My Brain Food This Week...

The African fintech company you need to know about, and AI wars heat up with Twitter vs Meta

Africa

• Africa's Mobile Gateway: MFS Africa

• MFS Africa's Acquisition Playbook

• Frostbite for (almost) everyone

Global

• Meta's Threads debut solved the chicken-or-egg problem plaguing new social startups

• Elon Musk’s new xAI company launches to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’

• Move Over Dubai. This Tiny Emirate Wants to Be the Next Haven for Billionaires

• How this e-commerce company is using calculators to put an end to 'pointless' meetings

• Britain’s interest rates are spiralling into a national obsession

• How to do great work

Podcasts & Video

• E136 Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration debate, balloon farce, heart health

  (All-In)

• Porsche (with Doug DeMuro)

  (Acquired)