I was born in Libreville and built my career in Johannesburg. For years I watched African businesses trade with Paris and Guangzhou before they'd trade with each other — and I stopped believing the reason was roads.

I'm Eliezer Moukouboungou Gomat — town planner, serial entrepreneur, and founder of VeriAfrica. I work in French and English across both halves of this continent, which is how I came to see the border nobody draws on a map. The Invisible Border is the case I've spent a career assembling.

I live and work between Kigali, Libreville and Johannesburg.