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Kyane Kassiri
Kyane Kassiri

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Hey there! 👋🏽 As I’m embarking on a new professional challenge (jump to the bottom for announcement), I wanted a quickly share about what kept me busy over the past year. In October 2020, Suya Ventures materialized with the objective of writing quick checks to fast-moving entrepreneurs. This latter micro-fund…

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Moving on.
Moving on.
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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Updated Jan 5, 2021

East or West?

From our December 2020 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. As we approach the end of 2020, an increasingly diverse group of global tech investors and companies are continuing to demonstrate an interest in Africa’s burgeoning tech scene particularly from Silicon Valley and China. This month Jeff Bezos, joined Silicon…

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East or West?
East or West?
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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

Blockchain for African banks, marketplaces and Amazon in Africa caught our attention

From our February 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Building the Future Podcast: in this discussion, Steven shares his thoughts on market gaps and opportunities in Africa in 2019 Digital Market places: what are key success factors in deploying technology to aggregate products and services for…

Africa

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Blockchain for African banks, marketplaces and Amazon in Africa caught our attention
Blockchain for African banks, marketplaces and Amazon in Africa caught our attention
Africa

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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

IPOs, payments and offline strategies caught our attention

From our March 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes An African unicorn is born? Despite challenges in the e-commerce space, Jumia, the pan-African ecommerce business, filed its initial IPO on the NYSE this month and announced a pricing range. Jumia appointed, Andre Iguodala a seasoned venture…

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IPOs, payments and offline strategies caught our attention
IPOs, payments and offline strategies caught our attention
Venture Capital

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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

The mobile commerce land grab in Africa, MNO’s on the move and an African start up born from a Chinese manufacturing giant…

From our April 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Africa read through of Facebook double down on e-commerce and payments. All eyes were on San Jose as Facebook kicked off its annual F8 conference. We were intrigued with the companies renewed interest in e-commerce and payments…

Venture Capital

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The mobile commerce land grab in Africa, MNO’s on the move and an African start up born from a…
The mobile commerce land grab in Africa, MNO’s on the move and an African start up born from a…
Venture Capital

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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

Recipe for Ecosystem Building and Africa goes “Ga-Ga” for Mobility

From our May 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Recipe to Build a Technology Ecosystem: Last week the Global Startup Ecosystem Report ranked Lagos as one of the top 30 challenger communities in the world. Former venture capitalist Eytan Messika put together a brilliant slide on…

Venture Capital

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Recipe for Ecosystem Building and Africa goes “Ga-Ga” for Mobility
Recipe for Ecosystem Building and Africa goes “Ga-Ga” for Mobility
Venture Capital

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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

Lateral backs Lynk. Libra for Africa. Flipping the Switch on Digital Africa.

From our July 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Before diving into developments in African technology it is appropriate to start by saying farewell to one of the great pioneers of the African digital technology revolution. Bob Collymore was the driving force behind M-Pesa and mobile…

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Lateral backs Lynk. Libra for Africa. Flipping the Switch on Digital Africa.
Lateral backs Lynk. Libra for Africa. Flipping the Switch on Digital Africa.
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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

From trade deals to new ports, Lateral takes a look at recent developments that should facilitate trade across the continent.

From our August 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Africa open for business In a month where we have seen the UK government select a pro Brexit prime minister and the trade war between China and the United States continues to escalate, we take a closer look at Africa’s own…

Venture Capital

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From trade deals to new ports, Lateral takes a look at recent developments
that should facilitate…
From trade deals to new ports, Lateral takes a look at recent developments
that should facilitate…
Venture Capital

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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

ChinAfrica, Missed opportunities and Silver linings

From our September 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes ChinAfrica: In September, Quartz Africa provided a comprehensive update on China’s increasing influence in Africa in furtherance of its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. “The story of China’s engagement in Africa in the 21st century lies at the…

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ChinAfrica, Missed opportunities and Silver linings
ChinAfrica, Missed opportunities and Silver linings
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Published in Lateral Frontiers

·Dec 7, 2020

Profitability 101, Mobile Money 2.0 and beating Sillicon Valley Tech in Africa

From our October 2019 newsletter issue. You can subscribe here. Thoughts & Themes Profit over Growth…. [again] In September the music stopped for ‘growth-at-all-costs’, bottomless venture funding in New York with the failure of WeWork’s IPO ambitions and exposure of Adam Neumann’s corporate governance fiasco. …

Venture Capital

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Profitability 101, Mobile Money 2.0 and beating Sillicon Valley Tech in Africa
Profitability 101, Mobile Money 2.0 and beating Sillicon Valley Tech in Africa
Venture Capital

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