Afridigest Week in Review: A super week for super apps

+Acquisitions and acqui-hires +The evolution of digital health, Saas, and embedded lending +A primer on the metaverse +Africa by tribal/lingusitic divides

The Afridigest Week in Review is a must-read weekly recap for Africa-focused founders, executives, and investors, as well as interested observers.

Welcome back, friends! Thanks for opening Afridigest today! This condensed newsletter covers events from Nov 28th through Dec 4th. (Week 49’s newsletter covering Dec 5th - 11th should be sent early next week.) With that said, let’s get into it.

Week 48 2021: November 28 - December 4