|#528 MWAVC| — Sunday Reads 🗞️🗞️
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Welcome to MWAVC, a newsletter about finance, investing, venture capital and all that jazz. My name is Ato (more about me here and here) and I try to write every single day. Most of it is stuff I find interesting that I’d like to share and hear your thoughts on. If you’d like to sign up, you can do so here. Or just read on.
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Sunday Reads for ya!
How I nearly bought Chevron Netherlands without my family’s support — Paddy Adenuga: Working on some stuff right now and I had to revisit this story for some inspiration.
Sokowatch rebrands to Wasoko as it raises $125M Series B from Tiger Global and Avenir: Big deals no dey finish.
Starbucks CEO to Retire; Founder Howard Schultz Returns as Interim CEO: Third time’s the charm?
Efe Edmund Olotu, Invest In What You Care About: Been following Edmund’s journey for a while now but I learnt a whole lot more about him through this episode.
Moove raises $105M to scale its vehicle financing product across Asia, Europe and MENA: Getting to unicorn status very soon.
First Principles Thinking: Concepts & Examples: Want to learn how Elon Musk thinks? Read this.
MTN overtakes M-Pesa to become Africa’s largest mobile payments business: MTN moving at the speed of lights with this momo business.
M&A: Current Trends in the Ghanaian Economy: For anyone who was thinking on it.
Sign up to my cousin Yasbo’s newsletter, ChopLife Express btw AND listen to her podcast, Savings or Current. She’s already been dropping some serious gems, including this one on time management and this one on how the economy works.
Also, Afrobility Podcast is exactly what you need to be listening to for the deep-dives into Africa’s most note-worthy companies.
Recommended Substacks: Afridigest by Emeka; African Entrepreneurship Series by Jeph; Getthebrief by Loye and Fola.
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📱📱Quote of the day
The day before yesterday and yesterday are not the same as today.
Remember: “Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter.”
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