Archive - Afridigest

Afridigest Executive Brief: Power plays and public listings

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 44: Oct 26 - Nov 1, 2025

Nov 3

Software isn't eating Africa — infrastructure is

What the Africa Tech deals announced in October 2025 reveal

Nov 2 •

October 2025

Afridigest Executive Brief: Spiro spins up a fresh $100M 🏍️

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 43: Oct 19-25, 2025

Oct 27

Afridigest Executive Brief: Infrastructure for the informal sector

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 42: Oct 12-18, 2025

Oct 20

Afridigest Executive Brief: From trash to treasure — Egypt's Tagaddod, M-KOPA's milestone, and more

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 41: Oct 5-11, 2025

Oct 13

Afridigest Executive Brief: Africa's payments power play

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 40: Sep 28 - Oct 3, 2025

Oct 6

From near-bankruptcy to a path to profitability: Inside Jumia's brutal transformation

Jumia's Wartime CEO Francis Dufay on turning the company around via "shock therapy" & more.

Oct 4 •

"It's been bloody" — Inside Jumia's wartime transformation

My candid interview with Jumia CEO Francis Dufay drops Saturday. Here's why this conversation matters for anyone building in African markets.

Oct 1 •

September 2025

Afridigest Executive Brief: Foreign funds find footholds

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 39: Sep 21-27, 2025

Sep 29

From 17 credit card rejections to $1B in payments: The Kredete story

How Adeola Adedewe turned remittances into credit history and built a $100M fintech platform

Sep 27 •

Afridigest Executive Brief: Changing of the guard

Strategic Intelligence for Senior Executives | Week 38: Sep 14-20, 2025

Sep 22

The Digest: How distribution beats product in emerging fintech

TymeBank's 15,000-company masterstroke, turning remittances into credit scores, Africa's industrial awakening, and more

Sep 17 •

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