Jake Kendall

@JakeKendall5

Co-Founder @TheDFSLab. Investing in African tech. Former economist. Teaching at SciencesPo. @MIT @UCSC @SciencesPo

Paris, France dfslab.net Joined July 2012

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Jake Kendall @JakeKendall5 Dec 4, 2025

Check out my latest article: Stop Chasing GPUs: Africa’s AI Play Is Exportable Services linkedin.com/pulse/stop-cha… via @LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com Stop Chasing GPUs: Africa’s AI Play Is Exportable Services Africa’s AI advantage won’t come from silicon—it will come from services exports powered by applied human plus AI workflows. Much of the AI talk in Africa obsesses over chips, data centers, or...

Jake Kendall @JakeKendall5 May 28, 2025

New DFS Lab research featured by @TechCabal - Africa’s 500 million person question (Part 1) techcabal.com/2025/05/28/afr…

techcabal.com Africa’s 500 million person question (Part 1) - TechCabal The data shows that Africa faces an urgent challenge: creating good jobs for the 500 million people entering its workforce in the coming decades. Yes, many African countries’ populations are facing a...

Jake Kendall @JakeKendall5 May 28, 2025

🚀 New article up! Africa faces a crucial question: How can venture backed technology create jobs for 500M young Africans joining the workforce by 2050?

Exploring hard truths on growth models and innovation in this latest @DFSLab series.

Read here: medium.com/dfs-lab/africa…

medium.com Africa’s 500 million person question — Part 1 Part 1: What is the role of technology as 500 million African youth reach working age over the next 30 years?

Jake Kendall @JakeKendall5 Feb 20, 2025

@julienfanciulli It was great talking with you yesterday! Sharing here a short write up of some of the thinking we touched on in the segement: linkedin.com/posts/kendallj…

www.linkedin.com AI and Cybernetic Commerce - My interview on France 24 | Jake Kendall Yesterday, I joined julien Fanciulli on FRANCE 24 for #RendezVousAfrique d'#AutourDuMondeF24 to talk #Africantech and AI! I was talking about some of the key principles that guide our investing in...

FRANCE 24 Français Verified account @France24_fr Feb 18, 2025

🌍📱 L'#Afrique est-elle une terre prometteuse pour le #numérique ? Et pour l'#IA ?

Jake Kendall, directeur de DFF Lab, qui investit dans ces projets sur le continent, était l'invité du #RendezVousAfrique d'#AutourDuMondeF24 ⤵️

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Jake Kendall @JakeKendall5 Feb 20, 2025

Yesterday, I joined @julienfanciulli on @France24_fr for #RendezVousAfrique d'#AutourDuMondeF24 to talk #Africantech and AI! See a short summary of my thinking on AI and Cybernetic Commerce in Africa:
linkedin.com/pulse/ai-cyber… via @LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com AI and Cybernetic Commerce - My interview on France 24 Yesterday, I joined julien Fanciulli on FRANCE 24 for #RendezVousAfrique d'#AutourDuMondeF24 to talk #Africantech and AI! And they made me do it in French! (File this under "they will let just about...