Sitemap - 2025 - The L.U.M.I. Brief
New Infrastructure for Seeing Clearly
THE GOVERNANCE PARADOX: WHY AFRICAN FOUNDERS WHO WIN CONTROL STILL LOSE VALUE
Reading the Machine: Why Global Capital Dynamics Determine African Investment Outcomes
Front-Loading Development: Financial Architecture for Knowledge Economies
Africa Will Monetize What It Knows—Then Build What It Needs
The Quigley Layer: Africa’s Elite Turnover Is Already Underway
THE LIQUIDITY TRAP: Why African VC’s Exit Crisis Is a Structural Problem, Not a Moral One
Cultural Infrastructure Under Constraints: What Works When You Can’t Suspend Democracy
Culture → Politics → Economics: Why African Development Fails Where It Begins
The Liquidity Architecture: How African GPs Actually Turn Marks into Cash
The Liquidity Pressure Cooker: Why LP Patience Is No Longer a Fund Strategy
Engineering First Close: The Operational Manual
Engineering the Bridge to First Close
Surviving the Valley to First Close
Startup Governance & Control Series (Part 7 - Final Part)
Nigeria Inc: Stop Firing CEOs. Govern the Board
Startup Governance & Control Series (Part 6)
The Market Isn’t 223 Million: Measuring the Real Nigeria
EETAM Dataset + Market Depth Matrix (2024)
Music IP as Collateral: Africa’s Untapped Asset Class
Africa Investment Strategy 2025
Startup Governance & Control Series (Part 5)
Startup Governance & Control Series (Part 4)
What If Real Estate Worked Like Music IP?
The Soft Poison of Free Capital
Startup Governance & Control Series (Part 1)
What Nigeria’s New Tax Laws Really Mean for Startups, VCs & Creators
Why African Startups Need to Build Camels, Not Unicorns
The Rise of Venture Debt in African Startups: Opportunity or Trap?
Africa’s Next Competitive Advantage: Cultural IP Structuring
The Race to Own Africa’s Cultural Goldmine
Fintech Fever: Why the African Startup Ecosystem’s Obsession is Misguided
Capital Without Comprehension: Why So Many African Startups Collapse Before They Scale
Green Light, Go: Inside the Rise of Africa’s Royalty Engine
Download the IP Valuation Blueprint (free for L.U.M.I. Brief readers)
Nigeria's CAMA Killed Authorised Share Capital.
Why It’s Time to Rethink SAFEs for Africa’s Startup Ecosystem
Music Publishing Is Real Estate, Not Merchandise
YBNL: The Street Label That Built a Nation - and a Scalable Business
Chocolate City Entertainment: Nigeria’s Music OG—Still Kicking or Fading Out?
Africa’s Music Boom: The Hidden Leverage Points No One’s Talking About