The Founder's Equity & ESOP Playbook
How to split founder equity fairly, set up vesting and a TopCo, size an option pool, and grant equity to early hires and advisors without wrecking your cap table.
Reports & research.
Ecosystem intelligence and research publications from Sandbox Réseau. Deep, data-driven reports on the builders shaping Africa’s future.
Report61 pagesThe African Market Dynamics
Where to build, where to sell, and what actually works on the ground. Twenty-two African markets profiled, with a ten-dimension entry framework, the payment matrix, expansion sequences and the mistakes that keep killing expansions.
More reports.
Startup Metrics Cheat Sheet
The 16 numbers every early-stage startup should obsess over: what each one tells you, how to calculate it, what good looks like, and what to do when it's off.
The Early Startup Playbook
A step-by-step guide to finding out if anyone actually wants what you're building, from 30 conversations to product-market fit in five stages.
The State of Accra's Startup Ecosystem
A comprehensive analysis of the startup landscape in Accra: funding trends, sector breakdowns, founder demographics, and ecosystem maturity indicators.
Notes from the room.
Shorter reads from our newsletter: playbooks and lessons from each edition.
AI Realities: Beyond the Hype in Accra
The Rise of the Indie Maker in Africa
Product-Led Growth: The African Context
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