This Funding Model is Helping Fight Climate Change
These climate investors are funding climate startups using a hands-on venture-building model to support founders across Africa. In this episode, we’re joined by James Mwangi from Africa Climate Ventur...
11 Nov 202448min
How Moniepoint Powers Millions of Businesses Across Nigeria
There are millions of Moniepoint point-of-sale terminals in use across Nigeria. These point-of-sale devices power Nigeria’s offline economy, and while there are many competitors in this space, Moniepo...
29 Aug 20246min
How Africa's Fastest Growing Company is Helping Retailers Grow
Small retailers in Nigeria power the economy. But they’re going through some tough times. Devaluation, food inflation, and overall poor economic conditions have made it especially hard for these small...
25 Juli 20246min
An African Tech Exit - Selling Sendwave for $500 Million
One of the African tech ecosystem's largest exits was the 2020 sale of Sendwave to WorldRemit for $500 million. Sid Sridhar was Sendwave's Head of Business at the time, and in this episode, Sid shares...
13 Juni 20249min
Tackling Africa’s $330 Billion Credit Gap
There is a $330 billion credit gap, according to the IFC. But why is it so hard to lend in African markets? We explore that question with Chijioke Dozie, Co-founder and CEO of Carbon, and Mark Straub,...
30 Maj 202420min
African Small Businesses Have Many Challenges. Can These Platforms Help?
In this episode, the third in our docuseries on jobtech platforms and the future of work, we dive deeper into the value chain, because the problems that small businesses have across the continent are ...
23 Maj 20247min
Why Are Cross-Border Payments So Hard?
Benjamin Fernandes, the Founder and CEO of the remittance platform NALA, likes to say that payments are just 1% built in Africa. Why are cross-border payments so hard? In this episode, we're joined in...
16 Maj 202433min
Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney
In this episode, we're joined in a panel conversation with the CEOs of three of Nigeria's biggest digital banks: Moniepoint's Tosin Eniolorunda, Kuda's Babs Ogundeyi, and FairMoney's Laurin Hainy.This...
9 Maj 202443min
