The next African story will be written by Africans, and there are people crafting the narrative now. Join Dotun as he hosts a series of conversation with people whose ideas and work is shaping the African future.
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Welcome to Africa Emerging, I am set to showcase success stories of influential Africans making indelible marks in their spheres of influence around the world and share positive narrative about the African Continent.
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#84 - Dare Okoudjou - On Fundraising, Scaling a Pan-African Payment Network and Acquiring Startups
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This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Dare Okoudjou, Founder & CEO of Onafriq (formerly known as MFS Africa). Dare has built a long-running startup success streak on the continent, having started the business over a decade ago to become a multimillion dollar revenue company today. Onafriq is building a…
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#83: Uka Eje - On ThriveAgric's Turnaround and Making Hard Decisions
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This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Uka Eje, the co-founder and CEO of ThriveAgric. I've known Uka since 2017, when he and his co-founder, Ayo, received their first institutional investment from Ventures Platform. ThriveAgric empowers nearly one million smallholder farmers on the continent with techn…
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#82: Deepankar Rustagi - On Profitability and Staying Asset Light in B2B Commerce
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This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Deepankar Rustagi, a seasoned tech entrepreneur in Nigeria. I've known Deepankar for over 7 years, dating back to his days at Vconnect. He was one of the first entrepreneurs featured on this podcast—check out episode 8 to hear about his journey from Nigeria to Indi…
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#81: Elo Umeh - On Leadership, Purpose and Building a Scalable Tech Company in Africa
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This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Elo Umeh, founder and CEO of Terragon Group, a leading data and marketing cloud company in Africa. I've known Elo personally for some time; his leadership at Terragon has been transformative. Founded in 2009, Terragon initially focused on mobile websites and launch…
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#80 - Daniel Yu - On Vertical Integration in B2B e-commerce and Early Lessons from M&A
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This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Daniel Yu, founder and CEO of Wasoko, a B2B e-commerce platform serving over 220,000 informal retailers across the continent. The first time I saw Daniel, he was playing the keyboard as part of a live band in Nairobi. Since then, we've met at more serious events wh…
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#79, Bode Abifarin- On Scaling Flutterwave, Startup Growth, and Expansion
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This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Bode Abifarin, one of the leading startup operators I know on the continent. I first met Bode in 2017 when she had just joined Flutterwave, where she served as Chief Operating Officer. I've been continually impressed by Bode’s unique ability to blend operational de…
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#78, Mark Straub - On Digital Identity as a Fundamental Driver of Economic Growth
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This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint My guest today is Mark Straub, founder & CEO of Smile ID. Smile ID is building identity verification infrastructure for businesses in Africa. Mark and I were connected by a mutual friend, but I’ve always been fascinated by his transition from being a venture investor to becoming a s…
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#77, Anu Adedoyin-Adasolum - On differentiation in B2B ecommerce and complexities of the offline market
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My guest today is Anu Adedoyin-Adasolum, the co-founder and CEO of Sabi. Sabi is a B2B e-commerce startup that provides digital infrastructure to Africa's informal economy. In October 2023, they announced reaching $1B annual GMV. I've always been fascinated by Sabi, especially their ability to bring seemingly disjointed and complex pieces together …
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#76, Shola Akinlade - Building for the Long-term, Managing Talent and Growing as a Leader
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My guest today is Shola Akinlade. I met Shola in 2016, while he and his co-founder, Ezra, were at the YC accelerator program. It was the beginning of their Paystack journey, and even then, I was struck by his clarity of thought and radical focus on product development. Today, Paystack has scaled to seven markets and is responsible for over 40x the …
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#75, Tosin Eniolorunda - Scaling Fintech Products to the Mass Market
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My guest today is Tosin Eniolorunda, CEO and co-founder of Moniepoint. I met Tosin in Kigali at the Africa Tech Summit in 2020, just before the world went into lockdown. We spent hours discussing the offline distribution of fintech products after our introduction. Since then, I've had the opportunity to be an investor, C-level executive, and board …
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It's been a while. I haven't held the podcast mic for a long time. I must admit, I'm a bit rusty. I’m overwhelmed by the advancements in the podcast space since my sabbatical. The African tech ecosystem has also grown in leaps and bounds, with its fair share of troughs too. And I'm still privileged to be an active participating observer in it. Seve…
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#74, Sangu Delle - Raising capital and building businesses in Africa
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My guest today is Sangu Delle. Sangu is an entrepreneur, an investor, author, and someone who is deeply rooted in Pan-African ideology. His latest book Making the futures: Young entrepreneurs in a dynamic Africa explored similar themes and topics that I've often explore on this podcast. So it's not surprising that we started the conversation in thi…
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#73, Andrew Alli - On investing, corporate governance and using Twitter
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My guest today is Andrew Alli. Andrew is a real-life and virtual mentor to a lot of investment professionals in Africa. He is the Partner and Group CEO at Southbridge a pan-African financial advisory firm. Before then, he was the president and CEO of the Africa Finance Corporation, where he was responsible for over $4,5 billion of investments in 30…
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#72, Eloho Gihan-Mbelu - The challenges of building startups to scaleups in Africa
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My guest today is Eloho Gihan-Mbelu; she is the founding Managing Director & CEO of Endeavor Nigeria. Endeavor is a mission-oriented, global organisation that is supporting high-impact entrepreneurship in close to 40 underserved markets across the world. Eloho and I got introduced a few years ago when she started her role with Endeavor Nigeria, and…
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#71, Tokunboh Ishmael - Investing for profit and purpose
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My guest today is Tokunbo Ishmael. She's the co-founder and Managing Director of Alitheia Capital, an African focussed PE and VC firm. Alitheia Capital investments include businesses that enable the provision of financial services to the unbanked, and underbanked through traditional and branchless banking models. Alitheia Capital focuses on doing s…
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#70, Eric Idiahi - Optimising for exits and high investment multiples
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My guest today is Eric Idiahi. Eric is the co-founder and partner at Verod Capital, a private equity firm based out of Lagos Nigeria. Verod is one of the top PE firms in the continent with a significant number of successful exits as well as admirable money multiples record from their previous fund. Eric is someone I've known from a distance, so whe…
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#69, Nnena Nkongho - Startup valuation, capital allocation and returns expectations in Africa
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My guest today is Nnena. Nnena is a Principal at Digame Investment, a growth capital investment firm that back tech-enabled businesses in Africa. Their portfolio companies include GetSmarter an online education company based in Cape Town and London that work some of the top global universities to offer premium online short courses to working profes…
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#68, Yele Bademosi - On people, startups and funding in Africa, pt 2
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This is the second part of my conversation with Yele Bademosi, you can listen to the first part of this conversation in the last episode of this podcast series. Apart from being the founding partner at Microtraction, Yele is also the founder and CEO of Bundle a social application for cash and cryptocurrency transactions. Yele is the first person I …
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#67, Yele Bademosi - On people, startups and funding in Africa, pt 1
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My guest today is Yele Bademosi. Yele is the founder of Microtraction, an angel investment platform that funds Africa’s technology entrepreneurs in their early stage. Microtraction is one of the most active pre-seed investment firms in Nigeria. Yele and I have known each other for some time. We’ve worked together closely in the past, when he became…
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Venture-backed startups are disrupting existing business models, redefining market potentials and creating new verticals. In Africa, startups are finding innovative models for addressing underserved market segments, repurposing under-utilised resources and facilitating efficiencies and visibilities where none exists before. These companies have cat…
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Season 1 Finale - Africa Emerging Podcast with Tutu Ademola
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Hello everyone, this is Tutu Ademola your host on the Africa Emerging podcast. We have now come to the end of Season 1. I would like to say a big thank you to our listeners for the positive feedback and taking out time to listen to inspirational stories of Africans making positive impact.
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Episode 010 - Kemi Arosanyin: Director Africa Trade Expansion Program at World Trade Center Miami
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Welcome to episode 10 the of Africa Emerging Podcast, my guest on the show today is Kemi Arosanyin she is an International trade development specialist working as the Director for Africa Trade Expansion programme World Trade Center Miami in charge of outreach to 48 countries in sub-Sahara Africa. The world trade center Miami is a member of WTC asso…
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We have now come to the end of season 3! It has been such an exciting journey, one I hope you enjoyed as well. Please listen to my review of the season, what you can expect from next season and when we will be returning.بقلم Dotun Olowoporoku
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Episode 009 - Dr Dotun Olowoporoku : Associate Investment Director Novastar Ventures, Investing in early stage start-up in Africa
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Hello everyone, welcome to episode 9 of the Africa Emerging Podcast. My guest on the show today is Dotun Olowoporoku. He is currently an Associate Investment Director at Novastar Ventures, a VC firm focused on investment in transformational early stage start-up business that enable access and provide economic opportunities for low-income and mass m…
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#66, Doing venture investment in Africa. How to validate your assumptions. Steve Grin, Managing Partner at Lateral Capital
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Steve Grin is the Managing Partner at Lateral Capital, a firm that invests in early and growth stage opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa. Their Fund backs technology-enabled businesses that profitably solve significant pain points across critical infrastructure verticals: financial services, energy, healthcare, and education. Steven is a seasoned e…
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#65, Why generating capital is important for African startups. Thesis on exits and how to manage corporate funds. Dustyn Winder, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Akili
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Dustyn Winder is the co-founder and managing partner at Akili.Vc Akili is a pre-seed to Series A fund tailored for Africa. Their philosophy is based on the belief that there are very interesting problems that are often difficult for entrepreneurs to execute on, whether because they are hidden inside corporations, neglected in disaffected communitie…
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#64, On building an online marketplace in Africa: not as easy as it looks. Adam Grunewald, CEO & Co-Founder at Lynk
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Adam Grunewald is the co-founder and CEO of Lynk, a platform designed to provide technology-based solutions for the massive informal labour sectors in Kenya. Adam has worked at Google as a project manager on new and emerging projects in the United States and Kenya. Driven by the urge to create a reliable employment system for manual workers in Keny…
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#63, Lesson in humility. Building business in emerging market. Ekechi Nwokah, CEO & Founder at Mines.Io
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Ekechi Nwokah is the CEO and founder at mines.io, a startup that provides technology infrastructure which enable local institutions such as banks, mobile phone operators, retailers in emerging market to offer credit to their customers. Mines use a combination of big data, AI and Machine learning algorithm to provide on-demand credit ratings and dec…
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Episode 008 - Yemi Osunkoya -Director / Designer Kosibah : Bespoke Luxury Made to Measure Couture
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Hello everyone, welcome to Episode 8 of the Africa Emerging Podcast. My guest on this Episode of the show is Yemi Osunkoya. He is the Director and Designer of Kosibah Couture www.kosibah.com In this episode of the show we talked about his natural passion for drawing, and how he was inspired by designers in the 50's from a very young age and the hug…
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#62, Afonja, 18th century Oyo Empire and the dynamics of power with Tunde Leye. Author, Afonja The Rise
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Tunde Leye is the author of four novels, including his latest: Afonja, The Rise. He began his writing as a blogger during his mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Tunde ran this blog for three years during which he wrote seven series including wildly popular Finding Hubby. He studied Computer Science at the University of Lagos and tried n…
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#61, Teaching girls how to code. How to democratise opportunities. Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin, Founder at Pearls Africa Foundation
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Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin is the founder of Pearls Africa Foundation. Pearls Africa Foundation is a non-governmental organization that provides young girls living in underserved communities through training in technology, skill acquisitions and mentorship. One of their projects, “GirlsCoding” has reached more than 400 beneficiaries, including girls…
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Episode 007 Dr Femi Sanni Consultant Psychiatrist, Founder Steno Memorial Foundation: Touching Lives
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Dr Sanni is a Consultant Psychiatrist here in the United Kingdom and also the CEO / Founder Steno Memorial Foundation. In this Episode of the show we talked about his Education background, relocating to the United Kingdom, working in the Medical profession.He gave an insight into the typical work day of a Medical Doctor with speciality in dealing w…
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#60, How ALAT team built a new bank from the old. Why innovation requires bold leadership. Nnamdi Azodo, Product Owner at ALAT
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Nnamdi Azodo is a product owner at ALAT by Wema bank, Africa’s first mobile-only bank. ALAT is a fully digital bank in Nigeria, designed to help customers save more. A savings account can totally be opened in 5 minutes with a debit card delivered. To open an ALAT account, you need your BVN, a phone number, email address and a few documents. Nnamdi …
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Olumide Soyombo is the Co-Founder of BlueChip Technologies. BlueChip Technologies is a systems integrator specialized in Data Warehousing, Analytics and Business Intelligence Solutions. Olumide is also the co-founder at Leadpath Nigeria, a seed capital fund that specializes in providing short, medium and long-term funding to small and medium-sized …
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#58, Investing in the African tech ecosystem. Lexi Novitske, Principal Investment Officer at Singularity Investments
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In 2012 Lexi Novitske moved to Nigeria from The United States. Lexi worked for Verod Capital Management, a Nigeria-based private equity firm. Prior to joining Verod, she had spent her career developing an expertise in financial services through her time at New York-based Sandler O’Neill Asset Management. In 2014, Lexi joined Singularity Investments…
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#57, Bootstrapping, testing assumptions and building for growth. Frederik Obasi, Co-Founder at Hypebuzz
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Frederik Obasi is the co-founder of Hypebuzz, a platform that connects top-tier influencers with businesses looking to build their brand and expand their reach. Frederik is also the co-founder and MD of Colour Me Digital, an African sports and entertainment marketing agency that has worked with notable Nigerian football players including Alex Iwobi…
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Episode 006 - Tommie Edwards Founder / CEO Eventbree : Part 2 Changing the Event Industry using Tech
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Welcome to Episode 006 of the Africa Emerging Podcast with our guest Tommie Edwards. This is the Part 2 and concluding conversation of the interview with Tommie in Episode 005.In this Episode of the show she talked about the services offered by Eventbree and the type of vendors they work with.We also talked about the importance of having a mentor, …
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#56, Conversation with Joe Abah: governance, reforms and complexities. Country Director at DAI
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Dr Joe Abah trained as a barrister in Nigeria. Afterwards, he gained extensive experience in the governance sector, working on public sector reform programs for the U.K. Prime Minister’s Office. He has spent more than 10 years managing governance programs in Nigeria for the U.K. Department for International Development, including on the DAI-led Sta…
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#55, Government, tech and ecosystems. Akin Oyebode, Executive Secretary at LSETF
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Akin Oyebode is the Executive Secretary, Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF). The fund was established to provide financial support to residents of Lagos State, for job, wealth creation and to tackle unemployment. Established in 2016, the fund seeks to invest N25 billion over four years. Though he began his career as a Research Assistant at t…
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Episode 005 - Changing the Event Industry using Technology: Tommie Edwards Founder / CEO Eventbree
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Welcome to Episode 005 of the Africa Emerging Podcast with our guest Tommie Edwards. She is the founder of Eventbree, a Tech start-up company in the event industry here in the UK and she is also the co-founder of Tedbree Digital. In this Episode of the show she shared her passion for entrepreneurship and how she managed her parents business from a …
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#54, Disrupting property rentals in Lagos. Obinna Okwodu, Founder and CEO at Fibre.ng
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Obinna Okwodu is the founder and CEO of Fibre.ng, a real estate company looking to provide middle-income tenants the option to pay monthly for rented properties. Renting real estate in Lagos is a lot of hassle especially for the demand side. Landlords would typically demand 2 years rent upfront. Fibre set out to solve this problem and is growing fa…
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#53, Lessons from leading multinational corporations in Africa. Uche Ofodile, CEO at MTN Liberia
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Uche Ofodile is the CEO of MTN Liberia. Uche has extensive expertise in building businesses in emerging markets. Before her role in Liberia, she was the CMO of Vodafone Ghana. In this position, she was instrumental in the transformation of Vodafone Ghana from a struggling business, with deteriorating market share, into the country’s #2 telecommunic…
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#52 (Part 2) Building an on-demand platform for African content, Tonje Bakang, Founder and CEO at Afrostream
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Tonje Bakang is the Founder and CEO of Afrostream. Afrostream is Afrostream is subscription video on demand (SVOD) which provides millions of fans with unlimited access to Afro-American and African movies and TV series. In 2017, Tonje penned an open letter announcing the closure of the business. The service closed in France, the United Kingdom, Bel…
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Episode 004 - Evaluating your Network to Build a Strategic Connection to accelerate your progression
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Episode 004 of the Africa Emerging Podcast is the part 2 and concluding conversation with Toyin Umesiri in Episode 002 of the show. In this Episode, she shared her thoughts on where she sees trade in the African continent in the next 5 -10 years, we discussed how to build the right relationships and connection to help you accelerate and achieve you…
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Episode 003 Leadership - Getting through the period of Norming, to Storming and achieving Mastering
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Episode 003 of the Africa Emerging Podcast is the Part 2 and concluding conversation with Tunji Akintokun. In this Episode, we deep dived into making career choices, leadership skills, opportunity he had to be the touch bearer for Cisco at the 2016 Olympics, talk about when he received his nomination for an MBE and honoured by her Majesty Queen Eli…
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#51 (Part 1) Building an on-demand platform for African content, Tonje Bakang, Founder and CEO at Afrostream
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Tonje Bakang is the Founder and CEO of Afrostream. Afrostream is Afrostream is subscription video on demand (SVOD) which provides millions of fans with unlimited access to Afro-American and African movies and TV series. In 2017, Tonje penned an open letter announcing the closure of the business. The service closed in France, the United Kingdom, Bel…
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#50 (Part 2) Building an on-demand platform for African content, Jason Njoku, Co-founder and CEO at IrokoTV
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Jason Njoku is the co-founder at IrokoTv, a web platform that provides paid-for Nigerian films on-demand. It is one of Africa’s first mainstream online movie streaming websites, giving instant access to over 5,000 Nollywood film titles. Jason is who you can refer to as a serial entrepreneur. With several failed businesses under his belt, he went ah…
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Episode 002 - From Corporate America to leading conversation about trade in Africa. Toyin Umesiri CEO NAZARU LLC and convener Trade with Africa Business Summit
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Toyin Umesiri is the founder and CEO of Nazaru LLC and the convener of Trade with Africa Business Summit in the United State. Interview with her on the show covered her education, working in corporate America, life transforming circumstances that lead her to start NAZARU LLC. She even shared in-depth insight about story behind the name 'NAZARU', ho…
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Episode 001 - Building a career in Software Engineering and Sales via Product Marketing - Tunji Akintokun MBE (Senior Vice President NSC Global)
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Tunji Akintokun is currently the Senior Vice President at NSC Global. Previously he worked at Cisco for over 18 years where he held his last position as Director - Commercial and Partner Organisations - Africa. He sit on the Board of several companies and charities, he recently received an MBE from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II here in the United …
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#49 Building an on-demand platform for African content, Jason Njoku, Co-founder and CEO at IrokoTV
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Jason Njoku is the co-founder at IrokoTv, a web platform that provides paid-for Nigerian films on-demand. It is one of Africa’s first mainstream online movie streaming websites, giving instant access to over 5,000 Nollywood film titles. Jason is who you can refer to as a serial entrepreneur. With several failed businesses under his belt, he went ah…
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