Six months into my former role as the Biden administration’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, I found myself at a very swanky private club in New York City, sitting across the table from a tech investor. One of my key responsibilities was to promote economic diplomacy with Africa, and I was excited to expose more American investors to Africa’s emerging industries. Armed with statistics about the amount of venture capital flowing to the continent, and the rise of billion-dollar African technology companies, I was…
