<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><em style="color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px;padding-top:0px">The Subtext</em><span style="color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px"> in partnership with Mettā Nairobi is pleased to announce the first edition of the Subtext Sessions event series, where we will discuss the history and evolution of the motorcycle taxi industry in Africa, and the unseen consequences of its intersection with the internet.The conversation will be led by </span><a href="http://twitter.com/skweird" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none;padding-top:0px">Osarumen Osamuyi</a><span style="color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px">, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Africa's Talking Labs, Google Launchpad Africa Accelerator mentor, and the author of </span><em style="color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px">The Subtext</em><span style="color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px">, with participation from the audience, as well as a series of domain experts.</span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px"><span style="font-weight:700;padding-top:0px">Prerequisite Material</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px">No materials necessary for the audience to read before coming, but a notepad and an interest in transportation and the business of innovation will help. If interested, they could read the Subtext article about two-wheeled mobility for more context: <a href="https://www.thesubtext.io/marchettis-motorcycles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;padding-top:0px" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.thesubtext.io/marchettis-motorcycles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">https://www.thesubtext.io/marchettis-motorcycles</a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px"><em style="padding-top:0px">The Subtext</em> is a web publication about the business of innovation in Africa. It examines the impact of the mobile internet, levers of adoption, and mental models showing how [not what] to think about the industry. Join the conversation about history, competitive strategy, and the causes of success and failure in African technology at <a href="https://thesubtext.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://thesubtext.io/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent" target="_blank">https://thesubtext.io</a></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(111,114,135);font-family:"Neue Plak",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.9333px;letter-spacing:0.5px">Sign Up here - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/subtextsessions-nairobi-two-wheeled-mobility-tickets-63063226809" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;letter-spacing:normal" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/subtextsessions-nairobi-two-wheeled-mobility-tickets-63063226809</a></p></div></div><div hspace="streak-pt-mark" style="max-height:1px"><img alt="" style="width:0px;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden" src="https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=abWJ1Z3VhLm5qaWhpYUBnbWFpbC5jb20%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=8bcd830a-9636-4602-a0b9-2c5f53aca7aa"><font color="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