Afridigest Week in Review: Forty-four funded female fintech founders

+In the Hot Seat with Ory Okolloh +Layoffs & shutdowns +Limits of retail digitalization +The age of AI has begun, says Bill Gates +Many thanks to Nadayar Enegesi & to you for attending the meetup

This Afridigest Week in Review is a recap of what happened across Africa's tech ecosystem for Africa-focused founders, executives, and investors.

Welcome back, old & new friends 👋🏽! The most clicked link from last Monday’s newsletter was the Afridigest article, 'Save now, buy later: an emerging fintech model.' And ICYMI, here are links to yesterday’s Fintech Review and Saturday’s short essay.

📌 Some housekeeping: I'm looking for an intern to help with a few things here at Afridigest as we move into Q2. If you know someone a) interested in Africa's startup ecosystem and b) generally curious, or if that sounds like you, please reach out 💌 And thanks to everyone that came to the Lagos meetup over the weekend 🙌🏽

If you’re new here: welcome — this Week in Review is sent on Mondays, the Fintech Review goes out on Sundays, and an original essay occasionally goes out on Saturdays. For past essays and digests, visit the archive. And be sure to visit Afridigest.com.

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