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The Flip Notes #74 - Each week of season 3, The Flip Notes will cover a corresponding topic to the podcast episode just published. Today, we’re talking about cash and mobile payments.
The Flip Notes #73 - should we care how African tech ecosystems are ranked? On the need for new and better measurements for progress.
The Flip Notes #72 - not the informal economy; just the economy.
The Flip Notes #71 - Goldfinch is bringing DeFi to the real world, starting with markets in the Global South.
The Flip Notes #69 - where being disagreeable is required, despite the social cost.
The Flip Notes #67 - in reaction to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s decision to freeze the bank accounts of asset management fintech platforms we ask, will crypto win? And how?
The Flip Notes #66 - making sense of platforms in an environment of low ownership.
The Flip Notes #65 - where there's a lot to build, using time horizons as a competitive advantage.
The Flip Notes #64 - big rounds/exits → more investor/talent interest → more capital → better talent → faster/greater growth → big rounds/exits.
The Flip Notes #63 - isn't a perpetuation of the status quo and/or conservative growth initiative actually risky for Africa?
The Flip Notes #62 - recency bias, and a trip through the archives.
The Flip Notes #61 - what lessons, if any, are relevant for African markets from Visa, "the original protocol business"?
The Flip Notes #60 - should we feel incredulous about the extent to which African entrepreneurs are overlooked by global investors?
The Flip Notes #59 - is crypto's proliferation inevitable in CFA franc countries?
The Flip Notes #58 - are there consensus beliefs within the African tech ecosystem that we collectively don’t put enough thought into, or that may not (or no longer) be true?
The Flip Notes #57 - "I suspect that staying abreast of important new patterns emerging outside US/Europe will become more important for many businesses in the years ahead… there are a lot of legacy assumptions being questioned."
The Flip Notes #56 - since 2019, around 50% of venture investments over $1 million have gone to fintechs.
The Flip Notes #55 - being swayed by people playing a different game can also throw off how you think you’re supposed to grow your business.
The Flip Notes #54 - the competition is (still) with cash!
The Flip Notes #52 - ensuring creators on the continent can participate.
The Flip Notes #50 - on those placing bets toward an imagined yet opaque future.