Today is Tekedia Mini-MBA Graduation Day
Today is Tekedia Mini-MBA Graduation Day, and my Graduation Lecture is titled “Executing A Winning AI Product Strategy in Africa”. The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (A) has ushered in a new era of product development that operates under a distinct and unforgiving set of rules which do not align with the conventional SaaS business model where digital products benefit from near-zero marginal costs and network effects.
AI is offering a new cambrian moment of entrepreneurial capitalism. But the challenge is not just technology. Yes, pricing is a huge friction as the structure of AI systems deviates from the typical software companies which offer an asymptotic relationship between marginal cost and product volume within the finite space. Every prompt has compute and inference cost in AI, and that means you must deal with REAL marginal cost even at scale.
This AI redesign demands visionaries who can fluidly bridge the worlds of product strategy, AI economics, and technical fluency. Yes, people who can architect a defensible product system, understand the intricate financial models of AI, and possess a foundational understanding of the technology's capabilities and limitations. With that, whether it is Oriendu Market Ovim or Wall Street trading desk, AI can help companies to deliver alpha.
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Sat, Sept 6 | 7pm – 8.30pm WAT | It’s Graduation Day – Executing A Winning AI Product Strategy in Africa – Ndubuisi Ekekwe | Zoom Link