Yannick Lefang
@y_lefang
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Dad, Engineer, Data geek, Founder @kasiinsight
Canada, Africa
Joined October 2015
Airbnb Hosts have earned $150 billion since we started. It began when my roommate Joe and I couldn't pay our rent. We inflated 3 air mattresses and created an Airbed & Breakfast. Sometimes when you solve your own problem, you're onto something bigger...
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Most Africans are long on hope and short on action. Action is the fuel of progress. Hope doesn’t produce anything. Hope is not a strategy.
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MTN's EBITDA (a very "old fashioned term") was almost $2bn. Beyond hype, vanity metrics, news articles, tweets, photoshoots and raises. Fundamental revenue, EBITDA and profit will always remain relevant.
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No matter how hard you try to fit into their agenda, their agenda will never serve you. Their fundraising will never serve you. Their mandate will never serve you. It was never about you. 😬✊🏾👀
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VC and venture in Africa is broken because of this “food is ready” (thanks to @OoTheNigerian and Edo people) approach. We must learn to farm and cook our own meals.
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How Twitter Failed Africa https://t.co/H5p51SExr1
foreignpolicy.com
Big Tech ignored policies that enable disinformation and propaganda across the continent.
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More than 80% of consumers in Morocco plan to shop on Black Friday. Sign up to Kasi hub and book a demo now. We have all the data you need now. https://t.co/pBBCibxaYl
#data #blackfriday #onlineshopping #africadata #kasiinsight
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Reaching the promise land - our weekly newsletter is out. Subscribe and be the first to receive these insights in your inbox. #winninginafrica #data #consumerinsights #kasiinsight
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Africa consumer confidence rises for 3 consecutive months #cci #kasiinsight #consumerinsights #africa
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Dumb piece of s****t
💵 Bloquer les envois d'argent à l'étranger, bonne idée ? 😤 @StellaKamnga : " À force d'apporter de l'argent en Afrique, les gens ne veulent plus travailler, c'est aberrant" #GGRMC #GG2022
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All the nonsense about tech in Nigeria I predicted long time ago. The worst part is none of these startups even have African names... Our so called market leaders are 5 years behind :(
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If you’re a student, anywhere in the world, you can download my book for free today.
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Relevant convo on issues impacting minorities in Canada with @JustinTrudeau - Thank you for accepting that invitation
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It’s incredibly difficult for the poor to protest their way to prosperity. This piece highlights many of the protests that have been kinda forgotten. Africa doesn’t (yet) have a demographic dividend. But it can. https://t.co/BwEIecBc3G
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The survey (French/English) link is here https://t.co/6VwuRR6G67 and the respondent code ID is LY001 (required to start the survey) Help us reach 1000 respondents by Friday, August 27th! #AmplifyingVoices #blackvoices #canadaelection
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