DeckJuly 2026
Funder briefing — July 2026
A briefing deck for prospective funders. Covers the problem, thesis, pillars, evidence, impact model, portfolio construction, budget, and the ask.
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Decks, essays, reports & press
Our written thinking on how to increase incomes for Africans at scale, and the evidence that underpins our approach.
- PressJuly 2026
Unlocking Africa podcast — Daniel Yu on investing $100M to create Africa's next million jobs
Founding Partner Daniel Yu on the Unlocking Africa podcast: why manufacturing beats tech, and how the Africa Jobs Fund plans to create a million high-productivity jobs.
Listen to episode - PressJune 2026
Financial Times — the case for export manufacturing in Africa
The Africa Jobs Fund in the Financial Times on why labour-intensive export manufacturing is one of the most powerful ways to create jobs and raise incomes across Africa.
Read article - EssayMay 2026
The case for international labour mobility
Our long-form case for why moving workers from low-income to high-income countries is one of the most cost-effective ways to dramatically raise incomes — and why so little philanthropic capital is deployed against it.
Read essay - PressMay 2026
Announcing the Africa Jobs Fund
Our launch post: why we are building a philanthropic venture builder to catalyse high-productivity jobs in Africa through export manufacturing and international labour mobility.
Read announcement - ReportMay 2026
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Our full CEA model — the basis for our core target of less than $10 per Doubled Consumption Year (DCY). Walk through the assumptions and adjust the inputs to see how they affect expected impact.
View CEA - ReportMay 2026
Further reading
A curated reading list of papers and essays on international labour mobility and export manufacturing — the evidence base behind our thesis.
Browse reading list - EssayApril 2026
Exporters Without Borders: Why You Should Start a Company Instead of Working in Aid
Daniel Yu, founder of Wasoko, argues that entrepreneurs launching export-focused manufacturing businesses in developing countries create more durable poverty reduction than traditional aid work.
Read essay - PressJanuary 2026
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Long-form essays on jobs policy, export manufacturing, migration economics, and how the fund is being built. New posts every few weeks.
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