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What does ride-hailing in Kenya show us about the prospects for digitally-mediated work in Africa?

The Flip Notes #124 - exploring platforms' potential for job creation, dignity, and wage increases in Africa, with Dr. Julie Zollmann.

January 30, 2023

Rethinking Metrics in B2B Ecommerce

The Flip Notes #123 - OmniRetail's Deepankar Rustagi takes over to argue that B2B ecommerce platforms should look at revenue per retailer instead of GMV.

January 16, 2023

State of The Flip, Year Three

The Flip Notes #122 - Three lessons from building an African tech-focused media business in year three.

December 4, 2022

New News, Old Lessons

The Flip Notes #121 - What lessons should the African tech ecosystem be learning, in light of market downturns, layoffs, and the FTX contagion?

November 20, 2022

Setting Up Product Teams for Enterprise Organizations

The Flip Notes #120 - a takeover from Ayodeji Fasore, Vice President, Product Management for Appzone Group

November 6, 2022

The Future of Work is Digital Migration

The Flip Notes #119 - We should expect to see more people digital migration in the coming decades

October 23, 2022

DeFi 2.0: The Best of Both Worlds

The Flip Notes #118 - the future of DeFi in Africa, with AppZone's Obi Emetarom and Lateral Capital's Steven Grin.

October 9, 2022

Lynk: Lessons Learned The Hard Way

The Flip Notes #117 - Lessons from building Lynk, with Chris Maclay.

September 25, 2022

There’s Never Been A Better Time to Invest in Africa’s Female Founders

The Flip Notes #116 - Invest in female founders. An Eloho Omame takeover.

September 11, 2022

Pave Investments: The Most Active Investor You Haven't Heard Of

The Flip Notes #115 - a Q&A with Pave Investments' and Microtraction's Kwamenal Afful.

August 28, 2022

The Future of Work Meets Africa’s Youth Employment Puzzle

The Flip Notes #114 - where are the jobs going for Africa's youth going to come from? A Paul Breloff takeover.

August 14, 2022

Capital Formation of the Future: How Africa's Development Will Be Financed

The Flip Notes #113 - Africa's development will be DeFi financed. A Warbler Labs takeover.

August 7, 2022

Founder Shorts

The Flip Notes #112 - A series of shorts from Kandua's co-founder, Sayo Folawyio.

July 31, 2022

The Anatomy of a Turnaround

The Flip Notes #111 - an Adia Sowho takeover, on the turnaround of Thrive Agric.

July 24, 2022

How Startups Should Think About Third-Party Dependencies

The Flip Notes #110 - an Olumide Ogunsanwo takeover, on dependencies in an API-first world.

July 17, 2022

The Global Slowdown will be Short-Lived in Africa

The Flip Notes #109 - a Dare Okoudjou takeover, with a take on the current economic slowdown.

July 10, 2022

Sabi: Platforming Trade in Africa

The Flip Notes #108 - a partner edition with Sabi, on the unconventional approach they're taking to retail value chains.

June 26, 2022

Talent Middlemen

The Flip Notes #107 - on the role of middlemen in talent networks.

June 19, 2022

Talent, Experience, and Risk

The Flip Notes #106 - on mediocre talent, the demand for experienced talent, and the perceived risk in hiring.

June 12, 2022

Software-Differentiated

The Flip Notes #105 - today's African tech companies are software-differentiated in a physical world.

June 5, 2022

Wage Arbitrage

The Flip Notes #104 - the remote work opportunity at scale.

May 29, 2022

How does remote work affect local startup ecosystems?

The Flip Notes #103 - are global employers distorting the local markets?

May 22, 2022

African Solutions

The Flip Notes #102 - solutions and tradeoffs.

May 15, 2022

The Agent Economy

The Flip Notes #101 - we know that agents are important, but to what degree?

May 9, 2022

Employee Ownership

The Flip Notes #100 - understanding employee stock options in the African context.

May 1, 2022
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