Afridigest Week in Review: A smile with a dash of deception

+Upcoming Lagos meetup with Nadayar +Massive Chipper Cash layoffs +A deal deluge +Fintech M&A +Axian's CVC arm is here +A solid breakdown of how ChatGPT works +On mimesis and more

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📌 What a week. From deals to M&A to investor activity to layoffs, governance issues, & more — it was one of those weeks. Unfortunately, though, I clumsily had two tabs of the same draft open and Substack reverted back to the earlier version. So no deal of the week and no commentary on the Dash situation. But we move.

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