Writing

In addition to conducting academic research, Mureji occasionally writes about business and economic issues for a public audience. Please see selected examples of her past writing below:

The race to produce rare earth elements

China has dominated the market for rare earth elements, but US scientists and companies are scrambling to catch up.

MIT Technology ReviewMureji Fatunde

Why Is It So Hard for Scholars to Launch Startups?

STEM scholars with startup dreams struggle to find support. A new type of professorship may be the solution.

WIREDCondé Nast

Serena Ventures Joins MaC to Back Nigerian Data Firm Stears

Serena Williams’s venture capital firm is backing Nigerian data and insights firm Stears Inc. in a $3.3 million seed round led by MaC Venture Capital.

BloombergMureji Fatunde

Data Startup Backed by MaC, Serena Williams Looks to Unleash Investment in Africa

Hello all-it’s Mureji Fatunde in New York. Today we’re discussing a seed investment that could plant a—wait for it—seed in the investment landscape for African startups. Elsewhere, the owner of Chelsea FC is bringing a private jet company public through his SPAC. Today’s top stories

BloombergMureji Fatunde

Shunned Digital Currency Looks for Street Credibility in Nigeria

A year after launching Africa’s first digital currency, Nigeria’s central bank is turning to the nation’s three-wheeler taxi operators to speed the adoption of the eNaira, as regulators across the world scrutinize its every move.

BloombergAnthony Osae-Brown

During her final year of graduate school, Mureji dabbled in film reviews for the Arts Department of The Tech:

A will of steel: Reinaldo Marcus Green imagines champions into existence in ‘King Richard’ | The Tech

Questions have circulated in some circles about why the film, which chronicles the rise of one of the most remarkable pairs of female athletes ever seen, is centered around a man. It is evident within the first two minutes why Richard Williams is a worthy subject in his own right.

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The Myth of Heroism: Asghar Farhadi questions the admirable In ‘A Hero’ | The Tech

‘A Hero’ makes a statement about the choices that poverty and powerlessness force on us. Farhadi poses to us an uncomfortable question: in a world where not all have the luxury of pure motives, is it the act or the intention that counts?

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“Compartment No. 6”: A winding love story, sans romance | The Tech

What is the essence of love when the typical trappings of romantic infatuation are stripped away? Compartment No. 6, the third feature film by Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen, offers one answer: acceptance.

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