Doing my favorite thing with founders at the last Google for Startups Accelerator in Accra with Google in Africa. This talk is titled "Strategic Dilemmas in Entrepreneurship and Stakeholder Management."

Major cheat code for life: Tolerance for boredom. Success isn't flashy. It's built through long periods of extremely disciplined, boring routines. If you need constant novelty, you won't make it very far. To shine in the light, you have to embrace the boring work in the dark.

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"Success isn't flashy. It's built through long periods of extremely disciplined, boring routines." "To shine in the light, you have to embrace the boring work in the dark."

Today, I’m proud to announce our $3.6m seed round, and launch Tracelight to the world. Tracelight is the best AI agent for spreadsheet tasks. No waitlist - use Tracelight today. We’re giving away a month of our pro plan for free - comment and we will send you a code.

One interesting dataset to layer onto this would be nationality of the passengers carried by these airlines in the same period. Is it largely Africans or Europeans driving these numbers? What %age of this does Nigeria command, considering its population? cc: Tonami Playman

TODAY: The African Development Bank Group and @FlyEthiopian will sign a letter appointing the Bank as the Mandated Lead Arranger for the financing of Bishoftu International Airport – which when built will be Africa’s largest airport. ➡️ bit.ly/4mwI8KP  #IntegrateAfrica

Go big on execution…

The best parenting lesson I ever received was from a single interaction with my dad when I was 12. I had tried out for this baseball all star team. The results came out and the coaches called to say they were taking 16 players and I was the 17th on the list. I didn't make it. I

the reason why people abandon so many “almost done” things is because the last 20% of anything is friction, detail, & accountability. that last 20% of the work doesn’t feel like 20% at all, it feels like the whole damn thing & then some. this is especially true in an ai era

Sales teams don’t struggle because of bad tools. They struggle because they abandoned the fundamentals. Prospecting. Follow-up. Pipeline discipline. What worked 25 years ago still works today—most people just avoid doing it.

Got a blood test recently and wanted to better understand my results… so I’m building an app for it. Free. Open source. Coming soon.

"The very best startup ideas tend to have three things in common: they're something the founders themselves want, that they themselves can build, and that few others realize are worth doing." Paul Graham on how to get startup ideas:

One thing I need more investment advisors to start differentiating between people in survival mode versus those in more stable financial positions. Investment strategies should not be one-size-fits-all. When someone is in survival mode, struggling to meet basic needs, the

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh for Plateau Potatoes farmers in the morning. Plateau State farmers in Mangu & Bokkos local govt are rejoicing over bountiful potatoes harvest this year. For years, recurrent att@cks have forced many farming communities into

#Flashback KPMG West Africa’s leadership came together for our 𝐅𝐘𝟐𝟓 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭, a moment of reflection, alignment, and focused strategic thinking. (1/7)

If you're running a startup, sell to startups if you can. They don't have as much money, but they decide quickly, and even more importantly, they have a better influence on your product.

KANO DisCo (KEDCO) HAS BEGUN TAKING 10 MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR POWER FROM HASKE SOLAR COMPANY LIMITED KEDCO has commenced receiving 10 megawatts of solar power from Haske Solar Company Limited, which operates Nigeria’s largest grid-connected solar plant in Kano. This development

Something remarkable just happened in Pakistan. In only 8 months, citizens built the equivalent of half the country’s national electric grid, without waiting for government or utilities. How? ☀️ Cheap solar panels ☀️ TikTok tutorials showing how to install them ☀️ Farmers

We’re hiring🥳! We are looking for an entrepreneurial leader (7+ yrs experience) in early-stage equity investments in Africa to drive climate ventures via our $70M Persistent ACV Fund. Apply here 👉 :persistent.energy/opening/senior… #Hiring #JoinOurTeam