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Where do African revenue leaders fit in this AI wave, and how do we get our share of the cake?
Quite a week in enterprise tech.
Chirantan "CJ" Desai steps down as MongoDB's CEO to build Meta’s enterprise AI business. Following the announcement, MongoDB’s market cap fell from roughly $33.1bn to $27bn. About $6.1bn lost in one trading session.
Then former Snowflake CRO Chris Degnan joins Cognition as CRO, valued at $48bn. Chris story is very interesting 😆
Clearly, there’s value in people who know how to turn technology into enterprise revenue.
But CJ’s challenge is interesting. Meta has the resources and reach, yet it’s a consumer-first business. In my humble view, building an enterprise B2B business within that environment will be tricky.
Having businesses advertise on your platform doesn’t automatically mean they’ll trust you with critical operations. That trust takes time to build.
For African commercial operators, what should we be doing now to position ourselves to build and lead these businesses?
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Always re-watch your favourite movies at different stages of your life. The plot never changes but your perspective does.
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The forest is large because each tree allows the other to grow.
- African proverb.
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If you can only nail three decisions in your life, make it: who you marry, where you live, and what you do for a living.
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Cute baby thought she was just a statue 😂 so he kissed her cheeks
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One of the cruelest things poverty takes from you is the freedom to make mistakes. Every decision has to work.
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Kiswahili kina maneno ya kutosha tu kuelezea hisia ni vile hatuzichukulii hisia kwa uzito wake katika mazungumzo yetu.
Hisia ya ‘siko sawa’ ‘najisikia vibaya’ inaweza kumaanisha moja kati ya hizi au mchanganyiko:
huzuni, woga, hofu, wasiwasi, fadhaa, fedheha, hasira, ghadhabu, hatia, fadhaa, kinyongo, uchungu, maumivu, uduni, majuto, msongo, unyonge, aibu, kukerwa, wivu, kujichukia, husda, chuki, upweke, kukata tamaa, kuzidiwa, kujikataa, sonona na nyinginezo nyingi.
Kwa upande mwingine, ‘najisikia vizuri’ inaweza kuwa moja kati ya hizi au mchanyiko:
matumaini, kuridhika, huruma, kujiamini, ujasiri, usalama, furaha, upendo, fahari, kujivunia, msisimko, amani, ridhaa, uchangamfu, utulivu, shukrani, ushirikeni, kueleweka, kusikika, kuthaminika, kuaminika, kukwezwa, kusifika, kutambulika, kutumainika na kadhalika.
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Said it before and I’ll say it again. There’s less than 10 years until UEFA invite Brazil amd Argentina to the Nations League and uses it to overthrow the World Cup. The big African nations will quickly follow then you get Japan and Korea in and it’s a legitimate competition

























