Overview: Today, we’re going to discuss the future of the African tech ecosystem. We’ll discuss our hopes for African entrepreneurs, startups, investors & tech businesses in 2021 and end with a quick discussion of future podcast plans. This episode was recorded on December 27th, 2020.

Companies discussed: Naspers, Mono, OnePipe, Okra, MTN, Airtel, Paystack & Interswitch

Business concepts discussed: Platform businesses, government impact / investments in tech, corporate venture capital (CVC), investment portfolio diversification, private market investments & scaling startups

Conversation highlights:

(01:14) - Bankole’s wishlist for 2021 Africa tech
(12:48) - Olumide’s wishlist for 2021 Africa tech
(24:52) - Olumide -> Bankole: Rapid fire Afrobility-related Q&A
(27:40) - Bankole -> Olumide: Rapid fire Afrobility-related Q&A
(34:02) - Olumide -> Bankole: Rapid fire general Q&A
(39:24) - Bankole -> Olumide: Rapid fire general Q&A
(42:17) - Podcast plans for 2021
(48:22) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations, small wins & open questions:

Recommendation: Modern monopolies (by Alex Moazed)
Recommendation: Index companies (article by Elad Gil)
Small win: Hanging out with friends who visited (good to see people in person)
Small win: Watched original Rocky from 1976 & Rocky 2 from 1979. Fabulous! Planning to watch Creed soon.

Bankole’s recommendations, small wins & open questions:

Recommendation: The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
Recommendation: You and your research by Richard Hamming
Small win: Division 1 in EA Sports FIFA online seasons
Other content: The Journal by Wall Street Journal

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#19: Africa Tech - 2021 & Beyond