FastFavs! — The Speed of Trust!
MultiChoice's Move Into FinTech, Nvidia Trillion-Dollar Valuation, The Speed of Trust, Deep Work, NABAN's Startup Success Series.
No 7 - June 03rd, 2023 - Previous editions
Hi All!
Impressed by how quickly May went by. Here are the coolest things I found this week. Feel free to forward it to friends if you believe there’s something they might find helpful.
💬 On My Mind
“Understand the role each thing plays within your life - and limit their importance accordingly.”
📝 What I am Reading
MultiChoice partners Rapyd to launch new payments platform in Africa. By Shruti Khairnar, FintechFutures. MultiChoise is the operator of DStv - a leading satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa and it has been quite insightful to watch and learn from the conglomerate is evolving to the disruption caused by the internet on its business model. Now they’ve made a solid move into the digital payments space.
Nvidia briefly joins $1 trillion valuation club. By Akash Sriram and Samrhitha A, Reuters. Might the stock be overpriced? Too early to tell. Despite its stock value tripling in the last eight months, the AI boom is just starting. From Nvidia, what a story of resilience and the power of focus. More on their story here.
🎧 What I am Listening
📺 What I am Watching
Deep Work relates to pushing our cognitive abilities to the limit when performing professional activities - a subject in productivity I find a lot of interest. I bumped into this Dan Koe’s video, where the YouTuber describes his own deep work routine - and I hope you find it insightful too!
📅 Coming Up
The Namibia Business Angel Network (NABAN) is launching its first-ever Startup Success Series edition - an in-person event taking place on Wednesday, June 07, 2023, at 18:00 at The Village Opera House, in Eros (18 Liliencron Street), Windhoek.
Grab your seat!
🚀 Opportunities
McKinsey Forward Program. A free, five-month online learning program offered by McKinsey to equip young talent with must-have practical skills to succeed in the future of work. Applications are now open until June 20th, 2023.
Hunt Programme. In partnership with FNB Namibia, Basecamp is launching 4 weeks of online pre-incubation that will provide entrepreneurs with the tools and guidance to validate their business ideas and unlock their full potential. The deadline to apply is June 11th, 2023.
The SaaS Accelerator Program. Level up your SaaS startup with our SaaS Acceleration Program in Africa and start an intense journey. Applications open on March 14th, 2023. The deadline to apply is September 7th, 2023.
develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition. It takes place twice a year and depending on the target country, the funding contract is concluded with DEG Impulse gGmbH or Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Apply before June 30th, 2023.
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