Africa: CRE Capital's Pule Taukobong Is Looking for Tech Start-Ups That 'Solving Sizeable Problems' With Genre-Defining Entrepreneurs

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Pule Taukobong was one of the founders of Africa Angels Network and has used the experience to co-found CRE Capital, a VC fund capable of putting "tens of millions of dollars" behind the right African start-ups. Russell Southwood talked to him about what he's looking for.

In 2013 Pule Taukobong was working for an investment asset management company in New York for institutional pension funds:"We were seeing a lot of interest in the region. There was tons of capital and few deals. I was also seeing my peers become founders of high-quality companies.'

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