Tracey Austin is an advocate and supporter of African tech. As an African, she has spent 25 years mobilising capital into the continent’s tech ecosystem across 24 African countries and the full finance value chain, from philanthropy to private equity and hedge funds. She is Principal at Tangerine Advisory, the firm she founded, with prior roles at British International Investment, BlueCrest Capital, Omidyar Network’s Luminate and Barclays. She led financial and professional services strategy for Africa at the UK’s Department for Business and Trade. Her views on funding African tech have featured in TechCabal, Semafor and CNBC Africa. She works across the African tech spectrum, focused on capital mobilisation at scale and solving ecosystem limitations. At Moonshot, she brings the view of someone who has built capital pathways into Africa from every angle — for founders and investors alike.

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