcome.
Mutually beneficial
We seek to create organisations that not only directly benefit their employees and customers, but also create a broader positive impact in the countries where they operate.
Execution focused
We believe that the quality of our operations and the speed at which we work are crucial to achieving our mission.
Rights respecting
We believe it is paramount that our organisations respect the rights of the workers they engage with at all times.
Who we are
Daniel Yu
General Partner
Founded Wasoko, Africa's largest B2B e-commerce company, serving 150,000+ businesses with 2,000 staff and $145M raised. Oversaw the largest tech merger in African history. Board Chair of Malengo. Forbes 30 Under 30, Prince of Wales Young Person Award. Speaks 8 languages.
Ben Hyman
Chief Operating Officer
Launched Talent Safari as CEO, Africa's leading mid-level talent partner for startups. Previously led product & growth at an African logistics tech startup ($5.5M seed led by Google Ventures). Oxford PPE, Harvard graduate student. Advisor to Malengo and Health Progress Hub.
