LinkedIn Posts from 2022 and 2023
Two years in one post.
Linkedin has become a business notebook for me. Whenever I am facing a challenge and need to think through it, I do so publicly for the sake of clarifying my thinking because writing forces you to think more carefully. Hope its helpful for you.
Banking, Payments, Fintech
Cooperation and Competition in the Banking/Payments Sector
Africa Fintech in The Economist
Local Payments Players are the Future in Africa
AzamPay Payment Gateway Plugin Products
Satellite Payments in Tanzania
Value Proposition for Digital Payment Adoption: Finscope Study
Payments is a Local Business: AzamPay Value Proposition
Regulation
USSD Access and the US Cable Industry
Innovation
How Can Governments Support Innovation in Tanzania? 200 CEO Forum
Innovation is Always Blocked, How to Get Around the Blocks
Why Large Companies Fail to Innovate
Emerging Markets Analysis
Uber’s Problem with Emerging Markets
The Economist on B2B Ecommerce in Africa
Big5D Podcast on Commerce and AzamPay
Why Africa did not Industrialize
World Bank Discussion on Digital Africa
Prof. Benno Ndulu and Financial Inclusion
Leadership
Integrity + Discipline = Long Term Success
The Better Part of Wisdom is Experience
Don’t Be Entrepreneur Unless You Have To
Your Path to Success Will Be Your Own
Me and T-Pain Have One Thing in Common: Follow Instructions
Every Get Rich Scheme is Someone Trying to Get Rich Off You: Naval Ravikant
Elon Musk and Knowing the Details of your Biz
Leadership Seminar #1 Law of the Lid (John Maxwell)
Leadership Seminar #2 Law of Influence (John Maxwell)
Ecommerce, mostly B2B
Airlift Bakruptcy and Why Quick Commerce is a Terrible Biz
Reduce Logistics Cost Through Sarafu
Sarafu Caps Sales of Products - Why?
Sarafu and Dawa Mkononi Partnership
Why There is Limited Uptake of Ecommerce in Africa
Analysis of an Ecommerce Startup Collapse - Airlift
Tanzania’s Water Business + Sarafu
How Tarmal is Succeeding on Sarafu
Pepsi + Sarafu. How Sarafu Helps Pepsi Distribute Better
Sarafu BNPL - How We Help Traders
Sarafu Market Report for Manufacturers
Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles are Big Batteries
How to Introduce EVs in Africa
Venture Capital and Raising Money
The Idea Maze: Mark Andreessen
Problem with the SV Playbook for Venture Capital in Africa
Why are Venture Backed Companies Struggling in East Africa?
Africa as an Investment Destination
Blitz Scaling Does Not Work in Africa
Economies of Scale vs. Economies of Scope: Investing in Africa
Customer Acquisition Cost on Africa for Fintech
Valuation Vs Creating Value the Case of Jumia
VCs Pay for Vision, Customers Pay for Value
The Failure of Dash: Check on an Investment by Asking Customers
General Business / Startups
Vendor Lock-In is Not a Good Biz Model
Everything in a Startup is Intentional
No Such Thing as Overnight Success: Chat GPT
AI Should Make Data More Profitable for Content Creators
Disrupting Large Industries: The Case of Tesla vs Existing Auto Makers
Yah it's true we think alot when writing especially when we intend to address a public full of critical thinkers where linked in is among such public