Afridigest Week in Review: Real cash for artificial intelligence

+SME lending in Nigeria +Utility of digital money in Africa today +Tanzania joins the fundraising party +B2B marketplaces to financial operation systems +Founders becoming funders +More

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 & happy Chinese new year! The most clicked link from last week was this Bloomberg article on Vishal and Raj’s foray into the world of SPACs. Also, if you’re interested in additional content like this, follow Afridigest on Linkedin. And if you missed it, yesterday I published the five African startup ecosystem predictions/themes I’ll be watching for in 2022. But let’s get into what happened in Week 4.

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Week 4 2022: January 23-29