1/ Here’s a recap of what happened last week in Africa& #39;s startup ecosystem [Week 31]

• A sizeable payments exit https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">

• A unicorn regains its wings https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦄" title="Einhorngesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Einhorngesicht">

• Reads of the week https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher">

• Podcasts + Jobs of the week

• Tweets & News of the week

• and more https://afridigest.substack.com/p/afridigest-week-in-review-africas">https://afridigest.substack.com/p/afridig...
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• It& #39;s worth noting the deal& #39;s 18.5x FY19 revenue multiple https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧐" title="Gesicht mit Monokel" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Monokel">

• The deal also follows MFS& #39; Week 27 acquisition of Beyonic, and may signal more African fintech consolidation in the medium-term

• For more on DPO, see this article from @TommyASC91 #6c2c9d562ba3">https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommywilliams1/2020/07/30/meet-dpo-group-the-pan-african-fintech-company-powering-digital-commerce-acquired-for-288-million-in-watershed-deal-for-african-tech/ #6c2c9d562ba3">https://www.forbes.com/sites/tom...
5/ Unicorn talk

• Don& #39;t look now but @Jumia_Group is again a Billion USD company (mkt-cap)

• It seems to be benefitting from Amazon& #39;s earnings report as the stock has skyrocketed since the 30th

• JMIA reports on Aug. 12 - FAJANG is the new FAANG? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">
https://twitter.com/RichGuineaPig/status/1289373600919646209">https://twitter.com/RichGuine...
7/ Reads of the week

https://www.michaeldempsey.me/blog/2020/07/29/inflection-points/">https://www.michaeldempsey.me/blog/2020... by @mhdempsey https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">

https://www.benkuhn.net/impatient/ ">https://www.benkuhn.net/impatient... by @benskuhn

https://afridigest.substack.com/p/innovators-can-win-by-developing">https://afridigest.substack.com/p/innovat... by @eajene
10/ Book of the week

• Digital Entrepreneurship in Africa: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐼𝑠 𝐸𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑜𝑛 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑦& #39;𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤 by @friedema @michelwahome & @geoplace

• Available online at no cost - #OpenAccess: https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4850/Digital-Entrepreneurship-in-AfricaHow-a-Continent">https://direct.mit.edu/books/boo...
11/ Visual of the Week

• There& #39;s remains a huge opportunity in African payments & cash is still king
12/ Video of the week

@Asemota drops gems on @stevoncook& #39;s podcast/videocast https://youtu.be/x_njwxGvX3Y ">https://youtu.be/x_njwxGvX...
13/ Tweets of the week [1/5]

• Andrew Mori sheds light on developer pay in Nigeria (at @DeimosCloud) in this thread https://twitter.com/marsInternet/status/1288430179958902784">https://twitter.com/marsInter...
14/ Tweets of the week [2/5]

• Scott Hanford summarizes the process of creating a go-to-market strategy in this thread https://twitter.com/hanfordscott/status/1288849801119805441">https://twitter.com/hanfordsc...
15/ Tweets of the week [3/5]

• Emeka Ajene details the four Ansoff strategies in this thread https://twitter.com/eajene/status/1288919165663940616">https://twitter.com/eajene/st...
16/ Tweets of the week [4/5]

• Mario Gabriele offers the ballad of a young Jeff Bezos in this thread https://twitter.com/mario_gabriele_/status/1288889939401363456">https://twitter.com/mario_gab...
17/ Tweets of the week [5/5]

• Dan Rose shares 10 lessons learned from working with Jeff Bezos in this thread: https://twitter.com/drose_999/status/1287944667414196225">https://twitter.com/drose_999...
18/ Strategy for Entrepreneurs

• I& #39;ve started outlining — exciting times :)

• If you have favorite startup/business frameworks, DM me

• Show your support and place a discounted pre-order for these upcoming entrepreneurial strategy books http://strategyforentrepreneurs.com/ ">https://strategyforentrepreneurs.com/">...
19/ That& #39;s the Twitter recap for Week 31

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