#59: Africa Tech - 2023 & Beyond (Creator Roundtable #2)

Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business

Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju द्वारा प्रदान की गई सामग्री. एपिसोड, ग्राफिक्स और पॉडकास्ट विवरण सहित सभी पॉडकास्ट सामग्री Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju, Olumide Ogunsanwo, and Bankole Makanju या उनके पॉडकास्ट प्लेटफ़ॉर्म पार्टनर द्वारा सीधे अपलोड और प्रदान की जाती है। यदि आपको लगता है कि कोई आपकी अनुमति के बिना आपके कॉपीराइट किए गए कार्य का उपयोग कर रहा है, तो आप यहां बताई गई प्रक्रिया का पालन कर सकते हैं https://hi.player.fm/legal।

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Overview: Today, we’re going to have a creator roundtable to discuss the African tech ecosystem. We’ll discuss the biggest 2022 moments in Africa Tech & our hopes for the tech ecosystem in 2023. This episode was recorded on Dec 10, 2022

Companies discussed: Flutterwave, FTX, 54gene, Swvl, Chipper Cash, TeamApt (Moniepoint), QED, Binance, Remitly, Brimore, Shoprite, & Jumia

Business concepts discussed: Economic recessions, fundraising, bootstrapping, Cryptocurrency, M&A, Creator monetization & Pan-African Expansion

Conversation highlights:

(07:35) - Biggest 2022 moments
(00:53) - Impact of Recession on Africa Tech
(1:00:05) - What we would like to see in 2023
(1:28:00) - Creator Q&A
(2:00:24) - Recommendations & Small Wins

Olumide:

Recommendation: Knives Out 2 (Movie). Excellent and funny sequel :)
Win: Opened Fidelity HSA. I had used Vanguard only previously. Fidelity has nice functionality & UX (especially for HSAs)

Bankole:

Recommendation: Unauthorized Shein boutiques are popping up across Mexico & Co-founding considered harmful
Win: Seeing Emeka in person

Emeka:

Recommendation: Magical Text Expander (tool), Friction (article), Afridigest (newsletter)
Win: Finally meeting & taking a picture with the Oga of Ogas, Bankole. Plus: Afridigest crossing 4500 page followers on LinkedIn — help us on the push to 5000!
Other content: Why super apps are proliferating across emerging markets, The hierarchy of venture opportunities in emerging markets

Justin:

Recommendation: ChatGPT & the Dissect podcast
Small win: My alma mater the University of Michigan beating our rivals Ohio State in football for the second year in a row. Getting to spend a lot of in-person quality time with people in the African tech ecosystem over the past few weeks in Cape Town

Samora:

Recommendation: “Founders Podcast” by David Senra & Michael Jordan The Life - by Roland Lazenby
Big Win - Getting my 2nd born daughter
Other content: Amp it Up by Frank Slootman is a great read - Narco Saints on Netflix is superb!

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