While Africa is still an emerging market, and as such economic and political risks remain, the region offers one of the greatest long-term secular growth opportunities for FinTech globally.
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The opportunity ahead for FinTech in Africa is clear. Today, roughly 90% of payments are still made using cash, more than half of all Africans are unbanked or underbanked, and only a small minority hold a debit or credit card.
Constant focus on flaws hinders the ability to recognize and appreciate one's accomplishments and expertise in various areas.
• It's important to strike a balance between self-criticism and self-appreciation to maintain a healthy perspective on personal growth and achievements.
• Being self-critical can be beneficial in certain situations, as it motivates personal growth and improvement.
• However, excessive self-criticism can lead to overlooking personal achievements and selling oneself short.
Let me add to this to clarify...when I was young, one great piece of advice I got was be the non-complainer. When asked by someone to do something, I would do it.
When asked to build a deck, I did it. And obsessed about every word, transition, image and animation until I felt it was pixel perfect. This took time.
When asked to build a model, not only did I try to understand the purpose, I made the model flexible, structurally sound and elegant. This took time.
When asked to work on a project, I took it on head first, developed some sense of it and then wrote a few pages explaining what I had learned and why it may be valuable as the project went forward, or didn't. This took time.
Meanwhile, I didn't have time to gossip, I didn't have time to make friends at work, I didn't have time to complain.
I made myself indispensable to my superiors by being a reliable worker. They then took me into the rooms they were in because I was essential to them doing well. Eventually, as they transitioned further upwards, I took command of the rooms they used to run.
This is how the process is supposed to work.
So if you want to get into the rooms where it happens, don't complain and don't get distracted. Be a reliable worker to those you work for and with. The rest takes care of itself.
BREAKING: Kenya’s president William Ruto rejects and withdraws his own Finance Bill after nationwide protests against over-taxation.
“Members of the public insist on the need for us to make more concessions. The people have spoken"
“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.
Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.
Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.”
It is nearly impossible to have your best idea the first time you think about something.
The most likely way to uncover important insights is to frequently revisit a problem. The longer you’re in the game, the more ideas bubble up to the surface.
Time unlocks insights.