Elijah Shokenu

Dream VC is a Pan-African venture capital institute. Dream VC creates and delivers educational programs focused on investment capacity building, particularly in venture capital, angel investing, and corporate venture capital (CVC). To date, Dream VC has successfully run multiple programs with participants from over 50 different countries. Our programs are highly selective with a ~4 % acceptance rate. We are powered by a network of 300+ fellow alumni who have started, currently lead or work at Venture Capital, Private Equity and Impact Funds, collectively managing nearly $7bn in AUM.

Dream VC is a Pan-African venture capital institute. Dream VC creates and delivers educational programs focused on investment capacity building, particularly in venture capital, angel investing, and corporate venture capital (CVC). To date, Dream VC has successfully run multiple programs with participants from over 50 different countries. Our programs are highly selective with a ~4 % acceptance rate. We are powered by a network of 300+ fellow alumni who have started, currently lead or work at Venture Capital, Private Equity and Impact Funds, collectively managing nearly $7bn in AUM.

We transform deep expertise into successful ventures and provide specialized services that help organizations unlock hidden potential. Think of us as the third force between knowledge and opportunity. We help domain experts build businesses around insights theyve developed over years. We also partner with institutions, funds, corporations, and startups to design venture programs, run entrepreneurship modules, accelerate innovation, and identify growth opportunities. Our approach is practical and proven. Weve helped ventures grow from early validation to significant revenue and supported programs that generated millions in funding while creating hundreds of jobs. Got expertise that should be doing more? Or an organization looking to build something new? Lets create value together.

We partner with ambitious founders to launch and fund companies unlocking prosperity in Africa using technology. This is done via a venture studio that builds companies and a syndicated fund investing in pre-seed tech companies led by African founders. We’ve backed 45+ startups with 16x multiple on money invested including Reliance Health, Bumpa, Altschool and Dojah.io Our founders built Jobberman, Nigeria’s largest job site and launched Jumia Pay (NYSE:JMIA). We can’t do this alone, join 200+ Africans who are taking charge of changing Africa one venture at a time through deal sharing, zoom sessions with founders and co-investing Join venture syndicate: bit.ly/ffjoin22

Africa, home to a massive young and growing population could hold a solution to the global human capital crisis. There are efforts here and there to realize this potential. Levelop wants to fast-track this process with an experiential learning system.

The Nigerian University of Technology and Management (NUTM) is a world-class institution for higher education focused on nurturing leaders for Nigeria and Africa. The flagship program of NUTM is the NUTM Scholars Program (NSP), launched in 2020. NUTM will drive excellence in critical fields of technology and management, making it a hub for best-in-class learning and research. It will focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Management in its academic offerings at the undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. NUTM’s Focus Best in Africa, Best for Africa – Globally benchmarked, but engaged in solving the region’s challenges Reinforce Nigeria and Africa’s focus on STEM and management curricula Catalyze the region’s potential as a technology and entrepreneurial hub, spurring human, financial and technical capital inflows Produce a pipeline of ‘primed to be leaders’ in STEM and management-related fields, to bridge the existing skill gap Vision To be ranked among the top 50 global institutions focused on technology and management. Mission To develop innovative leaders in technology and management to create impact in Africa and the world. Our offerings include: +Undergraduate programs (incl. Direct Entry) +Master’s in Data Science & Software Engineering +MBA (Part-time, Online) We train Africa’s brightest minds for leadership in tech, business, and society. 📢 Applications open: www.nutm.edu.ng