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Be sure to engage with these companies exhibiting at this year's conference. @africanimpactin , @iaforg , @AfricaPLA , @nedrocksa & @flyethiopian

Annu Augustine has spent 25+ years in tech helping teams build products that truly matter. Founder of @nedrocksa , she’s shaping Africa’s next generation of product leaders with a mix of Silicon Valley best practices and African market realities. Catch Annu live this October at the Inspire Africa Conference 2025 in Kigali. Register now at inspireafricaconference.com. #InspireAfricaConference #IAC2025 #ProductLeadership #DigitalTransformation #BuildForAfrica #TechLeadership #AfricaTech

In our endless chase of objectivity & numbers in product work, it is quite easy to miss that almost every product we use & love was created due to a subjective insight followed by a creative leap by one person (or a tiny team), and then followed by even more creative execution.

SVPG #ProductManagement Quote of the Day

When some senior leaders join a team, they think that the previous leaders & team must be idiots because “Look at all the problems here”, often not realizing that it took extraordinary effort & insight to even get to the stage where it became necessary to hire said senior leader.

When you describe what your startup does, describe it in the most matter of fact way possible. Professional investors hate having to decode marketing-speak. Describing your startup in grandiose terms is the mark of a noob.

Your customers’ feedback about what’s most painful & frustrating about your product is typically a lot more trustworthy than their take on what new features you should build.

Apple, Nike, Coca Cola. 3 legendary companies. 1 common marketing trait: Great copywriting. Here are 10 copywriting tips to help you master marketing:

Looking forward to speaking to @kdxxl this Wednesday about product strategy, product teams and African expansion @paystack. Come join us! #productmanagement #productstrategy meetup.com/Cape-Town-Prod…

Good product management is more craft than procedure and is best learned through an apprentice model, says @RichMironov. Read more at mironov.com/show-tell/

Great #startup story from #india, love how @meeshotech iterated through early #MVPs and listened to customer feedback, now evaluated at $ 5 billion. forbesindia.com/article/take-o… #startups #indianstartups

People of Product, want to learn how to plot a career plan and become a strong product leader? Join this @prodleader webinar feat. @nedrocksa Founder & CEO @annua, and our Head of Product, @rogernort. Date: Thurs, Oct 21st | 4:30 PM CAT Register: ✅ lnkd.in/gehhe9ki ⬅️

@AmritPa1 will be joining our coaching circle tomorrow. He is currently product lead at @WhatsApp . He previously led two of Square's fastest growing products. He also led product @KopoKopoInc , a #fintech startup in Africa. #productmanagement #productmanager #prodmgmt

if you treat people like chess pieces, don't be surprised if they show the initiative and creativity of chess pieces ~@KentBeck

So looking forward to kickstarting @nedrocksa’s #coachingcircle for product managers. We are privileged to have @Cara_Faye join us as facilitator. Thanks for your guidance Cara! #productmanagement #productowner @rogernort @Bobby_Seq @ShabnamOsman @richardaf @MashartyTembo

No company takes a bunch of subject matter experts, sends them to a class, and then makes them a software engineer. So why is that okay for Product Managers? #prodmgmt

A focused and compelling #productstrategy based on qualitative and quantitative insights is the most important contributions of product leadership. @cagan #productmanagement #prodmgmt

Special thanks to @RajeshNerlikar from @prodify for speaking @nedrocksa’s coaching circle yesterday. Thanks for answering our questions and sharing your #productmanagement knowledge. Got great feedback from all the attendees. #prodmgmt #productstrategy

The different types of insights used formulate a good product strategy - Qualitative, quantitative, technology and industry insights @cagan #productmanagement #productstrategy #prodmgmt

@MissNthabeleng Impressive!

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