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The Flip Notes #48 - is mobile money a disruptive innovation if it didn’t lead to less banking customers for incumbents, but more?
The Flip Notes #46 - digging into the GSMA's annual report.
The Flip Notes #45 - Flutterwave is a unicorn, spinning the African tech ecosystem's flywheel even faster.
The Flip Notes #44 - new business models for creatives exporting culture.
The Flip Notes #43 - to what degree are we living in a mental future that far outpaces the physical present?
The Flip Notes #42 - on products you didn't know you needed.
The Flip Notes #41 - decentralization, democratization, P2P is today's tech zeitgeist. Sounds like African markets.
The Flip Notes #40 - Regulators, mount up!
Form versus function. What looks like innovation is often an iteration of previous forms rather than an improvement of the core function.
The Flip Notes #37 - on the opportunity for digital micropayments.
The Flip Notes #35 - how SafeBoda prices for price-sensitive markets in Nigeria.
The Flip Notes #34 - on Paystack, Stripe, and the second order effects of building global payments infrastructure.
The Flip Notes #33 - why fundraising is different in Silicon Valley, angel investing as a social subsidy, and Africa.
The Flip Notes #32 - on Rally Cap Ventures, angel investing and smart capital.
The Flip Notes #31 - on market timing and regulation in Africa.
The Flip Notes #30 - AESIS, empathy, and early-stage investing in Africa.
The Flip Notes #29 - localizing the Plaid playbook in emerging markets.
The Flip Notes #27 - on the application of Stripe's investment and M&A strategy in Africa.