Tam

VC Investor - Have an investment opportunity? Ping me! Looking at [Africa] [France] [Innovation] [Startups] [SMEs] [Impact]

[Tam @TamimEZ]

@transaviaFR I DM’d you. Haven’t heard back.

[Tam @TamimEZ]

#orly, August 1st. @ParisAeroport and @transaviaFR have been preventing all customers from checking in their luggage for over 30min now. No explanation. No details on flight delays. What an amazing customer experience!!
@Paris2024

[Tam @TamimEZ]

https://t.co/rOi93UPWEn

[Tam @TamimEZ]

Well having suffered my whole life from people not knowing in emails and stuff that my name is (usually) a guy’s name, I can relate, if not for the diversity / inclusivity, at least to help with the cultural background and unknown first names.
Signed : Tamim (he/him/his)

[Quartz Africa @qzafrica]

Pronouns are appearing in email signatures, Slack profiles, and employee directories.

https://t.co/BVT6HYnZVC

[Tam @TamimEZ]

The decreasing positive sentiment about China in Africa is often attributed to the « debt traps » (i.e. financing and loans with agressive terms). It would be interesting to put this into perspective with perception of other countries on the Continent. @afrobarometer

[Disrupt Africa @DisruptAfrica]

Meet the 7 African startups competing in the Seedstars World regional finals https://t.co/WATwBuEIDT

[Tam @TamimEZ]

Interesting to see how CBN's regulation on crypto in Nigeria has had little effect on volumes traded.

[Tam @TamimEZ]

Haven’t tried every single tool in there, but some are def helping me getting closer to inbox zero.

[Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33]

Friday thread on email and how I get to Inbox Zero almost everyday.

On ave, I receive 200-300 emails per day. Here's how I process mine.

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[Tam @TamimEZ]

Nice week-end reading putting the African exits (or lack thereof) into perspective - the best is yet to come! - and drawing an interesting comparison between the whaling and VC industries for the history lovers.

https://t.co/qmxQF8FHGQ

[Tam @TamimEZ]

@BoseService @smeidu Hey @Bose @BoseService do you have an update on a QuietComfort 20 with Lightning connector?
It's 2020 already ! :)

[Tam @TamimEZ]

@SNCF @baldijo C'est bien d'avoir mis le NFC dans les lecteurs des portiques, mais ça a été mal pensé: quand on essaie de scanner un QR code sur son iphone, ça fait sortir le wallet Apple, et donc le QR code disparaît instantanément de l'écran... bref ça marche pas.

[Tam @TamimEZ]

All you need to know about Seedstars Africa Ventures, the latest pan-African fund.

[Digest Africa @digestafrica]

What you should know about @Seedstars $100M pan-African venture fund https://t.co/lD5o3OxsFx

[Tam @TamimEZ]

Teaching Mandarin to 10 y.o. children: China calls it international economic cooperation. To me it looks a lot like neocolonialism... that will only benefit Chinese interests #Kenya #Africa #InvestInAfrica https://t.co/B7FpVs6X6x

[Tam @TamimEZ]

Startups identify as the "Uber of <whatever>".
Now @Uber identifies as the "@Amazon of transportation", per @dkhos at @techcrunch disrupt. It's only gonna get worst...
https://t.co/49J9YvFHrz

[Tam @TamimEZ]

En Afrique, il y a une quantité d'opportunités brillantes à soutenir en dehors de la tech et du digital. Par exemple un réseau de commerces de proximité franchisé qui distribue des produits de marque distributeur. Article de @jeune_afrique https://t.co/py1GQTBAir

[Tam @TamimEZ]

"Demain pire qu'aujourd'hui" en Afrique? Sans verser dans l'optimisme démesuré, vs exagérez un peu @LeMonde_Afrique. Mais c'est vrai qu'il ne faut pas être ébloui par les startups. L'Afrique a aussi besoin de PME productives qu'il faut accompagner/financer https://t.co/EvuASSltv2

[Tam @TamimEZ]

Triste mais bien vrai ce qui dit Lionel Zinsou "L'Afrique regarde l'Europe avec plus de respect que l'Europe ne regarde l'Afrique" @zinsouofficiel @AudedeThuin @ArnoVentura @ele_asu @EurogroupFR #ATND2018

[Tam @TamimEZ]

I keep being amazed by the African innovation potential #Africa #innovation #malaria
https://t.co/8hnM4uCtUi

[Tam @TamimEZ]

@EmmanuelMacron announced at @VivaTech that France, through @AFD_France, is widening the types of financing available to African startups w/ seed tickets, hardly available today. It's great, though I think this shouldn't be only for digital entrepreneurs. https://t.co/9fgkdxkOW1

[Tam @TamimEZ]

Hey @qatarairways this doesn't look even remotely close to best practice in terms of security 😂