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#85: Deepankar Rustagi - On Profitability and Staying Asset Light in B2B Commerce (Part 2)
This special live podcast session was recorded at Ventures Park, Lagos, during Ventures Platform’s in-person mixer for portfolio founders on July 27, 2024--My guest to...
#84 - Dare Okoudjou - On Fundraising, Scaling a Pan-African Payment Network and Acquiring Startups
This season of Building the Future was made possible by MoniepointMy guest today is Dare Okoudjou, Founder & CEO of Onafriq (formerly known as MFS Africa). Dare has bu...
#83: Uka Eje - On ThriveAgric's Turnaround and Making Hard Decisions
This season of Building the Future was made possible by MoniepointMy guest today is Uka Eje, the co-founder and CEO of ThriveAgric. I've known Uka since 2017, when he ...
#82: Deepankar Rustagi - On Profitability and Staying Asset Light in B2B Commerce
This season of Building the Future was made possible by MoniepointMy guest today is Deepankar Rustagi, a seasoned tech entrepreneur in Nigeria. I've known Deepankar fo...
#81: Elo Umeh - On Leadership, Purpose and Building a Scalable Tech Company in Africa
This season of Building the Future was made possible by MoniepointMy guest today is Elo Umeh, founder and CEO of Terragon Group, a leading data and marketing cloud com...
#80 - Daniel Yu - On Vertical Integration in B2B e-commerce and Early Lessons from M&A
This season of Building the Future was made possible by MoniepointMy guest today is Daniel Yu, founder and CEO of Wasoko, a B2B e-commerce platform serving over 220,00...
#79, Bode Abifarin- On Scaling Flutterwave, Startup Growth, and Expansion
This season of Building the Future was made possible by MoniepointMy guest today is Bode Abifarin, one of the leading startup operators I know on the continent.I first...
#78, Mark Straub - On Digital Identity as a Fundamental Driver of Economic Growth
This season of Building the Future was made possible by MoniepointMy guest today is Mark Straub, founder & CEO of Smile ID. Smile ID is building identity verification ...
#77, Anu Adedoyin-Adasolum - On differentiation in B2B ecommerce and complexities of the offline market
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 econ...
#76, Shola Akinlade - Building for the Long-term, Managing Talent and Growing as a Leader
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 jo...
#75, Tosin Eniolorunda - Scaling Fintech Products to the Mass Market
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 lockdow...
Season 5 Intro
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 sab...
#74, Sangu Delle - Raising capital and building businesses in Africa
Sangu Delle is an entrepreneur, an investor, author, and someone who is deeply rooted in Pan-African ideology.
#73, Andrew Alli - On investing, corporate governance and using Twitter
Andrew Alli 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 Corporat...
#72, Eloho Gihan-Mbelu - The challenges of building startups to scaleups in Africa
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 suppo...
#71, Tokunboh Ishmael - Investing for profit and purpose
Tokunbo Ishmael is the co-founder and Managing Director of Alitheia Capital, an African focussed PE and VC firm.
#70, Eric Idiahi - Optimising for exits and high investment multiples
Eric is the co-founder and partner at Verod Capital, a private equity firm based out of Lagos Nigeria.
#69, Nnena Nkongho - Startup valuation, capital allocation and returns expectations in Africa
Nnena Nkongho is a Principal at Digame Investment, a growth capital investment firm that back tech-enabled businesses in Africa.
#68, Yele Bademosi - On people, startups and funding in Africa, pt 2
This is the second part of my conversation with Yele Bademosi,
#67, Yele Bademosi - On people, startups and funding in Africa, pt 1
This is the first part of my conversation with Yele Yele Bademosi is the founder of Microtraction, an investment platform that funds Africa’s technology entrepreneu...