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Maurizio Caio is managing partner. Omobola Johnson is senior partner and is a prominent figure in Nigerian technology policy. Andreata Muforo and Eloho Omame are partners, and Muforo publishes on why capital alone will not fix African exits, a recurring theme in the firm's Perspectives series.

Philippe Griffiths and Cyril Shonibare are principals. Daisy Liech is director of portfolio and strategy and Francesca Iannilli is director of operations, with Felister Njeru as financial controller and Samuel Obuya as financial analyst. Analysts and operations staff include Eniola Ladapo, Sean Smith, Toun Adesiyan and Carolyne Wambayi, a team of roughly 14 across the three offices. The firm describes its bench as combining depth in investing, strategy, operations and venture building, and positions itself on conviction before consensus.

TLCOM raises Africa-dedicated funds and states on its own site that it has spent over a decade studying African markets, backing resilient management teams through cycles of growth and uncertainty. Its investment range spans early conviction at seed through growth rounds, and the firm operates from Lagos, Nairobi and London.

Its capital base is institutional and development-finance weighted rather than a typical LP mix. Investors quoted on the firm's own site include British International Investment, whose head of technology and telecom describes expanding the partnership, and the Visa Foundation, whose head of investments cites TLCOM's track record supporting entrepreneurs building high-growth models in African markets. The firm publishes compliance, ESG and whistleblowing policies, consistent with development-finance LP requirements. Portfolio companies whose management teams are featured include Pula, Flextock, HoneyCoin, littlefish, FairMoney, SeamlessHR, uLesson and Zone, spanning agricultural insurance, logistics, payments, HR software, education and blockchain-based payment rails.