The Lab

A public workshop of tools, templates, and decision frameworks.

A modular operations stack for early-stage African ventures — finance, reporting, and team rituals in one canvas.

A first-pass return calculator for MSMEs deciding between three growth bets without losing the weekend to spreadsheets.

Map every relationship that funds, blocks, or accelerates the programme. Updated quarterly, used weekly.

A 12-block design canvas for accelerators, fellowships, and training cohorts. Replaces the brief.

What an early-stage African founder actually needs in the data room — by stage, by ticket, by funder type.

A monthly structure for capturing the call, the context, and the counterfactual. Designed to be re-read at year end.

Quarterly donor reporting that respects everyone's time — including the founders being reported on.

Twelve small Make / Zapier scenarios that quietly remove the meetings nobody admitted hating.