What’s hot in tech Days after OpenAI fired its co-founder Sam Altman, more than 600 employees of OpenAI had signed a letter saying they may quit and join Sam Altman at Microsoft unless the startup’s board resigns and reappoints the ousted CEO. “Your conduct has made...
What’s hot: GenAI regional approaches Leadership is the central topic in our first newsletter and a core value here, at StellarOne. Leadership is also a crucial component in times of technological revolutions like Gen AI. Mistral is a French company that recently...
Written by Katharina Dalka, CEO StellarOne In a recent conversation with a very experienced investor, the subject of operational excellence came up. It’s a topic I had made a brief post about a while ago, and the investor mentioned how crucial this subject was...
Africa has been experiencing significant growth in the payments industry in recent years, with a focus on expanding access to financial services for the unbanked and underbanked populations. Here are some trends and developments to watch for in the African payments...
Written by Katharina Dalka, CEO StellarOne Everybody speaks about funding in Africa, and rightfully so: the continent received over $4b in investment in the last year. But what happens with the money once sent? Funding is only ever worth as much as the way it is...
The African Continental Free Trade Area came into action in January 2021. According to the World Bank’s report THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA – Economic and Distributional Effects, it will lift 30 million Africans out of extreme...
