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Episode 30, She quit her job and built an online marketplace across multiple cities. Aisha Pandor, Co-Founder at SweepSouth
Aisha Pandor is the co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth. An online platform for booking, managing and paying for home cleaning services SweepSouth is the first South Af...
Episode 29, We are building a bank. Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder at Piggybank
Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder at Piggybank.ng She is also the Chief Operating Officer at SharpHire Global Limited, the organization behind Push CV, Piggybank an...
Episode 28, Startup is not equal to raising money. Chika Uwazie, CEO at TalentBase
Chika Uwazie is the CEO of TalentBase. TalentBase makes it easier for businesses to manage their HR processes such as payroll, benefits, staff evaluation and time t...
Episode 27, How we raised $250k before building our product. Catherine Luckhoff, founder at NicheStreem
Catherine Luckhoff is a serial entrepreneur. She founded her first business as a fourth year undergraduate. Her wide-ranging business acumen consists of business d...
Episode 26, How to go after your dream - Ola Brown, Founder at Flying Doctors Nigeria
Olamide Brown is the founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria. Already, you understand how unique and important what she is doing is. Millions of people have lost their li...
Episode 25, Diving into the deep end, the story of Demi Owoseje, founder at Majeurs Chesterfield
On today’s episode, we have Demi Owoseje, founder of Majeurs Chesterfield. Majeurs Chesterfield specialises in “preloved” leather and fabric furniture. They also dea...
Episode 24, I knew what I wanted- Temie Giwa-Tunbosun, Founder at LifeBank
Temie Giwa-Tunbosun is the founder of LifeBank. LifeBank is a platform that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria. LifeBank has one goal… to ...
Building the Future Podcast: season two intro
This is to introduce the Season 2 of Building the Future Podcast. One-on-one interviews with people who are using technology, entrepreneurship and innovative ideas to ...
Building the Future Podcast: season one finale
We have come to the end of Building The Future Podcast Season 1! It has been an interesting journey full of learnings and exposure. Season two starts next year,...
Ep 23 Tola Onayemi
This was a live podcast recorded in Abuja! Tola Onayemi is in the economic team of the office of the Vice President. He serves as a Special Adviser on the indust...
Ep 22 Michael Simeon
Michael Simeon is the Co-founder and CEO of VoguePay, a user-friendly online payment system in Nigeria. Michael believes that to launch a product, it’s essentia...
Ep 21 Paul Ziem, Founder and CEO NerdCore
Paul ziem is the founder and CEO of NerdCore, a digital entertainment studio poised to make very entertaining games, comics and other related products and services. ...
#20, Filling the gap for an easier and affordable shipping system- Edem Dotse, Founder at Swiftly
Edem Dotse is the founder and CEO of Swiftly, a disruptive peer to peer platform making shipping affordable for everyone. If you are shipping a container, you can ...
#19, Getting into YC and 500 startups, building a lending platform against all odds - Akin Jones, co-founder at Aella Credit
Akin Jones is is the co-founder and CEO of Aella Credit, a provider of financial employee benefits. Aella credit is working towards eliminating the hassle of standard...
#18, Making it easier for Africans to publish and read their own stories - Okechukwu Ofili, Founder at Okadabooks
Okechukwu Ofilli is the co-founder and CEO of Okadabooks, a book reading and publishing platform that has powered over 14,000 books, 137,000 readers and a million book...
#17, Why we initially turned down VC funding and bootstrapped to $1 million in revenue - Kendall Ananyi, Co-founder at wifi.com.ng
On today’s episode, we have Kendall Ananyi, co-founder of Tizeti which operates as Wifi.com.ng Wifi.com.ng provides unlimited uncapped internet to users for less than...
#16, Conversation with Oby Ezekwesili - conviction, courage and fearlessness.
Oby Ezekwesili is a force. She was recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world and by New York Times as one of the 25 Women of...
Episode 015, How Cecil Nutakor went from exam failure to building a company that is changing the way students learn in Africa - Cecil Nutakor, Founder at eCampus
“No matter the rules, delivery is key” On today’s episode of Building the Future, we have Cecil Nutakor, Founder of eCampus. eCampus literally puts the classroom i...
EP 14, How to build a new business from an old industry - Oluyomi Ojo, Co-founder at Printivo
“The customer is not just the king, he runs the business” On today’s episode of Building the Future, we have Oluyomi Ojo, Co-Founder of Printivo. Printivo is a DIY (...
Episode 13 Afua Osei, Co-founder She Leads Africa, Her journey and the laser focus on the success of African women
On today’s episode of Building the Future, we have Afua Osei, Co-Founder of She Leads Africa. She Leads Africa is a community that helps young African women achieve th...
Episode 12 Michael Ocansey, Co-founder at Agrocenta, Using technology to manage 1000 farmers, 1000 hectares of farmland in Ghana
On the podcast today, we have Michael Ocansey, the CTO and Co-Founder of AgroCenta. Michael runs an interesting business. Agrocenta aggregates small holder farmers in...
Episode 11 Shola Akinlade, Co-founder at Paystack, How to build a big business by solving painful problems. The story of Paystack.
On the podcast today, we have the CEO and Co-Founder of Paystack, Shola Akinlade. Paystack is a payments processing company which lets businesses accept payments via d...
Episode 10 Ngozi Dozie, Co-founder at OneFi, The paradox of focus for African entrepreneurs. Providing easy credit for those ignored by the bank.
On the podcast today, we have Ngozi Dozie, Co-Founder at OneFi. OneFi is a platform that provide access to finance by leveraging data and technology. One of their majo...
Episode 004 - Bob Collymore: How Safaricom is using technology to solve problems for the man on the street
Bob Collymore is the CEO of Safaricom one of the leading telco in Africa and pioneer of Mpesa, the world’s most developed mobile payment system. If there is any poster...
Episode 009 Marek Zmysłowski, Founder at HotelOga, Making positive expectations bet on Africa. How to launch and scale internet businesses across Africa.
Our guest this week is Marek Zmyslowski Marek is the cofounder of Jumia Travel (formerly Jovago) and HotelOga. HotelOga is a hotel management system which enables hote...
Episode 008 Deepankar Rustagi, Founder at Vconnect, What we learnt from attempting to build ecommerce platform in Nigeria. How to get early traction by focusing on specific market segment.
“In business, emotions should play a secondary role and logic a primary one” Deepankar Rustagi is the Co-Founder and CEO at Vconnect, Nigeria’s largest online business...
Episode 007 Kola Aina, Founder at Ventures Platform, How to build a platform for accelerating the next generation of entrepreneurs in Africa
Kola is the founder of Ventures Platform, an early stage fund and startup accelerator for founders across Africa. Within a year, Kola and his team have invested in ove...
Episode 006 Rob Withagen, Cofounder at Asoko Insight, Why data and machine learning will unlock massive opportunities in Africa, How to get a CTO for your startup as a non-technical founder
One of the major challenge for doing business in Africa is lack of data. It’s hard to get information about private businesses in the continent. There are lots of cons...
BTF 005 Mark Essien: Building a business around scalable distribution channels, and why raising money too early can kill your startup
“Your product is only as good as its distribution channels” Mark Essien is the founder and CEO of hotels.ng an online hotel booking platform in Nigeria. With over 8000...
BTF 003 - Tayo Bamiduro: solving hyperlocal logistic problems for ecommerce in Africa
Tayo Bamiduro is the co-founder of Max.ng. He is an interesting guy…. and I’ve got lots of time for him. I understand his business. My first startup was trying to sol...