Episode 33- Building the Bloomberg of Africa

Building the Bloomberg of Africa with Preston Ideh, Co-Founder & CEO, Stears (@stears_data) and Host of The Star Network Podcast, Zephia Ovia-Ikem In this episode we discuss  📌 Raising capital and the non-negotiable for building a successful startup 📌 Building a successful company with your Friends as Co-founders  📌 The future of financial intelligence, elections and data in Africa 📌 Evolving from a content platform into a leading financial data and insights business — Preston Ideh is the Co-Founder and CEO of Stears, a leading African financial data and insights company helping global investors and businesses make faster, more informed decisions about Africa. Often described as the “Bloomberg of Africa,” Stears provides reliable company, industry, transaction, and macroeconomic data, alongside expert analysis and constantly updated reports on African markets. Before founding Stears, Preston worked as a structured finance lawyer at Linklaters, a leading Magic Circle law firm, before joining BP’s Mergers & Acquisitions team, where he worked on high-value global transactions. An alumnus of the London School of Economics, Preston returned to Nigeria with a vision to transform access to financial data across the continent - building Stears into an important source of intelligence for investors navigating African markets. Full episode available on YouTube  If you find our episodes impactful, don't forget to give us a rating, subscribe & share.  Follow us @thestarnetworkpod For partnerships, email us: [email protected]  Follow our guest: @stears_data