Nigeria’s start-up king seeks unicornsAFP, PARISIyinoluwa Aboyeji might not have the personal wealth of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg, but his level of success as an African entrepreneur bears comparison with any Silicon Valley tech titan. By most counts, Africa has produced only seven unicorns compared with more than 700 in the US. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, cofounder of fintech firm Flutterwave and training platform Andela, poses for a photograph in Lagos, Nigeria, on Tuesday. I played well.”His Future Africa firm, one of the continent’s biggest start-up funds, is preparing to launch a new round of investing. The global economic downturn has seriously hampered African tech start-ups.