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Bobby Pittman brings an unusually senior sovereign and development finance perspective to venture investing in Africa, having previously served as Vice President at the African Development Bank overseeing a $25B+ portfolio and held senior roles at the White House, Treasury, and State Department where he was a key architect of the G8-backed 100% debt relief initiative that canceled over $40B in debt for the world's poorest countries. He has become a distinctive voice in Africa's creative industries, co-leading Kupanda's investment in Don Jazzy's Mavin Records and advocating for fixing specific operational bottlenecks like visa delays and banking frictions that limit African creative growth, while emphasizing that digitization of these processes is essential to unlock the continent's entertainment potential. Bobby Pittman brings an unusually senior sovereign and development finance perspective to venture investing in Africa, having previously served as Vice President at the African Development Bank overseeing a $25B+ portfolio and held senior roles at the White House, Treasury, and State Department where he was a key architect of the G8-backed 100% debt relief initiative that canceled over $40B in debt for the world's poorest countries. He has become a distinctive voice in Africa's creative industries, co-leading Kupanda's investment in Don Jazzy's Mavin Records and advocating for fixing specific operational bottlenecks like visa delays and banking frictions that limit African
