About
The Africa Capital Report
A capital intelligence, media, and convening institution — reporting on how and why capital actually behaves in African markets.
Our conviction
Capital moves for reasons, and those reasons are rarely explained well.
Who we are
Across African markets, billions in capital flow every year — into funds, ventures, banks, sovereigns, and everything between. Yet the why behind those flows is consistently under-examined. Deals get announced. Rankings get published. Reports get filed. But the political economy underneath — the incentives, the institutions, the power — goes largely untold.
The Africa Capital Report exists to tell that story properly. We are not a deal-tracker or a press-release aggregator. We are a capital intelligence outfit — reporting, researching, and convening around how and why capital actually behaves in African markets, for the people who move it, allocate it, and depend on it.
What we do
Built on three pillars
Capital Intelligence & Research
Original analysis on capital flows, institutional behavior, and market structure across African economies — grounded in primary data and firsthand access rather than recycled headlines.
Media
Long-form journalism, columns, and commentary — including Coffee & Capital — that make the mechanics of African capital markets legible to a wider audience.
Convening & Community
Bringing together the investors, operators, regulators, and institutions who shape capital markets, to have the conversations the data alone can't have.
Why it matters
Africa's capital markets are still being defined. The institutions, norms, and narratives being built today will shape how capital flows for decades. Our role is to document that process honestly — without an advisory mandate, without a stake in the outcome, and without the shortcuts that flatten complex capital dynamics into headlines.
How we work
Editorial standards
Independence
We carry no advisory mandate. We do not accept payment, equity, or in-kind arrangements in exchange for coverage, favorable framing, or omission. Where a conflict of interest exists, it is disclosed — not hidden.
Rigor over recycling
We do not publish on press releases or secondhand aggregation alone. Every piece is expected to add something that didn't exist in the public record before.
Evidence & sourcing
Claims about capital flows, deal terms, or institutional behavior are sourced and, where possible, corroborated by more than one source. Where data is contested, we say so rather than presenting false precision.
Corrections
When errors happen, we correct them plainly, on the record, and without burying the correction — with a visible note explaining what changed and why.
This is a summary. The full Editorial Standards policy is published as a dedicated page.
Ownership & independence
The Africa Capital Report is published by Boodl. Solutions, a capital intelligence and advisory firm, and operates as a subsidiary of Boodl. Solutions. Our editorial team operates independently of Boodl.'s advisory mandates and client relationships. Where a story touches on a current or former Boodl. client or engagement, that relationship is disclosed in the piece.
Editorial team
The people behind the reporting
Solomon King
CEO & Editor
A capital advisor and ecosystem builder based in Lagos with over 18 years in African capital markets. Executive Director of the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) and founder of Boodl. He holds a DBA, studied venture capital and private equity at SDA Bocconi in Italy, and is the author of Ideas, Cheques & Capital.
Chidinma Nwabueze
Editorial Researcher
A business and operations professional with experience across finance, capital intelligence, strategic operations, and ecosystem development. She supports executive leadership on strategic initiatives and stakeholder engagement, and contributes to angel investing and entrepreneurship ecosystem programmes.
Josephine King
Editorial Researcher
Covers venture capital, sovereign wealth, and angel investing. Her research examines how capital is mobilised, allocated, and recycled across African markets — with a focus on early-stage investment, institutional capital, and the structural forces shaping returns.
Advisory board
Strategic & editorial counsel
The Africa Capital Report is guided by an advisory board that provides strategic and editorial counsel — without controlling day-to-day editorial decisions. Members disclose relevant interests and recuse themselves where a conflict, or a reasonable perception of one, may arise.
Fidelis Soriwei
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
A veteran Nigerian journalist and editor with extensive experience covering politics, security, governance, and public policy, including senior editorial work with The Punch. He advises on editorial standards, source verification, and the responsible coverage of government, regulation, and public institutions.
Given his prior government-facing role, he recuses himself from any coverage involving former political principals, associates, or Bayelsa State-related matters.
Soji Akinlabi
Advisor, Editorial Strategy & Media Innovation
A media entrepreneur, financial journalist, and business storyteller. He is the founder of Africa Business Radio, an independent digital platform covering business, finance, and technology across Africa, and a 2019 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He advises on editorial strategy, financial storytelling, and audience development.
Tito Philips
Advisor, Partnerships & Audience Development
An entrepreneur, business media executive, and ecosystem builder with over 20 years supporting Nigerian businesses. He is founder and CEO of M.I.N.E Media Ltd., publisher of naijapreneur.com. He advises on partnerships, sponsorships, and audience growth.
Disclosure: Tito Philips is founder and CEO of M.I.N.E Media Ltd., publisher of naijapreneur.com, and serves as an advisor to The Africa Capital Report.
Masthead
| CEO & Editor | Solomon King |
| Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board | Fidelis Soriwei |
| Advisor | Soji Akinlabi |
| Advisor | Tito Philips |
| Editorial Researcher | Chidinma Nwabueze |
| Editorial Researcher | Josephine King |
Contact
Commercial inquiries
info@theafricacapitalreport.comEditorial inquiries
editor@theafricacapitalreport.comEditorial independence
The Africa Capital Report maintains editorial independence from its advisory board, contributors, partners, and subjects of coverage. Advisory-board members provide strategic guidance but do not determine the outcome of individual editorial decisions.