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This is an amazing article! I haven’t delved into the rest of your posts yet, but do you invest in any exchanges on the continent? Also, are you aware of the Daba finance platform? I have been wanting to write about it for a few months but have been procrastinating 😅. What you’ve discussed here carries the same ethos as what I do at diaspora dollars. Would love to collaborate!

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Thank you! The more you look into the data and think about the economics behind it, the more you realise that there is a lot of slack that the African Diaspora and Africa overall, needs to pick-up and work on.

I haven't invested in any of the exchanges yet, though I have downloaded the Daba finance app and played around with it a bit. You can deposit your money in euros, USD of CFA. It seems as if the bulk of stocks available for purchase are on the CFA exchange though. I'm guessing that they're still working on getting access to a broader array of exchanges.

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Yes, as you said, Daba as far as I know only focuses on west Africa. They have more work to do but I wonder if this is the platform needed so we can advance. As you say in your other posts, we can’t blame others and wait for leaders or whoever to come save us. We also have a role in our destiny. If we could invest in ourselves and our people, we would flourish

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