How Piyush Gupta reimagined banking from Singapore to the world
This was more than a ceremony. It was a moment to reflect. At the 2025 TAB Global Leadership Achievement Awards,...
The personalisation of finance – and why banks are struggling to keep up
I joined The Road to Growth podcast with Vinnie Enriquez to discuss the future of banking, crypto, and the real...
Why BRICS finds it difficult to organise a common currency
What makes the US dollar so powerful — and why does it remain at the heart of the global financial...
If African startups struggle with exits, how do they find their valuations?
I recently sat down with two entrepreneurs from opposite ends of Africa — Anthony Munyi in Kenya and Akwete “AK”...
AI and immortality in the year of the snake
In this playful speech given at an awards dinner in Tokyo, Japan in March 2025, I started by wanting to...
DeepSeek’s “Open Source” breakthrough from inside China
DeepSeek and Alibaba’s QN 2.5 have surpassed OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o and Meta’s Lama, shifting the AI landscape. This is not just...
