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Original Thought Leadership on Business Strategy as it applies to Global, Regional and Local Case Studies
Google's Gemini 3 revolutionizes AI deployment, particularly benefiting African founders by offering advanced reasoning and multimodal capabilities. With swift global access and practical applications, it enables rapid prototyping, automated workflows, and enhanced customer support. While infrastructure challenges remain, the model significantly helps bridge gaps, creating opportunities for startups to innovate and compete effectively.
The reflection on Jacqueline Novogratz's The Blue Sweater critiques the development industry's approach to poverty, highlighting its failure to acknowledge cultural exploitation and privilege dynamics. While it values moral imagination and distributed leadership, it emphasizes that true poverty requires more than market solutions; it needs cultural change alongside economic intervention for effective alleviation.
The author reflects on Nigeria's past, highlighting the decline in living standards due to reduced government oversight after 1999. Suggesting a revival through AI in governance, they propose essential services remain public, create government-owned companies, improve transparency, and empower youth leadership. The aim is to rebuild the middle class and enhance accountability.
The author encourages talented young Africans to strategically leave the continent for opportunities that value their skills, build wealth in stronger markets, and return empowered to effect real change. Highlighting personal experiences, the narrative underscores the need for support and the potential for impact upon returning to Africa.
RxAll has evolved from a university sketch in 2010 to a billion AI sales engine across three continents by 2025. The journey emphasizes the importance of purpose, market integrity, and ethical monetization. Key principles include understanding the "why," avoiding free offerings, and pursuing global opportunities to impact African healthcare positively.
Adebayo Alonge, speaking at the UN General Assembly, emphasizes Africa's need for representation in global decision-making, particularly on the Security Council. He underscores the importance of empowering African citizens through education and healthcare while calling on the diaspora to invest sustainably. This will enable Africans to shape their own future and narrative.
DeFAI integrates decentralized finance and AI to automate Africa's finance back-office, enhancing efficiency and transparency. By transitioning from manual processes to programmable, auditable systems, it fosters trust and accelerates commerce. The model focuses on real-time solutions for payments and lending, ultimately empowering businesses and improving financial access across the continent.
Explore a powerful framework comparing AI and human roles across six layers of civilization—from tools to transcendence. Discover how AI orchestrates and humans assign meaning, and why aligning both is key to future progress. A visionary model by Adebayo Alonge that bridges technology, ethics, and systems thinking.
The last AI wave wrote copy. This one runs companies. In this edition I unpack GPT-5’s impact on African founders: collapsing cost curves, multilingual-by-default products, and moats built on trusted local data. You’ll get 7 plays to close the gap (edge-first design, data commons, compliance-as-UX), 5 launchable business models, and a vendor checklist to stay regulator-ready.
RxAll has been featured in a case study by EM Normandie Business School, showcasing its evolution from a concept to a digital health platform revolutionizing African pharmacies. Founded in 2016 due to counterfeit drug experiences, RxAll now serves over 5,000 pharmacies. The journey emphasizes resilience, teamwork, and community support.
