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The Population Illusion 2.0
Why Nigeria’s Real Market Is 30 Million People — And That’s Not a Problem
Oct 4 • 
Lumi Mustapha
Music IP as Collateral: Africa’s Untapped Asset Class
Catalogs already generate steady USD inflows. The missing piece is a framework banks and funds can underwrite.
Sep 27 • 
Lumi Mustapha
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Capital Without Commitment
Why Development Finance Structures Fail the Builders They Fund
Sep 20 • 
Lumi Mustapha
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Africa Investment Strategy 2025
How Smart Money Uses Multipolar Structures for 12-20% Returns
Sep 13 • 
Lumi Mustapha
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Startup Governance & Control Series (Part 5)
Loss of Economic Control Without Dilution: How Founder-Friendly Terms Still Shift Power
Sep 6 • 
Lumi Mustapha
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The Elite Coordination Crisis: How Smart People Destroy Countries (And How Nigeria Could Find the Exit)
Why elite dynamics decide development—and how a state-enclave model turns diaspora wealth into production
Aug 23 • 
Lumi Mustapha
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What If Real Estate Worked Like Music IP?
How royalty-backed financing could unlock the next phase of African IP growth — and why most artists are still tenants in their own income streams.
Aug 16 • 
Lumi Mustapha
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Diaspora-as-a-Service
Why Africa’s most valuable users are offshore—and how startups keep building for the wrong market layer
Aug 10 • 
Lumi Mustapha
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