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 last week was Paul Graham’s short piece, 'How to get ideas.' And over the weekend, we published a piece on founders that raised $1M or more in Francophone Africa last year in English and in French.
📌 Wsh kho, wsh khti & marhaba to all the new subscribers from Algeria & Morocco last week 🙌🏽 — please do reply and say hello. In other news, I had a great convo with Fleri’s Sam Baddoo last week about the actual & potential value of this newsletter to startup founders, and it reminded me of this tweet. Many thanks for the dose of clarity, Sam 🙏🏽
If you’re new, welcome — this Week in Review is sent on Mondays, the Fintech Review on Sundays, and from time to time, an original essay/article goes out on Saturdays. For past essays and digests, visit the archive.
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