African Ngenuity: An Investor’s Guide to a Vital Tech Ecosystem

What if Africa’s most valuable natural resource is its entrepreneurs?

African Ngenuity is a compelling blend of memoir, strategy guide, and investing masterclass from American venture capitalist Marsha Wulff, who has spent decades co-investing with Africa’s most driven entrepreneurs. It tells inside stories of a tech startup ecosystem emerging, not despite hardships—but because of them.

Wulff introduces readers to Afropreneurs who are building billion-dollar ventures in a landscape shaped by complexity: scarce infrastructure, regulatory uncertainty, and growth-stunting financing. Yet within this tension lies opportunity. African founders are flipping power dynamics—shaping investor terms, defining their own value chains, and creating resilient solutions the world needs.

You’ll discover:

• Why local insight and lived experience often outperform imported solutions
• How diaspora returnees are turning a “brain drain” into a “brain regain”
• What global investors often miss—and what happens when they listen
• How risk-savvy strategies, angel networks, and collaborative hubs have quietly created the continent’s first herd of tech unicorns, attracting billions in USD of new investments annually.

Wulff challenges readers to rethink development, reframe risk, and recognize that investing in African startups isn’t a gamble. It’s a recalibration of where innovation lives.

This is not a book about helping Africa. It’s a book about how Africa is helping the world and why serious investors are paying attention.