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Venture capitalists face an internal reckoning to rebuild the foundational theories and ways of work that made the asset class popular now that economic winds have turned.😭

African investors are not immune to downturn dengue. But they do have to shed the herd instinct that brought the venture capital asset class to this moment.

Being a tech founder can mean "living the life". But it can also mean "living in the trenches until you can hit it big—or not.

The price of relying on fluffy narrative, groupthink and learning from teachable moments is millions of investor cash.

Smallscale modern retail in Africa will not completely replace open markets in Lagos, souks in Cairo, or storied markets like Karatina in central Kenya. But a subtle shift that can become a major marker of African retail is underway.

Ethiopia has the opportunity to become a digital economic powerhouse. This is not a new discovery. What will be new is how soon this age-old potential will become kinetic.

Hosting some of Africa’s largest IT infrastructure players is a flex, but Mauritius wants more. It wants a tech ecosystem that extends and enables its robust financial services sector.

FMCG is beset by economic headwinds that is altering decades-old businesses. How will it affect the digitisation of how consumer goods are distributed?

In Tunisia, raw talent and a tight-knit community of builders, entrepreneurs and tech workers could create Africa's axis for deep tech. But not before a few important and urgent changes.

Crypto advocates believe in a future where financial services are decentralised and both real-world assets and virtual assets are tokenised.