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This week, we spoke with Jude Omodon, a private equity associate at Neuberger Berman about the infrastructure sector and its intersectionality with technology and AI. Feel free to share this with your friends and network and let us your thoughts. Kindly follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://twitter.com/Squord1], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/squord.co/], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/squord], and join our community via our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.squord.com/] or email us at info@squord.com

This week, we discussed the following: * Thoma Bravo's $1.8billion bid to acquire enterprise software company, Everbridge. * Reddit's IPO that performed well within its first two days of trading. * Fed holds interest rate steady. Feel free to share this with your friends and network and let us your thoughts. Kindly follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://twitter.com/Squord1], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/squord.co/], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/squord], and join our community via our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.squord.com/] or email us at info@squord.com

We're back from our short break! Hope you like the new approach we are taking with the podcast. This week, we discussed the following: * Bill H.R. 7521 that recently passed the house of rep which could eventually see to Tiktok getting banned in the U.S. * Reddit's plan to go public on the NYSE this year. * Apple's $490million settlement with investors following a class action lawsuit. Feel free to share this with your friends and network and let us your thoughts. Kindly follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://twitter.com/Squord1], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/squord.co/], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/squord], and join our community via our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.squord.com/] or email us at info@squord.com

***This episode was recorded on Feb 18 and FX rate could have since changed*** This episode, we discussed the very pressing issues around the Naira devaluation, the goverment policies to boost FX and what can be done to further stabilize and the currency and boost dollar inflow. Feel free to share this with your friends and network and let us your thoughts. Kindly follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://twitter.com/Squord1], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/squord.co/], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/squord], and join our community via our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.squord.com/] or email us at info@squord.com

We had our first in-person recording!! This week, we discussed the following: * Jumia Foods shutdown and their journey towards profitability * Astrotwig, music and social network tech startup, scammed of $20,000 by Angel investor Feel free to share this with your friends and network and let us your thoughts. Kindly follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://twitter.com/Squord1], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/squord.co/], ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/squord], and join our community via our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.squord.com/] or email us at info@squord.com