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Squord Academy
By Dapo Omoniyi and Edosa ObasekiBusiness
Squord Academy episodes
- EP30 (11/24/23) - Access Bank Expands, OpenAI, and OkadaBooks Shutdown
This week, we discussed the following:
- Access Bank expanding to Asia
- OkadaBooks shutdown
- Sam Altman reinstated as OpenAI CEO
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1 hr - E29 (11/18/23): Flutterwave CFO exits, Paystack layoffs, Bolt exits Nigeria
This week, we discussed the following:
- Flutterwave CTO exits only after 18months of joining the firm
- Paystack lays off 33 employees from EU and UAE regions
- Bolt food exits Nigeria and South Africa
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54 min - E27 (10/29/23): Due diligence in African Tech, Patricia User Repayments, Irokotv Shutdown
This week, we discussed the following:
- Patricia partnering with DLM capital to pay customer funds
- Due diligence in African tech
- Irokotv reportedly shutting down operations
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1 hr 7 min - E28 (11/5/23): Afrotech Recap, Crowdyvest, SBF Conviction
This week, we discussed the following:
- Recap of the Squord event, "The Impact of Capital and Community in African Tech", at Afrotech in Austin TX
- Crowdyvest proposes converting debt of about N5.5 billion to equity shares
- Sam Bankman-Fried being found guilty on all seven counts of fraud and faces up to 115 years in prison.
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1 hr 3 min - E26 (10/7/23): Bridge Network Crisis, Dash Shuts Down, Paystack Expands, Stears Transition, Mavin Records
This week, we discussed the following:
- Bridge Network co-founders leaving after some internal crisis
- Dash, Ghanian fintech, shuts down after raising $86.1million over the past 5 years
- Paystack expanding to offline payments
- Stears transition to B2B model
- Mavin records potential sale
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1 hr 8 min - E25 (9/30/23): Risevest acquires Chaka, 54gene shuts down
This week, we discussed the following:
- Risevest acquires Chaka
- 54gene, genomics start up, shuts down after raising $45 million in three rounds.
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39 min - E24 (9/24/23): Payday sale, President Tinubu and Ruto seek investment from US investors
This week, we discussed the following:
- Payday up for sale just 6 months after raising $3million
- Presidents Tinubu and Ruto seek investment from Wall Street and Silicon valley respectively to booster their economies.
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46 min - E23 (9/16/23): Flutterwave expands to India, WhoGoHost acquires SendChamp, Sendy Shutdown, Chams and NIN
This week we discussed the following:
- WhoGoHost's acquisition of SendChamp
- Sendy's Shutdown
- Flutterwave's expansion to India
- Chams and NIN
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49 min - E22 (9/11/23): India's $14billion investment pledge, Nigeria's AI plan, Patricia and Float Fiasco
We're officially back after a month break! It was great getting your messages while we were away and it's great to be back doing what we love.
This week we discussed the following:
- Nigeria-India Meeting and $14 billion pledge to invest in Nigeria
- Bosun Tijani's AI and Nipost plan
- Patricia's plan to repay their customers affected by the $2million hack
- The float fiasco
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56 min - E21 (8/5/23): Niger Coup, OPay CEO quits, Threads decline
This week we discussed the following:
- The Niger coup that saw the current President, Mohamed Bazoum, get captured as the military took control of government
- OPay co-CEO, Olu Akanmu, stepping down just after 2 years of running the fintech startup
- Meta's Threads losing half of its active users less than two weeks after it becoming the fastest startup to reach 100 million users/signups.
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About Squord Academy
From the publisher's feed
Squord Academy is the part of the Squord initiative. Our goal is to bring awareness to Africa by getting every day investors and entreprenuers to share their stories on elevating the african economy…
and collecting tips on how to make an impact with that space.