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Talent Nation Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Train 1 Million African AI Engineers

Talent Nation Raises Pre-Seed Funding to Train 1 Million African AI Engineers — the desk wire, 28 October 2026. Talent Nation, a startup founded by Nigerian serial entrepreneur Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and South African-born entrepreneur Kesiah Valkin, has raised an undisclosed pre-seed round to train and deploy one million AI engineers from Africa into businesses worldwide over the next decade. The round was co-led by Enza Capital and London-based LocalGlobe, with participation from Future Africa, […]

Updated 28 October 2026 · First published 28 October 2026

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