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Besides being the chief executives of multibillion-dollar African startups, Olugbenga Agboola of Flutterwave, and Ham Serunjogi of Chipper Cash have one other thing in common: credentials from US universities.
In 2021, 73% of the over $4 billion raised by African startups was by CEOs whose latest degrees were masters’ or MBAs obtained from a university outside of Africa, according to LinkedIn profile analysis by Africa: The Big Deal.
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