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Race to build Africa's super app
Nigerian Osarumen Osamuyi, a former venture capitalist and a frequent motorbike taxi user who lives between Nairobi and Lagos, agrees that there is great potential in Africa. He recalls passing up the opportunity to invest in a promising motorbike taxi start-up while working for a venture capital firm a couple of years ago - it went on to raise a sizable investment sum at an attractive valuation.![A woman in Rwanda surrounded by motorbike riders](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/586B/production/_109453622_gettyimages-484187669.jpg)
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