Modou Faye Bronze

Watching the derby in Saint-Louis with 200 people and one TV. Best atmosphere anywhere. #Football

Fuel queues are back in Dakar. Stations closed by 6pm, black market selling at triple the pump price. #FuelCrisis

Startups in Kisumu are raising less this year but building more. Quietly the best sign I have seen. #AfricanTech

Built a whole fintech MVP on a laptop with 4GB RAM in Abuja. Constraints make you sharper. #AfricanTech

Every African startup pitch deck says 'the next M-Pesa'. Very few study why M-Pesa actually worked. #Startups

Diaspora sending money home every month and still being asked why they have not built a house yet. #Diaspora

Amapiano at a wedding in Takoradi last night. The whole compound was moving. #Amapiano

Nollywood put out three films this month better than most streaming originals. #Nollywood

Local devs building for local problems will beat imported solutions every time. #BuildInAfrica

Schools reopened in Takoradi without desks. Children sitting on the floor while budgets get 'reviewed'. #Education

Cement prices up 40% since January. Every construction site in Bahir Dar has stalled. #Economy

Amapiano at a wedding in Kisumu last night. The whole compound was moving. #Amapiano

Import duties changed overnight. Traders in Alexandria lost thousands on goods already shipped. #Trade

That match deserved a better pitch. Talent is not our problem, facilities are. #AfricanFootball

Built a whole fintech MVP on a laptop with 4GB RAM in Johannesburg. Constraints make you sharper. #AfricanTech

A Kano bank froze accounts for 'verification' and customers waited 3 weeks. No compensation. #Banking

Scouts fly in, sign our best at 17, and the local club gets nothing. #Football

New toll gates announced on the Alexandria expressway. Nobody consulted the drivers who use it daily. #Infrastructure

Nollywood put out three films this month better than most streaming originals. #Nollywood

Built a whole fintech MVP on a laptop with 4GB RAM in Kisumu. Constraints make you sharper. #AfricanTech

Rent, transport, food. Pick two. That is the maths in Dakar right now. #CostOfLiving

My neighbour fixed the street light himself because nobody came for 8 months. #Community

The new minimum wage sounds good until you see Addis Ababa transport fares went up the same week. #Economy

Local devs building for local problems will beat imported solutions every time. #BuildInAfrica

Nollywood put out three films this month better than most streaming originals. #Nollywood