Entrepreneurship is like a high-stakes poker game. You need to play the hand you're dealt rather than wait for the perfect one. Accept the risks, make calculated bets, and sometimes, just bluff your way through. Keep that poker face and dive in!

Victor Joseph, Benedict Tesha and Reuben Mwatosya didn’t just stumble into fintech, they’ve been living inside the problem for years. They’ve seen how hard it is for African businesses to plug into the global economy. 1/6

1990s - coding is 90% doing cool new shit, 10% learning environment 2000-2024- coding is 90% framework bullshit, 10% doing cool new shit Today - coding is 70% doing cool new shit, 30% arguing with the model.

there are two types of people: those who talk about climbing mountains and those with dirt under their fingernails

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You should take on ventures that you are genuinely motivated by. You should not require discipline, No one should need to push you. If you are not motivated, the outcome isn't compelling enough.

Osaretin Victor Asemota Aaron Levie When I think about AI in Africa I think about how difficult it is to cost-effectively serve customers with extremely limited spending power. How the cost to serve them is so often higher than the revenue they can each generate. AI could change the fundamental unit economics.

I overheard a clip at an office today where Alex Harmozi was saying, “If your company isn’t at $100k/mo you should be spending at least four hours a day on sales and marketing” and I think that’s a pretty reasonable take

A multi-trillion-dollar company CEO vibes codes in his free time. What's your excuse?

Stephen Deng You have seen the future. I think telcos could be biggest distributors. Think get 20GB + 100 Premium ChatGPT credits bundle

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Lots of friction still in payments in Africa. Heard this from another GP today, if true, still massive fintech opportunity in Africa! Who is building for this? "Travel and hospitality businesses across Africa lose up to 12% of revenue due to card processing fees, failed

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this is a great read by jack morris. gives such a fresh perspective on what really matters. TLDR: with every "new" architecture, we unlocked a new source of data to use at scale. it was the large amount of data we unlocked that boosted performance not the architecture itself,

Every institution that moves money will need a stablecoin strategy. Especially in emerging markets like Africa, stablecoins will be an integral part of the future of borderless financial services.

'Africa' doesn't exist The continent's 1.5B+ consumers and $3T in GDP are deeply fragmented into mini-markets That creates: • Duplicated costs • Regulatory complexity • Barriers to scale The most revolutionary act in African business isn't disruption — it's integration 💡

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brute forcing through the shitty first 100 hours of learning anything is the cheat code. most people never make it past 10.