I’ve just finished Made to Stick by the Heath brothers, and I’m a big fan of how they’ve distilled marketing down into several easy to understand steps. Their acronym – SUCCESs – stands for Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, and…
I love the idea and application of blockchains. In Africa, there’s plenty of inefficiencies that can be addressed by implementing blockchain systems. I’m particularly interested on blockchains in financial lending and supply chains. Pharmaceutical companies and distributors across the continent…
I named this blog after a term in Stanley McChrystal’s book A Team of Teams. I’ve pasted below an excerpt from his book where he describes what blink points are. He is describing them in terms of how he sped…
Mobile phones are having a profound impact in Africa, and at the forefront of that is the idea that a phone is also a bank. The reason this is occuring is that the mobile network operators (MNOs) have built…
Hello World, Today is the launch of my new blog. I’m focusing on fintech, mobile, and Africa. There will be a lot of interesting bits and pieces surrounding that. I hope you all join me on what should be a…