Fintech for Cash-First Markets with Nomanini's Vahid Monadjem
In this episode, we continue our exploration of the entrepreneurs digitizing informal and analog markets, with Nomanini's Vahid Monadjem. Nomanini is a fintech platform for informal retail merchants i...
11 Feb 202142min
Technology for Informal Trade with MarketForce 360's Tesh Mbaabu
In this episode, we open the black box of last-mile retail distribution with MarketForce 360's Tesh Mbaabu. 90 percent of trade in Africa is informal, and MarketForce's software-as-a-service platform ...
4 Feb 202129min
Building a Savings Culture with PiggyVest's Odunayo Eweniyi
In this episode, we explore digital savings with PiggyVest's Odunayo Eweniyi. PiggyVest's competition is the wooden box that Nigerians were using to save cash. We'll talk about how the company designe...
28 Jan 202129min
Insurance-as-a-Service with Lami's Jihan Abass
In this episode, we speak to Jihan Abass, the Founder and CEO of Lami, an insurance-as-a-service startup based in Nairobi, Kenya. Lami's platform enables insurers, banks, and other partners to offer ...
21 Jan 202121min
Digitizing Healthcare with Helium Health's Goke Olubusi
Our exploration of the entrepreneurs and startups digitizing analog and fragmented industries takes us to Nigeria, for a conversation with Helium Health's Co-founder and CEO Goke Olubusi. Helium's ele...
14 Jan 202123min
Inside the Stripe Acquisition of Paystack with Shola Akinlade & Matt Henderson
On October 15, 2020, Paystack and Stripe announced the acquisition of the former by the latter, in a deal reported to be worth over $200 million. This marks Stripe's largest acquisition to date and is...
3 Dec 202028min
Smart People Should Build Things - On Recruiting and the Global Competition for Top Talent
The very nature of a high-growth startup means that the company is always growing and hiring at a rapid rate. And for African startups, in particular, the talent question is even more acute, given the...
1 Okt 202031min
Much Ado About the Media
In this episode, we explore and unpack the relationship between the tech ecosystem and the media. We'll seek answers to questions such as - what roles do media publications play in the ecosystem? How ...
24 Sep 202044min
