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  • Stop Calling It Informal. It’s Infrastructure.

    There’s a story we keep getting told about African businesses. That they’re behind. That they’re unorganized. That they need to be “digitized” — as if they’ve been sitting in the dark waiting for someone with a laptop and a pitch deck to come save them. That story is wrong. And honestly, it’s a little embarrassing…

  • The Oracle in the Ledger: How AI is Rewriting the Promise of Insurance

    For three hundred years, the business of risk was fundamentally a business of paper. If you wanted to understand how a society protected its future, you only had to look in the filing cabinets. The industry lived in heavy, leather-bound ledgers, actuarial tables, and the fading ink of promises made in good faith. It was…

  • Debugging the Journey of a Jack of All Trades

    In the world of tech, versatility often feels like a superpower. You’re the person who can troubleshoot a laptop, secure a network, and whip up a website — all in the same week. You’re like a Swiss Army knife, equipped for any task. But here’s the catch: sometimes, being a jack of all trades feels…