Afridigest Week in Review: Lending in Lusaka proves lucrative 🏧

+Deals are Back +Tizeti's Whitewashing? +Growth Laws and Advice +The Pain of Strategy +Onyeka, Nichole, and Simon Hit the Podcasts +Hockey Sticks +More

The Afridigest Week in Review is a must-read weekly business & innovation recap for founders, operators, and investors in African markets, as well as interested observers.

Welcome back! After a quiet week last week, deals are back. Some quick news for you:

• Since Week 27’s digest, I completed the article on OPay and blitzscaling in African markets (finally) — I basically revamped the entire thing, so please read it anew.

• I also published this article on why innovators in Africa should seek inspiration from business models in Asia rather than the West. Because it’s a minor update to a previously-written article, I didn't push it via email as you may have already seen it. But if not, definitely check it out — it’s a quick read.

• This is the 10th weekly digest in a row and the feedback has been great so far. While I’m still experimenting in some ways, the newsletter is starting to find its audience and the desired context mix is clearer to me, thanks to your feedback.

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