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Rich or King?

The Flip Notes #99 - founders used to have a choice: rich or king. Nowadays, they can to be both. The question for our nascent tech ecosystem is - should they?

April 25, 2022

Power and Pendulums

The Flip Notes #98 - founder-friendliness and the second-order effects.

April 19, 2022

If You Build It, Nonconsumers Will Come – Revisited

The Flip Notes #97 - YouTube Village and the push vs. pull of innovations.

April 11, 2022

X for Africa

The Flip Notes #96 - we hear a lot of analogies like Stripe for Africa... what about Cargill for Africa?

April 4, 2022

Why is it so expensive to travel in Africa?

The Flip Notes #95 - the Yamoussoukro Declaration and the chicken & egg of demand.

March 28, 2022

Egyptian Tailwinds

The Flip Notes #94 - exploring the rising Egyptian fintech sector, with Axis Pay’s Jacques Marco.

March 21, 2022

Wasoko: Powering Last-Mile Retail

The Flip Notes #93 - a partner edition with Wasoko, on its rapid growth in the B2B commerce sector.

March 16, 2022

Business Models for Collaboration

The Flip Notes #92 - collaboration and sharing is how ecosystems develop and how innovation happens. Is there a business model for this kind of incentive alignment?

March 7, 2022

Fintech Founders & Funders Having Fun on a Flight with The Flip

The Flip Notes #91 - live from Kenyan Airways flight 784, row 24.

February 28, 2022

What is the Value of African Art? NFTs and Web3 Experimentation

The Flip Notes #90 - exploring questions of value of NFTs, AI and generative art, and artwork by African artists, with Linda Dounia.

February 17, 2022

Stitch: The Anatomy of a $21 Million Series A

The Flip Notes #89 - a partner edition with Stitch, behind the scenes of the fast-growing fintech infrastructure startup.

February 14, 2022

What is a job?

The Flip Notes #88 - as work is being unbundled from traditional employment, do we need to think differently about jobs?

February 8, 2022

Strategy and the Smiling Curve

The Flip Notes #87 - you don't want to be stuck in the middle of the smiling curve.

January 31, 2022

Introducing The Flip Capital

The Flip Notes #86 - we're investing in the future of work.

January 24, 2022

The Future of Work

The Flip Notes #85 - as the African population continues to grow at a staggering rate, where are the income generating opportunities going to come from?

January 17, 2022

Talent Loops

The Flip Notes #84 - smart, ambitious people want to work with other smart, ambitious people.

January 10, 2022

State of The Flip, Year Two

The Flip Notes #83 - the hypotheses we intend to test this upcoming year.

December 12, 2021

Global Fintechs are Failing Users in Africa

The Flip Notes #82 - global fintechs manage are risk in a punitive and discriminatory way.

December 5, 2021

Pan-African Cooperation - If Not Now, When?

The Flip Notes #81 - unequal relationships lead to misaligned incentives. Will it lead to more regional cooperation in Africa?

November 28, 2021

Healthcare is a Wicked Problem

The Flip Notes #80 - Each week of season 3, The Flip Notes will cover a corresponding topic to the podcast episode just published. Today, we’re talking about healthcare.

November 21, 2021

Enabling Cross-Border Trade

The Flip Notes #79 - Each week of season 3, The Flip Notes will cover a corresponding topic to the podcast episode just published. Today, we’re talking about cross-border trade.

November 14, 2021

The Connected Convenience Store

The Flip Notes #78 - Each week of season 3, The Flip Notes will cover a corresponding topic to the podcast episode just published. Today, we’re talking about retail.

November 7, 2021

The Infrastructure Paradox

The Flip Notes #77 - Each week of season 3, The Flip Notes will cover a corresponding topic to the podcast episode just published. Today, we’re talking about logistics and infrastructure.

October 31, 2021

Specialization-as-a-Service

The Flip Notes #76 - Each week of season 3, The Flip Notes will cover a corresponding topic to the podcast episode just published. Today, we’re talking about APIs.

October 24, 2021

Working with Regulators

The Flip Notes #75 - Each week of season 3, The Flip Notes will cover a corresponding topic to the podcast episode just published. Today, we’re talking about fintech regulation.

October 17, 2021
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