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That pier reminds me of Chiang Mai University

Much wow

Just realized @minisendapp is listed on @Alchemy under @base web3 wallet tools. Spend stablecoins from any chain instantly to your bank or mobile money all across Africa. alchemy.com/dapps/minisend

How to Earn a Billion Dollars: paulgraham.com/earn.html

Vitalik, Dario, and Demis walk into a bar.

Coffee is the most traded commodity after crude oil.

Would have slapped on StumbleUpon!

Rice and Beans for 2n - olive oil or butter - n yellow onions - other fresh vegetables; experiment - 3n cloves garlic - n 12-oz cans white, kidney, or black beans - n cubes Knorr beef or vegetable bouillon - n teaspoons freshly ground black pepper - 3n teaspoons ground cumin - n cups dry rice, preferably brown Put rice in rice cooker. Add water as specified on rice package. (Default: 2 cups water per cup of rice.) Turn on rice cooker and forget about it. Chop onions and other vegetables and fry in oil, over fairly low heat, till onions are glassy. Put in chopped garlic, pepper, cumin, and a little more fat, and stir. Keep heat low. Cook another 2 or 3 minutes, then add beans (don't drain the beans), and stir. Throw in the bouillon cube(s), cover, and cook on lowish heat for at least 10 minutes more. Stir vigilantly to avoid sticking.

JEFF BEZOS JUST EMERGED FROM STEALTH WITH A $41 BILLION AI STARTUP CALLED PROMETHEUS $12 billion raised. Valued at $41 billion. Coming out of stealth today. The backers: Bezos personally, JPMorgan, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, DST Global, and Arch Venture Partners. The mission: do for engineering and manufacturing what large language models did for text. Bezos is calling it an "artificial general engineer." Instead of training on words from the internet, Prometheus ingests data from the physical world to accelerate the manufacturing of skyscrapers, smartphones, jet engines, and everything in between. In Bezos' own words: "Something that today was going to take 100 engineers 10 years to build, if you can change that to taking 10 engineers one year to build, you're just going to get way more things built." This is Bezos' first CEO role since stepping down from Amazon in 2021. He's co-leading it with Vik Bajaj, former Google X executive. (Source Semafor)

Be Based or Go Home. Happy new week!

"Yet another day to build and be world class" @BasedKago Get a minisend wallet & go cross-chain!

In 2001 I intercepted a partner at a VC who was trying to escape his office before our meeting was supposed to start. I ended up pitching him in his parked Lexus from the passenger seat. At one point he grabbed my laptop placed on his large belly which was pressed against the steering wheel and rapidly flipped through the slides himself. 2001 fundraising hit different

My contribution to VC discourse is that their power is severely overrated, most are just a thin wrapper layer to the real power in the world (the LPs). It is up to you, the founder, to conjure the alchemy that turns labor and capital into value. (You might only realize this when you witness them desperately trying to raise their next fund, much like a founder raising their next round.)

Tanzania processed TZS 29.9 trillion through TIPS in 2024/5. That's $11.5 billion in digital shilling transactions more than the GDP of some African nations. Every single shilling in that number earned exactly zero yield while sitting in a mobile money wallet. But here's what changes with a programmable shilling.🧵

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is eyeing a secondary listing for Dangote Cement on the London Stock Exchange, with September as the target date. mystocks.africa/blog/dangote…

#GDFKSEC2026 Day 2: The Director General of the Kenya Space Agency, Brig. Hillary Kipkosgey, held discussions with the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Kenya, H.E. Barlybay Sadykov, and his delegation to explore opportunities for cooperation in space science, technology, and innovation. The engagement underscored the importance of international partnerships in advancing space capabilities, fostering knowledge exchange, and promoting innovation for sustainable development. #GDFKSEC2026 #DataFest2026

In African venture, conviction is all that matters. Game on!

Happy new month! We are stepping into June with our showcase at the global stage during the Global Data Festival 2026! Connect with the @Antugrow team at the Startups pavilion of the @Data4SDGs @SpaceAgencyKE conference. You are all welcome to interact with our Smart Shamba toolkit! What will you Grow this month?

Banger!