Archive - Ngozi’s Newsletter

Opportunity in Nigeria's banking sector

Best before December 2024

Mar 18 •

February 2024

Vella: Why we invested

Carbon & Vella sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Yesterday, the fourteenth day of February and Valentine’s Day no less, we at Carbon announced our…

Feb 15

December 2023

SEC: Tingo is a fraud. Amazing work Sherlock!

Just a short one today. I am sure you are busy preparing for Xmas dinner or trying to reuse that old present for X, whose gift you forgot to buy. Or am…

Dec 24, 2023 •

Have the neobanks won?

"When I go to Silicon Valley…they all want to eat our lunch. Every single one of them is going to try,"- Jamie Dimon, Feb 25 2014, JPM. Investor day…

Dec 21, 2023 •

Why I need coaching

Note: I am providing a transcript but this baby is best digested as video or audio. Caveat emptor especially for the spelling junkies. THERE ARE ERRORS…

Dec 19, 2023 •

5:54

I am a coach, but nobody knows

So how did I get to this despicable point? A fine, nice young man (look at that innocent smile) with hardly any pimples. Ready to serve but currently…

Dec 13, 2023 •

November 2023

The founders paradox

Pre-2016 if you had asked any founder what their biggest obstacle was, they would most likely have cited a lack of funding. Things changed with…

Nov 13, 2023 •

September 2023

Risevest + Chaka fall in love

What's behind the latest TechBromance?

Sep 28, 2023 •

The beautiful ones are not yet born

Prosperity Paradox Redux

Sep 25, 2023 •

A story about African exits

and why we should not be ashamed to cry

Sep 5, 2023 •

August 2023

AI - This time its different

So anyone who knows me well will tell you that I always jump on the latest technological fad. Name it and at some point I have sworn it was the next big…

Aug 22, 2023 •

July 2023

Know Thyself, Propel Thy Business

An invitation to introspection

Jul 30, 2023 •

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