Big Tech This Week

By Fatu Ogwuche

A weekly newsletter covering the biggest news in the tech industry, from the latest on social apps and industry trends to features on influential tech leaders, giving you valuable insight into the ever-changing tech industry.

Previous issues

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#42 May 22, 2022

Kenya’s fintech ecosystem has an exciting new player

#41 May 8, 2022

Ethiopia gets backed by Africa’s largest fintech platform

#40 May 1, 2022

#39

Apr 24, 2022

How to get equity in African startups – Top of mind: Happy Sunday!Here's hoping you enjoyed the long Easter weekend. Due to some technical do
#38

Apr 10, 2022

Elon Musk is Twitter's new king – Top of mind: Happy Sunday!A big welcome to our new subscribers and immense gratitude to existing subs
#37

Apr 3, 2022

How Flutterwave built a Unicorn – Top of mind: Happy Sunday from Accra!I’m serving a twist on today’s edition of the newsletter for a d
#36

Mar 28, 2022

The scandal that unravelled Nigeria's tech ecosystem – Top of mind: Happy Sunday!This week was sobering for Nigeria's tech ecosystem. First, a startup was e
#35

Mar 20, 2022

Ghana shuts down one of its biggest startups – Top of mind: Happy Sunday!This week was an interesting one in African tech. Ghana's regulators came d
#34

Mar 13, 2022

Nigerian banks strike again – Top of mind: Happy Sunday!Sending a belated International Women's Day shoutout to the incredible wome
#33

Feb 27, 2022

Putin takes his war to social media – Top of mind: It's a weird time in the world. As we enjoy personal freedoms, Ukrainians and immigrants
#32

Feb 20, 2022

What in the world is going on at Tesla? – Top of mind: Happy Sunday!I took an unscheduled break last week to prepare for my travel from Nigeria
#31

Feb 6, 2022

India slams citizens with huge crypto tax – Top of mind: Happy Sunday!You're receiving this issue early because I've got a date with the AFCON fi
#30

Jan 30, 2022

Twitter has a hate speech problem – Top of mind: Happy Sunday! If you were on Twitter this week, you’d have seen the conversation that br
#29

Jan 23, 2022

Microsoft just made its biggest deal yet – Top of mind: Happy Sunday! I know for sure that this email will be ignored for the next 90 minutes by
#28

Jan 16, 2022

Nigeria’s Twitter ban is over – here's the long and short – Top of Mind: Happy Sunday! I'm overjoyed for my Nigerian brethren who were released from the shackles
#27

Jan 10, 2022

3 big predictions for 2022 – Top of mind: Happy New Year! What an honour to be back in your inbox. I hope you had a fantastic holi
#26

Dec 19, 2021

Biggest moments in African tech – Top of Mind. Happy Sunday!It’s the last newsletter of 2021, and we are sharing our verdict on the big
#25

Dec 12, 2021

Egypt is the uncrowned king of Africa's tech startup ecosystem – Top of Mind. Happy Sunday!I am eagerly counting down the days to Christmas and publishing one more ne
#24

Dec 5, 2021

Why Jack Dorsey left Twitter – Top of Mind. Happy Sunday! It's great to be back in your inbox.Some of you emailed me last Sunday abo
#23

Nov 21, 2021

How this car company might become Tesla’s biggest competitor – Top of Mind. Happy Sunday and a big welcome to all the new subscribers this week. It's an honour to h

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