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Of all Gladwell's books, "Blink" was my favorite. I struggled with "Outliers" but realized something later about the message he was trying to pass on. It wasn't a template for

Something I discovered when we were looking for a Product Manager many years ago is that PMs (and to large extent devs) will only do the work for money if

What is the average cost of setting up a tech startup in an African country? What is the costliest component?? I see a lot of people who do fundraising without

I was in America for 5 months in 2015 before my daughter was born. I stayed there for another two months after she was born. I saw a manifestation of

Those who understand leverage take every loan and max out their credit cards to finance something with higher returns. Those who understand fraud never intend to pay back those loans.

I think startups in Africa need a lot more than money or mentorship, they need data and introductions to partners. I have spoken to several startups this month and I

One of the biggest mistakes ”we” (actually a partner made the error) have made is not to look at the future of a market and realize what will become a

To understand the brilliance of @brassbanking, you look at where the current profit pools are in Nigerian banking and where is going to be next. This report below is from

Trying to cook Nigerian food in Ghana has allowed me to make some discoveries. Our finished food may be very different but we largely depend on the same plant ingredients

The VC industry is an aggregation of aggregators. When we talk about their biases against people who look like us, let's not focus on the symptoms but the root cause.

This point is probably more of a West African problem now and less in other parts of Africa. ”Mr. Delivery, ” for instance, has existed in South Africa for ages

Migration is as old as mankind. The reasons and effects of migration, however, has varied.My grandfather left home as a child to live with his older cousin in Benin City.