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LinkedIn content strategy for Africa investment strategists: how a London FDI adviser reached 174 founders, investors and executives in three weeks
We read every reaction on 27 posts from a London strategy and FDI adviser who breaks down African and diaspora business. 533 people, 174 founders, investors and executives. Here is what brings buyers, what brings peers, and the 5 posts we'd publish next.
Max Sawyer · Netwarm··11 min read
The creator in this case studyA London strategy and FDI adviser who breaks down African and diaspora business
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SellsStrategy, investment and FDI advice across Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora; speaking; an investor group connecting the UK and Ghana
PeriodOct 16 – Nov 4
Ideal client: founders, investors and executives building or investing across Africa, the Caribbean and the diaspora.The challenge: The adviser asked it in a post about The Diary of a CEO: “how many creators truly understand the value of the audiences they’re building?” With ~9 posts a week on African economies, global finance, UK politics and celebrity business, which posts reach the people who invest, build and hire?
Key takeaways
1 in 3 readers is a buyer.174 founders, investors and executives reacted in three weeks: 32.6% of everyone who reacted.
Topics land the same. Reach doesn't.Five of the six topics brought 27 to 33% buyers. But posts about the adviser's own news and events reached about 19 buyers each, against about 5 for UK politics.
15 buyers keep coming back.They reacted to 3 posts or more. One of them reacted to 25 of the 27.
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Who actually reads you, and what the LinkedIn algorithm changed
The adviser posts almost every day: African economies and opportunities, the IMF and global markets, UK budget and cost of living, the business behind celebrities and creators, and the adviser's own news. 27 posts between 16 October and 4 November.
The LinkedIn algorithm shows a post to the people who reacted to the last ones, then to people like them. A news-led feed pulls a wide crowd: students, creators and people who follow the headlines read along with the investors and founders. Reach can't tell them apart. Who reacted can. We looked at every person who reacted and sorted them by role.
27posts in 3 weeks
533people reacted
174founders, investors & executives
15came back 3+ times
Audience by roleThe 533 people who reacted, by roleFree
Buyers are the largest named group: 174 people, about 1 in 3. Peers are a small group here, 59 creators, coaches, journalists and students. The real noise is the 300 people with no buying role: a wide audience that follows the news.
Not every founder is a buyer. Some run advisory firms that sell to the same investors the adviser works with. The ones to watch are those who come back: 15 of them reacted 3 times or more.
SeniorityAll people who reactedFree
Founder, owner, C-level24.6%
Director, VP7.3%
Manager11.3%
Independent9.2%
Other47.7%
IndustriesFounders, investors and executives onlyNetwarm
Finance, investment and banking24.1%
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What to post on LinkedIn to reach founders, investors and executives
A news commentator judges a post by its reactions. An adviser who sells should judge it by who reacted.
We tagged each of the 27 posts by topic, then measured the share of founders, investors and executives among the people who reacted, and how many of them each post reached.
Your topicsWhat your 27 posts were aboutFree
27posts
Africa's economies & opportunities7
Creator & celebrity business6
IMF & global markets5
Own news & events4
UK budget & cost of living3
World politics2
Topics that attract founders, investors and executivesShare of each topic’s reactions from founders, investors and executivesNetwarm
UK budget & cost of living33.3%
IMF & global markets31.1%
Africa's economies & opportunities30.5%
Own news & events30.2%
Creator & celebrity business27.3%
World politics22.7%
Topics are level. Single posts range from 7.1% to 44.1% buyers. See which ones led.See which topics
The share of buyers barely moves between topics (27 to 33% for five of six). Reach does: posts about the adviser's own news and events reached about 19 buyers each, Africa's economies about 11, UK politics about 5.
Posts that brought the most founders, investors and executivesShare of founders, investors and executives in each post’s reactions1 of 5 open
#1Lagos Fashion Week is an economic opportunity44.1%
#2The Diary of a CEO and the value of an audience38.8%
#3West Africa is sitting on an ackee opportunity38.8%
#4Global Leadership Award in Cairo37%
#5Takeaways from the IMF and World Bank meetings36.1%
For comparison, the Wall Street and AI valuations post, with no African angle, reached 7.1% buyers, the lowest share.
6 rules for LinkedIn engagement from founders, investors and executives
These rules come from what worked on the adviser's own profile, and from the best-performing posts by people writing about African business, investment and the diaspora on LinkedIn over the last 3 months.
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Lead with the opportunity, then show the economics. “West Africa is sitting on an ackee opportunity” tells an investor what's in it for them before the first source. Name the product, the market and the value left on the table.On this profile: the ackee post reached 19 buyers, 38.8% of its reactors. Across the niche: a list of 5 overlooked Nigerian business ideas drew 522 likes and 185 comments.
Report from the room. The adviser goes where the deals are discussed: the IMF and World Bank meetings, UN week, Cairo. One thing heard there, firsthand, is worth more than the headline everyone else reposts.On this profile: the IMF and World Bank meetings post reached 36.1% buyers, and the award post from Cairo brought 37 buyers, the most of any post.
Show the plain business behind the famous name. Celebrity news brings a crowd. The numbers behind the business (subscribers, views, revenue, who owns what) bring the founders and investors.On this profile: the Diary of a CEO post, built on the business's own figures, reached 38.8% buyers. The Cardi B post, built on the move rather than the numbers, reached 14.3%.
Keep Africa and the diaspora in the frame. The adviser's buyers follow for the African angle. When a post covers world news, say what it means for African markets or the diaspora in the first two lines.On this profile: Lagos Fashion Week read as an industry reached 44.1% buyers. The Wall Street post with no African angle reached 7.1%.
Take a side the diaspora will argue with. “What do you think?” invites a reaction. A clear position (“stop building mansions back home”) gets the comments, and comments carry a post further than likes.Across the niche: “Dear Diasporans, stop building mansions back home” drew 50 comments on 103 likes, from a 6.6k-follower profile.
Say where you'll be and who you want to meet. Before a trip or an event, name the people the adviser wants to meet. It turns readers into introductions.On this profile, before the window: the New York UN week post drew 215 likes and 35 comments.
When founders, investors and executives read: the best time to post on LinkedIn for Africa investment strategists
We compared the share of founders, investors and executives by the day each post was published (London time). Posts went out at many different hours, with fewer than 3 posts in most 2-hour slots, so there is no hour to compare.
Share of founders, investors and executives by posting dayAmong the people who reacted to each postFree
29.3%
Mon
28.7%
Tue
26.0%
Wed
32.9%
Thu
22.2%
Fri
36.1%
Sat
26.3%
Sun
Saturday brought the highest share of buyers (36.1%, 3 posts) and Friday the lowest (22.2%, 2 posts). Thursday was the most reliable: 32.9% across 6 posts.
Monday brought the most buyers in total: 85 across 5 posts, about 17 a post. Put the posts that sell the work (the opportunity breakdowns, the events) on Monday and Thursday, and keep Friday for lighter posts.
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5 posts ready to publish to target founders, investors and executives
Each post follows the rules above, in the adviser's voice. Check every figure against the sources before posting: the sources line is part of what makes these posts trusted.
1Ready to postOpportunity breakdown
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire grow the cocoa. Who makes the chocolate?Rule 1: the opportunity first, then the economics, then a comment keyword. Modelled on the ackee post.
Hook
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire grow most of the world's cocoa. So why is the chocolate made somewhere else? 👀The beans leave West Africa raw. They come back on the shelf as bars, at many times the price.The value isn't in the farm. It's in the grinding, the processing, the brand and the packaging.So what would it take to keep more of that value at home?→ Processing plants close to the farms
→ Reliable power for them
→ Finance for local brands, not only for exporters
→ Trade deals that don't punish finished goodsSome of this is already happening. The question is who owns it when it scales.Want me to break down the economics of cocoa, from farm gate to chocolate bar? Comment COCOA below. 👇🏾Sources: ICCO | World Bank | FAO
Visual · Carousel5 slides: the share of world cocoa grown in West Africa, the price of beans vs a bar, where the value is added, 3 processing projects, the question.Check before postingCheck the cocoa figures against the ICCO before posting, and add the latest farm-gate price. Put your Netwarm Reveal link in the reply to everyone who comments COCOA.
What I heard in Cairo that didn't make the headlinesRule 2: one thing heard firsthand, not the press release. Modelled on Larry Madowo's Dangote question.
Hook
Cairo, the Global Entrepreneurship Festival. One conversation stayed with me more than any speech.On stage, the words were big: investment, partnership, the next decade of African growth.In the corridors, the questions were smaller and much more honest.Who will fund the second factory, not the first?
Why does capital still cost more in Lagos than in London for the same risk?
And who in the room actually signs the cheque?That's the conversation I came for.Because we've had enough announcements. What I want to see is outcomes: jobs, revenue staying at home, African businesses with real influence over their own financing.I'll be sharing more of what I heard this week.What question would you have asked in that room? 👇🏾
Visual · Single imageOne photo from the festival: the adviser in conversation, not on stage.Check before postingUse the real conversations you had in Cairo. Keep the people anonymous unless they agree to be named.
Africa's richest men got rich on boring thingsRule 3: the plain business behind the famous name. Modelled on Sheena Raikundalia's “boring” fortunes post.
Hook
Africa's richest man didn't get rich on an app. He got rich on cement.Then sugar. Then salt. Then flour. Then a refinery.Things every household and every building site needs, every single day.Meanwhile, most of the excitement (and most of the headlines) goes to fintech and AI.I'm not saying tech doesn't matter. I'm saying the boring businesses are often the ones that:→ Sell to millions of people who already need them
→ Earn in local currency and spend in local currency
→ Create jobs at a scale an app rarely doesSo here's my question for founders and investors.What's the boring business in your market that nobody is pitching?Let's talk business. 👇🏾Sources: Dangote Industries annual report | Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Visual · Carousel4 slides: cement, sugar, salt, refinery, each with the year it started and one figure from the annual report.Check before postingCheck the order and dates of the Dangote businesses against the annual report before posting.
Diaspora: stop only sending money home. Start owning.Rule 5: a side the diaspora will argue with. Modelled on Samuel Okyere's “stop building mansions” post.
Hook
Dear diaspora, sending money home is not the same as building wealth at home.I know. That's not a popular thing to say.Remittances keep families going, and they matter. But most of it goes on day-to-day needs, and very little of it ends up as ownership.Now imagine if even a small part of it went into:→ Shares in the businesses we already buy from back home
→ Local funds that back the factories, farms and logistics our countries need
→ Property that earns, not mansions that sit emptyThat's why I started an investor group connecting the UK and Ghana. Not to stop anyone supporting their family, but to add one question: what do we own?What would make you invest back home instead of only sending money? 👇🏾
Visual · Text onlyNo image. The first line carries the post.Check before postingAdd the latest remittance figure for Ghana or Nigeria with its source if you want a number up top.
London, let's talk businessRule 6: say who the adviser wants to meet. Modelled on the New York UN week post.
Hook
If you're building or investing between the UK and West Africa, I want to meet you. 🫶🏽Over the next few weeks I'm spending time with founders, investors and operators for our UK-Ghana investor group.I'm looking for three kinds of people:→ Founders in Ghana or Nigeria with a business that already sells, ready for its next round
→ Investors in the UK who want exposure to West Africa, and want to understand it first
→ Operators who've built across both, and know where things breakSome of the best conversations are the ones nobody planned.So if that's you, tap in. And if there's somebody I absolutely need to meet, tag them below or make the intro. 👇🏾
Visual · Single imageA photo of the adviser at a London event, with the text “UK × West Africa: let's talk business”.Check before postingAdjust the three kinds of people, and the timing, to who the investor group is actually looking for right now.
Free forever: unlimited scheduling through LinkedIn’s official API, with images, video and PDF carousels.
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LinkedIn lead generation: lead magnets that work to target founders, investors and executives
Reactions show interest. A download shows intent. The fastest way to find out which investors and founders are serious is to give them something useful and see who takes it.
In African business and investment commentary, these formats get the most requests:
Format 1The comment-keyword breakdownOne opportunity broken down in full, sent to everyone who comments a keyword.
Format 2The monthly ecosystem reportEvery launch, raise and deal in one niche, once a month.
Format 3The market monitorTrade lanes, signals and risks for the months ahead, on a fixed schedule.
Our pick for you: “The West Africa Opportunity Brief”Built from what the adviser already does: one opportunity a month (ackee, gold, fashion, cocoa) with its economics, the sources and who is investing. Offer it on the cocoa post with the COCOA keyword, and send it through a Netwarm Reveal link to see which investors open it.With a Reveal link, every person who downloads it is shown by name, with their role and how warm they are. Your first Reveal link is free.Create your free Reveal link
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From reactions to clients
Content brings founders and investors to the profile. It doesn't say when to reach out. Most never comment, so they stay invisible, and an investor reading every post in October may have found another adviser by January.
On LinkedIn, the right moment to start a conversation is when someone keeps coming back. We call that Hot: 5 or more points over 90 days, where a reaction counts 1, a repost 2, a download or a reply 4.
Hot right now4 founders, investors and executives · not contacted yetNetwarm
4 founders, investors and executives are Hot. See who to message first.See who’s Hot
First messageAn opener for each Hot person, based on the posts they readNetwarm
Hi Ade, you've been reading my posts on West African opportunities for a few weeks. Are you looking at anything in Ghana right now?Hi Sam, I saw you reacted to the IMF meetings post. Is Africa's cost of capital something you're dealing with in your own deals?
A first line for each of them, ready to send.See the openers
Netwarm sends nothing for you. It tells you who and when, and you write the message. It also works inside Claude and ChatGPT: ask “Who's Hot today?” and get the list.
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FAQ
Every topic brought about the same share of buyers here, so build the post, not the topic: lead with an opportunity and its economics, report from the room, show the business behind the name, keep the African angle up top, and end on a clear side or a keyword to comment.
For this adviser, Saturday brought the highest share of buyers (36.1%) and Friday the lowest (22.2%). Monday brought the most buyers in total, about 17 a post. Thursday was the steadiest, 32.9% across 6 posts.
This adviser posts about 9 times a week, and 15 buyers came back 3 times or more in three weeks. Frequency works when each post gives investors something to use. Fewer news reactions and more opportunity breakdowns would raise the share of buyers.
Look at who reacts, not how many. Group reactions by role, measure the share of your ideal clients per post, and follow the people who keep coming back. A free Netwarm scan does this for you.
Yes. Netwarm only reads public reactions to your own posts. It never logs in as you, never asks for your password, and never messages anyone for you.
How we made this playbook
We read the public reactions on 27 posts published between 16 October and 4 November 2026 (the first 100 reactors of each post), and sorted the 533 people by role. Comments were not counted, so engagement figures are a floor. A duplicate post, a one-emoji post and a fundraiser share were left out.
Niche rules come from top posts on African business, investment and the diaspora over the last 3 months. Role groups are approximate, and some founders sell to the same investors; a Netwarm scan matches people to your own ideal client.
