Toby Shapshak writes and speaks about how innovation, especially fintech, is better in Africa. He is editor-in-chief of Stuff Studios, a Forbes senior contributor and a Financial Mail columnist. His TED Global talk on innovation in Africa has over 1,5-million views. He has covered tech, mobile and Africa’s tech and start-up ecosystem for 20 years, including for Forbes, CNN and The Guardian. Named in GQ’s top 30 men in media and Mail & Guardian newspaper’s influential young South Africans, GQ said Shapshak “has become the most high-profile tech journalist in the country.”
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