1/ Here’s a recap of last week’s notable business & innovation events across Africa & beyond

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💸" title="Geld mit Flügeln" aria-label="Emoji: Geld mit Flügeln"> Chipper Cash& #39;s raise + Egypt& #39;s week + other deals

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏗️" title="Gebäude im Bau" aria-label="Emoji: Gebäude im Bau"> How to design your company & other strategy reads

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📰" title="Zeitung" aria-label="Emoji: Zeitung"> News, Podcasts, & Tweets you missed

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➕" title="Fettes Pluszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Fettes Pluszeichen"> & more https://afridigest.substack.com/p/afridigest-week-in-review-no-fees">https://afridigest.substack.com/p/afridig...

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• @ChipperCashApp raised a $13.8M series A

• A "Cash App for Africa", it offers no-fee P2P payments in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇳🇬" title="Flagge von Nigeria" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Nigeria">,https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇰🇪" title="Flagge von Kenia" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Kenia">,https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇦" title="Flagge von Südafrika" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Südafrika">,https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇬🇭" title="Flagge von Ghana" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Ghana">,https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇺🇬" title="Flagge von Uganda" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Uganda">,https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇹🇿" title="Flagge von Tansania" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Tansania">,&https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇷🇼" title="Flagge von Ruanda" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Ruanda">

• “We’re now at over 1.5 million users and doing over a $100 million dollars a month in volume”

• Congrats to @HSerunjogi, @DrJid & team https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥂" title="Anstoßende Gläser" aria-label="Emoji: Anstoßende Gläser">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps">

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• Chefaa& #39;s raised a 7 figure pre-Series A round

• Zedny raised a $1.2M pre-seed round

• Sakneen raised $150k from @ycombinator

Congrats to @idoaaaref, @irasharady, @BasilKhattab, @RamyKhorshed, & their teams https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥂" title="Anstoßende Gläser" aria-label="Emoji: Anstoßende Gläser">

Strong showing for Egypt so far in 2020 overall https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps">

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• @PayGo_Energy developed hardware for cooking gas, allowing for pay-as-you-go models & gas-as-a-service

• @Saisan_PR liked it so they made a strategic investment & PayGo& #39;s smart meter will soon be deployed across Asia

• "Reverse innovation" ➠ From Africa to the world

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• @TroveFinance, a Nigerian micro-investing Robinhood-esque platform, raised an undisclosed amount from angel investor networks @EkoNetwork @sseangels & @DiasporaAngels

• Congrats to @tomisuave & the team https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥂" title="Anstoßende Gläser" aria-label="Emoji: Anstoßende Gläser"> - time to work https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💪" title="Angespannter Bizeps" aria-label="Emoji: Angespannter Bizeps"> https://nipc.gov.ng/2020/06/20/micro-investments-startup-trove-raises-funding-from-3-angel-networks/">https://nipc.gov.ng/2020/06/2...

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Busy week, including funds raised by:

• @planet42_int, an Estonian vehicle financing provider that operates in https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇿🇦" title="Flagge von Südafrika" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Südafrika">

• @CongoNuru, an off-grid solar company in DRC

• @Mobiz_RSA, a South African & #39;Mailchimp for SMS marketing& #39;

• @GETITRwanda, a Rwandan food distributor

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Read of the week

• This paper from @KevinJBoudreau that applies academic research to startups and tells you how to design a company

• "Strategy is about overall patterns or combinations of decisions throughout the value chain..."

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2784718">https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/pape...

8/ Read of the week 2

Want to transform your (board) meetings? Be Like Bezos

• This article from @ttunguz gives the keys to the kingdom for more strategic, more effective & shorter board meetings

(Also applicable to non-board meetings w/ minor tweaks) https://tomtunguz.com/written-board-meetings/">https://tomtunguz.com/written-b...

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Other things to read/save:

• On building for Africa vs the world. @timigod: https://medium.com/timigod/build-for-the-world-2df4501a9270

•">https://medium.com/timigod/b... On marketplaces. @sarahtavel: https://medium.com/@sarahtavel/the-hierarchy-of-marketplaces-introduction-and-level-1-983995aa218e

•">https://medium.com/@sarahtav... On strategy. @sriramk: https://sriramk.com/strategy 

•">https://sriramk.com/strategy&... On seeing the future. @morganhousel: https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/same-as-it-ever-was/">https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/same...

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Speaking of seeing the future, this case study is highly recommended.

(Ask me for a promo code)

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11/ Podcasts of the week

@SimShagaya stopped by the @InvestAfrica1 podcast & dropped some gemshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💎" title="Edelstein" aria-label="Emoji: Edelstein">

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12/ Podcasts of the week 2

@AndrewKuper on the @ImpactAlpha podcast:

“We have every reason to believe that the thesis of investing in companies serving emerging consumers is going to amplify in the coming years, especially taking digital into account” https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6MTkxNzQzMjcyL3NvdW5kcy5yc3M/episode/NjBkYmUxNWYtM2Y1Yi00ZTY1LTk5NjMtMTllMTFmNzJiZTQy?ved=0CAkQzsICahcKEwiop7SThpXqAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQCg">https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...

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Job(s) of the week

• @myAgroFarms is creating alternative savings system for smallholder farmers via mobile - very innovative layaway system

• https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👉" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach rechts">They& #39;re looking for Mali & Senegal Country Directors / General Managers https://www.myagro.org/join-our-team/ ">https://www.myagro.org/join-our-...

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Other cool things last week:

• @TheEIU& #39;s report on Fintech in Nigeria was published: https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/financial-services/state-play-fintech-nigeria

•">https://eiuperspectives.economist.com/financial... @Sam_Ajadi& #39;s GSMA report on digital health came out & it& #39;s thoughtful & very well done: https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/resources/digital-health-a-health-system-strengthening-tool-for-developing-countries/

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In case you missed this thread on Twitter last week, it& #39;s worth a read-through https://twitter.com/LeslieFeinzaig/status/1272975489645207552">https://twitter.com/LeslieFei...

16/ That& #39;s the Twitter recap of Week 25& #39;s notable events

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