Afridigest Week in Review: Africa's most valuable tech startup

+11 other deals +VC fundraises: Atlantica and Janngo +Addressing uncertainty & Minsky moments +Web 3.0 era in Africa +$100K equity-free for blockchain startups +A variety of interesting essays & reads

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

Welcome back, friends! The most clicked link from last week was Alex Iskold’s '7 tips for founders when negotiating term sheets with VCs.' This week, the race for Africa’s first decacorn is on, let’s get into Week 7.

If you’re new, welcome 🙌 — you’ll receive a weekly digest like this one every Monday and, generally (but not always), an original essay/article on Saturdays. For past essays and digests, visit the archive.

Week 7 2022: Feb 13 - 19