About Startup Notes.
Hey there, I am Pheneas, a founder building from Nairobi.
I started Startup Notes to write about the work behind building companies, funding local ambition, and creating better work across Africa.
The question is practical: what helps a company become useful, competitive, and durable enough to create good work?
The work behind it.
Here are some of my portfolio companies and products.
What I keep returning to.
Africa needs more people starting and growing companies. It also needs more local investors backing what gets built here.
That is the thread running through the notes: company building, local capital, AI for everyday work, and the choices that help a business compete and last.
The long view.
An Africa where more people can build companies, more local capital backs them, and more work pays enough to move life forward.