We have spent the last decade obsessed with the "windows" of African tech—the apps, the payments, the incremental fixes—while forgetting to paint the sky they sit under. To build a future that doesn't just look like a slightly faster version of today, we must reclaim a sense of the whole: a civilizational Gestalt that prioritizes grand ambition over opportunistic "problem-solving."

We have spent the last decade obsessed with the "windows" of African tech—the apps, the payments, the incremental fixes—while forgetting to paint the sky they sit under. To build a future that doesn't just look like a slightly faster version of today, we must reclaim a sense of the whole: a civilizational Gestalt that prioritizes grand ambition over opportunistic "problem-solving."

Market systems that have long voted on ethereal ‘impact’ are now weighing the cost of market-rate returns in a world of geopolitical disequilibrium.

Market systems that have long voted on ethereal ‘impact’ are now weighing the cost of market-rate returns in a world of geopolitical disequilibrium.

Your axehead is your primary tool for shaping a life, a career, a technological dream, and a business. And the different opportunities to apply or swing it will require different levels of precision.

Your axehead is your primary tool for shaping a life, a career, a technological dream, and a business. And the different opportunities to apply or swing it will require different levels of precision.

Everyone likes certainty to an extent. I certainly do. I do not like suspense. But our desire for "neat boxes" is a fundamental flaw that prevents us from doing "meaningful work."

Everyone likes certainty to an extent. I certainly do. I do not like suspense. But our desire for "neat boxes" is a fundamental flaw that prevents us from doing "meaningful work."