Alec Fokapu of FiftyFor on bridging the cultural divide between big business and African SMEs

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 7:26 a.m.

b'French-born Cameroonian Alec Fokapu is the founder and CEO of FiftyFor, a B2B rating platform for African companies.\\n\\nFiftyFor uses an algorithm to compute ratings on governance structure, financial strength, operational capability, and the\\xa0social and environmental impact of African companies.\\xa0\\n\\nAlec has 10 years of experience working as a financial analyst in international infrastructure projects at Total and Cr\\xe9dit Agricole CIB. Prior to launching FiftyFor in 2014, he founded an investment firm dedicated to financing promising African SMEs and entrepreneurs.\\n\\nIn this conversation with Andile Masuku - taped at Afrobytes Tech Conference 2017 - Alec explains why business rating not only helps big business interests vet prospective African investees and suppliers but can also assist local SME\\u2019s in improving their investibility and bridge the entrepreneurial culture gap between them and the developed world.'