Afridigest Week in Review: Yuletide for Yellow Card

+Africa's spare parts opportunity +Create magic moments +Funding when capital isn't cheap +Fintech dominates Nigerian startups +Avoid scaling too early +Sturgeon, Enza, & Partech are hiring

The Afridigest Week in Review is a must-read weekly recap for Africa-focused founders, executives, and investors.

Welcome back, friends! The most clicked link from last week (aside from Obi Ozor’s TechCrunch coverage) was the Afridigest.com piece 'To scale in African markets today, startups need to run hybrid strategies.' And if you missed yesterday’s Fintech Review, click here.

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