Interested in all things Tech. Startups in emerging markets: Africa ๐ŸŒ and Middle East.

New York, USA - Cairo, Egypt
Joined November 2009
Sherif Nessim retweeted
VC doesn't have an opportunity problem. It has a coverage problem. The world's largest, fastest-growing markets are underfunded not because great companies don't exist, but because too few investors have the local context to underwrite them. Join me in a few with Sherif Nessim of Jedar Capital at 5PM WAT / 12PM EST to discuss how investors separate real risk from perceived risk in frontier markets. xitter.cf/i/spaces/1qxvvvlโ€ฆ

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Sherif Nessim retweeted
VC doesn't have an opportunity problem. It has a coverage problem. The world's largest, fastest-growing markets are underfunded not because great companies don't exist, but because too few investors have the local context to underwrite them. Join me today with Sherif Nessim of Jedar Capital at 5PM WAT / 12PM EST to discuss how investors separate real risk from perceived risk in frontier markets. luma.com/qc8qsetf?tk=dUrNBV
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, today, launched the Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based Prime Minister Office System (PMOS), describing it as a transformative digital platform that will modernise governance by recording, communicating, monitoring and tracking every directive issued by the Prime Minister from issuance through implementation, verified completion and post-completion monitoring. Addressing the launch ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office, the prime minister directed all relevant authorities to ensure the immediate and full implementation of the new AI-based system, making it clear that traditional paper-based working would be replaced by digital processes. "From today onwards, I will not expect any of you with a file in your hands. Everything will be discussed through this mechanism," the prime minister said. He praised Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja and Secretary IT for their efforts in developing and operationalising the system. He urged all ministries and government departments to adopt the platform, saying it would significantly improve the government's ability to deliver results. "This would make service delivery easier," he remarked. The ceremony was attended by Minister for Economic Affairs Ahad Khan Cheema, Minister for Information Technology Shaza Fatima Khawaja, and other senior officials. During the ceremony, the prime minister was given a comprehensive briefing on the AI-powered platform and its objectives. The prime minister was informed that PMOS was the first government platform in Pakistan to integrate artificial intelligence as a central component of decision-making and implementation monitoring, calling it a trailblazer for the digital transformation of the federal government. According to the briefing, PMOS had been developed at the centre of government to ensure efficient communication of the prime minister's directives throughout the government machinery while enabling timely implementation in accordance with defined quality standards. The system also serves as a secure technology-driven decision-support platform by integrating analytics and structured information within a protected IT environment. During the briefing, it was informed that PMOS would facilitate continuous policy calibration by enabling the government to utilise technological, human and financial resources more effectively to generate better economic outcomes. By introducing the platform at the Prime Minister's Office, the government intends to embed governance reforms at the highest level before extending them across the wider administrative structure. At the heart of the platform is a comprehensive digital repository that records every directive issued by the prime minister together with the complete chain of implementation, making PMOS both an institutional knowledge base and a permanent record of government decision-making. Unlike conventional government tracking systems, the briefing explained, PMOS incorporates an artificial intelligence layer capable of reading, classifying and analysing directives rather than merely storing them.
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Sherif Nessim retweeted
Strategic thinking is a superpower. Use SWOT analysis to stay ahead:
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Grok 3 is insanely powerful ๐Ÿ”ฅ But most people don't know how to use it effectively. Here's a complete cheatsheet to unlock Grok's full potential and automate your tasks with it:
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Applications for the 2026 #ZayedSustainabilityPrize are now open! We recognise organisations and high schools with bold, sustainable solutions that transform lives Every solution counts. Apply today: entry.zayedsustainabilitypriโ€ฆ #PowerOfProgress
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I tested Grok 3 and DeepSeek v3 with same critical prompts. The results will blow your mind. Grok 3 Vs. DeepSeek v3 (Video demos are included)
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Replying to @satyanadella
Beyond beyond. People just not seeing the bigger picture yet โ€” tech is way way beyond what you see and hear out there. AGI in under 100 days. ASI in under 2yrs. Total technical and economic recreation happening in the next 2-5yrs of your life will be way outside your imagination. What to do? Get healthy, learn to add value, communicate well, and lead others. Mastering your mind, emotions and health, and creating great friendships, families, quests and fellowship are the only autonomous games left in the future. Itโ€™s about to get wild friends.
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A couple reflections on the quantum computing breakthrough we just announced... Most of us grew up learning there are three main types of matter that matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Today, that changed. After a nearly 20 year pursuit, weโ€™ve created an entirely new state of matter, unlocked by a new class of materials, topoconductors, that enable a fundamental leap in computing. It powers Majorana 1, the first quantum processing unit built on a topological core. We believe this breakthrough will allow us to create a truly meaningful quantum computer not in decades, as some have predicted, but in years. The qubits created with topoconductors are faster, more reliable, and smaller. They are 1/100th of a millimeter, meaning we now have a clear path to a million-qubit processor. Imagine a chip that can fit in the palm of your hand yet is capable of solving problems that even all the computers on Earth today combined could not! Sometimes researchers have to work on things for decades to make progress possible. It takes patience and persistence to have big impact in the world. And I am glad we get the opportunity to do just that at Microsoft. This is our focus: When productivity rises, economies grow faster, benefiting every sector and every corner of the globe. Itโ€™s not about hyping tech; itโ€™s about building technology that truly serves the world.
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Microsoft's supporting paper, published in Nature, does not support the claim that they have created a topological qubit. nature.com/articles/s4158โ€ฆ Peer reviewers of the Nature paper expressed concern that the paper misleadingly implies that a topological qubit was demonstrated or otherwise achieved: static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1โ€ฆ
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ุงู„ุตุญุงููŠ ุจุดุจูƒุฉ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ูˆุณุงู… ูƒูŠุฑูˆุฒ: ุชุฑู…ุจ ุณูŠุงุณูŠ ู…ุงู‡ุฑ ูˆู…ู† ุงู„ุฎุทุฃ ุงู„ุชู‚ู„ูŠู„ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฌุงู†ุจ ุงู„ุณูŠุงุณูŠ ู„ุฏูŠู‡ #ุชุฑู…ุจ #ุฃู…ูŠุฑูƒุง #ุงู„ุฃุณุจูˆุน_ูˆู…ุง_ุจุนุฏ #ู‚ู†ุงุฉ_ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ
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You fail as an entrepreneur if you can't sell your vision Jeff Bezos didn't start Amazon to sell books, he sold the vision of an online world Richard Branson sold the vision of a customer-centric airline, not just flights Hereโ€™s how to sell your vision with clarity and impact:
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Sherif Nessim retweeted
DeepSeek-R1 just released. Fully open source & transparent with MIT license. Developed with reinforcement learning directly on the base model. 20-30x cheaper API at comparable performance to OAIโ€™s o1. (USD) 0.14 / million input tokens (cache hit). 0.55 / million input tokens (cache miss). 2.19 / million output tokens. To simplify, R1 is like R1-Zero but with multi-stage training: Its pipeline: โ€ข Fine-tune base with CoT data points โ€ข RL stage similar to R1-Zero โ€ข SFT using ~600k data points from rejection sampling and supervised datasets (e.g., writing, self-cognition). โ€ข RL stage to optimise objectives: helpfulness, harm reduction, etc. Emergent properties like longer responses, reflection, and alternative exploration emerge as natural products during training without explicit programming. RL rewards focus: โ€ข Accuracy (e.g., unit test-based scoring for code). โ€ข Format (e.g., tags for reasoning separation and language consistency). No outcome/process RMs used (simpler).
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Sherif Nessim retweeted
The team at @nayaplatform and @SherifKozman have verified several reasons behind the shortfall at @getevolved1925. Evolve, if thereโ€™s nothing to hide, open source the dataโ€”let the public and independent experts like Naya validate or disprove the claims.
๐Ÿšจ ๐—ง๐—Ÿ;๐——๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†: ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฌ๐—”'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ At @nayaplatform , we believe that transparency is the foundation of trust in the financial services industry. Thatโ€™s why we stepped forward to offer our assistance in reconciling the data between Synapse and their banking partners, including Evolve, Lineage, and AMG. Without access to Synapse's internal ledger, achieving accurate reconciliation is challenging. However, based on the data provided by Synapse CEO @sankaet , in the form of bank statements from Evolve, we were able to extract and calculate charges and fees imposed by Evolve on Synapse. Hereโ€™s what we uncovered from the provided data: - ๐——๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: $13.8M+ - ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€: $12.4M+ - ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€: $757K+ - ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: $6.59M+ - ๐—ฅ๐——๐—– ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: $38M+, including Fed Adjustments and Encoding Errors. We hope these insights contribute to shedding some light on the situation and fostering productive discussions. At NAYA, we remain committed to supporting the resolution of this matter, as itโ€™s crucial for the industryโ€™s transparency and impacts everyoneโ€”from fintech companies to consumers. We remain committed to transparency and the work necessary with all parties to validate or disprove the remaining allegations with regards to reconciliation. To proceed, we request further data from the Synapse estate and Evolve Bank to complete the reconciliation. Letโ€™s work together to build a more transparent financial ecosystem. ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: NAYA's analysis is based solely on the provided data and does not verify its authenticity. Our goal is to remain an independent, neutral party supporting industry-wide governance. #Fintech #Reconciliation #Transparency #FinancialGovernance
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Sherif Nessim retweeted
๐Ÿšจ ๐—ง๐—Ÿ;๐——๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜†: ๐—ก๐—”๐—ฌ๐—”'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ-๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ At @nayaplatform , we believe that transparency is the foundation of trust in the financial services industry. Thatโ€™s why we stepped forward to offer our assistance in reconciling the data between Synapse and their banking partners, including Evolve, Lineage, and AMG. Without access to Synapse's internal ledger, achieving accurate reconciliation is challenging. However, based on the data provided by Synapse CEO @sankaet , in the form of bank statements from Evolve, we were able to extract and calculate charges and fees imposed by Evolve on Synapse. Hereโ€™s what we uncovered from the provided data: - ๐——๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: $13.8M+ - ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€: $12.4M+ - ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€: $757K+ - ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐˜€: $6.59M+ - ๐—ฅ๐——๐—– ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€: $38M+, including Fed Adjustments and Encoding Errors. We hope these insights contribute to shedding some light on the situation and fostering productive discussions. At NAYA, we remain committed to supporting the resolution of this matter, as itโ€™s crucial for the industryโ€™s transparency and impacts everyoneโ€”from fintech companies to consumers. We remain committed to transparency and the work necessary with all parties to validate or disprove the remaining allegations with regards to reconciliation. To proceed, we request further data from the Synapse estate and Evolve Bank to complete the reconciliation. Letโ€™s work together to build a more transparent financial ecosystem. ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: NAYA's analysis is based solely on the provided data and does not verify its authenticity. Our goal is to remain an independent, neutral party supporting industry-wide governance. #Fintech #Reconciliation #Transparency #FinancialGovernance
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ChatGPT Cheat Sheet: The Ultimate ChatGPT Guide to Get More Done in Less Time
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Sherif Nessim retweeted
Was at a VC dinner last night where the main topic was the max divergence of public multiples (now 5.2x fwd EV in software and 15.9x for top cos) vs private VC multiples. In AI land weโ€™re back at 2021-era 100x multiples, this time without the elevated public comps. Growth funds are modeling time to โ€œbreakevenโ€ from multiple compression at over 2 years with even the most optimistic company forecasts. While there will likely be some number of new generational companies built this cycle, many funds will likely lose $ in the hype, as they had in the 2021 cycle. What will happen from here? - VC consolidation will continue but slowly. As 2021 era investments eventually become marked to mkt, LP allocations to VC will continue to adjust to pre-2021 era. A couple โ€œindexโ€ funds may continue to accumulate capital but otherwise selection and discipline (and ability to invest in the long-term winners) will separate returns - AI multiples will remain high. In many cases AI companies are raising large rounds because they are demonstrating remarkably fast revenue and user growth. However, retention remains a leading indicator of which products may reach true PMF (eg it is actually helping people do something 10x faster / cheaper / better) vs which are enjoying AI novelty. As soon as a companyโ€™s growth declines from 2-3x to <50% many will struggle to raise a next round at such a high watermark. Understandably many are stockpiling funds while they can now - As weโ€™ve seen from WWDC, in many use cases, incumbents are the largest threat and most likely long-term winner. The M&A market unlocking (post elections) would be a big positive for VC DPIs
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