The Grinders Memoir

The Constraint Is Never the One in the Headline

Majoring on the minor

Jul 24 • Uwem Uwem

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CivicTech in Africa: The Transmission Line Is Broken

What Oluseun Onigbinde’s 15 years at BudgIT reveals about the limits of civic tech and what comes next

Jul 3 • Uwem Uwem

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June 2026

The Infrastructure Layer - What Yvonne Johnson's Bet on Credit Rails Tells Us About African Fintech's Next Phase

Building the credit infra for Africa's future

Jun 19 • Uwem Uwem

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The Ecosystem Rewards the Performance of Success. That Is a Problem.

We have built an ecosystem that is better at packaging success than producing it.

Jun 5 • Uwem Uwem

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May 2026

Africa's biggest opportunities have always been friction problems.

The capital just takes twenty years to notice.

May 22 • Uwem Uwem

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April 2026

The builder who moves across industries isn't wandering - they're compounding

Lessons from my conversation with Mike Hudack of Sling Money

Apr 24 • Uwem Uwem

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What Japan Taught Me About Trust Infrastructure

And What Africa's Startup Ecosystem Should Do With It

Apr 20 • Uwem Uwem

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Your First Product Isn’t an App, It’s a Network

A Conversation with Mélanie Keita, CEO and co‑founder of Melanin Kapital

Apr 7 • Uwem Uwem

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March 2026

Everyone Wants Africa. The Question Is Whether Africa Is Building For Itself.

The world's two largest economies are fighting over the continent. A Nairobi investor quietly asked the harder question.

Mar 24 • Uwem Uwem

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Fundability vs. Buildability - What African Venture Actually Demands

A conversation with Dotun Olowoporoku of Ventures Platform

Mar 13 • Uwem Uwem

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AI Isn't Fate. But in Africa, We're Still Acting Like It Is.

Who Gets to Decide What AI Optimizes in Africa?

Mar 6 • Uwem Uwem

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February 2026

The AI Advantage Doesn't Belong to the Youngest Person in the Room

Stone Atwine on The Grinders Table Podcast

Feb 27 • Uwem Uwem

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