Emmanuel Cobbi

World

Something Strange Is Happening Inside the AI Race. Should We Be Worried?

Something strange happened in Silicon Valley this week, and for once, it was not another model launch. On September 8, Jacob Coxon,

By Emmanuel Cobbi · Sep 18, 2026

AI

Is AI Making Our Children Smarter or Just Lazier?

Is AI making our children smarter, or is it simply making everything so easy that they no longer have to develop the muscles required to think?

By Emmanuel Cobbi · Sep 14, 2026

World

Uber Leaves Nigeria. And What This Means for Africa.

Within roughly forty-eight hours, three stories landed that, taken separately, look almost unrelated. Uber announced it was leaving Nigeria after twelve

By Emmanuel Cobbi · Sep 4, 2026

Business

Why African Businesses Stay Informal and What It Costs Them

There is a small business somewhere in Cameroon that has existed for ten years without ever really becoming "a company."

By Emmanuel Cobbi · Sep 3, 2026

World

Apple Has Had Eight CEOs. Only Two Became the Story.

Where Jobs was celebrated for product instinct and theatrical launches, Cook became associated with operations, supply chains, services, and scale.

By Emmanuel Cobbi · Sep 2, 2026

Technology

Africa’s Biggest Tech Problem May Not Be Innovation, but Distribution

Africa does not suffer from a shortage of clever ideas. Every year, new fintechs, health-tech platforms, agritech companies, and artificial intelligence

By Emmanuel Cobbi · Aug 27, 2026

What Investors Really Look For in a Cameroonian Founder

In Cameroon, investors aren’t just betting on the idea. They’re betting on whether the founder actually understands the market well enough to build around it.

By Emmanuel Cobbi · Aug 14, 2026