Afridigest Week in Review: A promising pivot to payments

+Sequoia Capital’s Doug Leone on building an enduring company +Mobile money for some, not all +Different kinds of bullsh*t +SWVL's layoffs +Sachetization in African tech +VC4A is hiring a CEO +More

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Welcome back, friends! The most clicked link last week was the FXC Intelligence piece on The growth of African neobanks (from which we sourced last week’s visual of the week). With that said, let’s get into Week 22.

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