@Paul Thx for the kind words. Your framing of Vumbua as “metacognition for ecosystems” is both spot-on and inspiring. I’m surprised that our paths haven’t crossed before, given how aligned our thinking seems to be.
Your work on Botswana’s Startup Paradox was a major catalyst for this post, and we’re excited to be in early conversations with Pulaspace to explore what this systems-level shift might look like in practice.
Would love to continue the exchange, either here or offline. I have a feeling there’s a lot we can build together.
This is brilliant, and exactly the systems-level insight Botswana needs right now.
What Vumbua is proposing isn’t just mapping; it’s metacognition for ecosystems. It’s how we think about how we think (and connect) across roles, resources, and roadblocks. That shift from describing activity to designing connectivity is the missing layer I tried to highlight in Botswana’s Startup Paradox. And it’s precisely what most well-meaning initiatives miss.
Too often, ecosystems throw more accelerators, events, and workshops into the mix thinking "more ingredients = better recipe." But if founders don’t know which role to talk to next, and funders can’t see the pipeline forming, no one can act. Visibility is viability.
Botswana doesn’t need to manufacture potential, it needs to wire the circuit. And from what I see, Vumbua and Pulaspace are building the switchboard.
Let’s go from ecosystem inventory to ecosystem intelligence and let Botswana be the model of how to do it right.
@Paul Thx for the kind words. Your framing of Vumbua as “metacognition for ecosystems” is both spot-on and inspiring. I’m surprised that our paths haven’t crossed before, given how aligned our thinking seems to be.
Your work on Botswana’s Startup Paradox was a major catalyst for this post, and we’re excited to be in early conversations with Pulaspace to explore what this systems-level shift might look like in practice.
Would love to continue the exchange, either here or offline. I have a feeling there’s a lot we can build together.
This is brilliant, and exactly the systems-level insight Botswana needs right now.
What Vumbua is proposing isn’t just mapping; it’s metacognition for ecosystems. It’s how we think about how we think (and connect) across roles, resources, and roadblocks. That shift from describing activity to designing connectivity is the missing layer I tried to highlight in Botswana’s Startup Paradox. And it’s precisely what most well-meaning initiatives miss.
Too often, ecosystems throw more accelerators, events, and workshops into the mix thinking "more ingredients = better recipe." But if founders don’t know which role to talk to next, and funders can’t see the pipeline forming, no one can act. Visibility is viability.
Botswana doesn’t need to manufacture potential, it needs to wire the circuit. And from what I see, Vumbua and Pulaspace are building the switchboard.
Let’s go from ecosystem inventory to ecosystem intelligence and let Botswana be the model of how to do it right.