How Hakeem Jimo & Bola Adeyanju started Nigeria’s First Plant-Based Food Tech Company Veggie Victory
Meet Hakeem Jimo, the co-founder of VeggieVictory, a Lagos based company that was…
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How Karima Grant Creates Changemakers and Systemic Change in Education with Kër ImagiNation & ImagiNation Afrika
Meet Karima Grant, the co-founder of Kër ImagiNation Playschools & founder of ImagiNation…
How Yaya Kone encourages Ivorians to sort their plastic waste and recycle with Coliba
Meet Yaya Kone, the co-founder of Coliba, a startup specialized in collecting and…
Chekkit: Protecting Consumers & Companies from Counterfeit Products with Tosin Adelowo & Dare Odumade
In this episode, we speak with two entrepreneurs, Tosin Adelowo & Dare Odumade,…
How Amine Slimani launched Epicerie Verte, Morocco’s Premiere Marketplace for Organic and Natural Products
Meet Amine Slimani, the founder of Epicerie Verte, a marketplace specialized in organic and…
How Ropafadzo Musvaire & Bekithemba Ngulube help increase informal retailers’ margins with Kweza
In this interview meet Ropafadzo Musvaire & Bekithemba Ngulube, two co-founders of the…
How Adama Kane creates access to Medicine through Health-focused Digital Payment Platform JokkoSanté
In this episode, meet Adama Kane, the founder of JokkoSanté, a social enterprise and…
How Dieudonne Agudah gets low income urban households in Accra access to affordable bio digester toilets with WASHKing
Meet Dieudonne Kwame Agudah, the founder of WASHKing, a social enterprise working to supply…
How Danielle Benedict Moreau started Sakura, a Business producing Natural Fruit Juices in Gabon
Meet Danielle Benedict Moreau, the founder behind Sakura, a fresh natural juice company…
How Alfred Mbinglo produces Biodegradable Sanitary Pads in rural Ghana with PRIDE Sanitary Pads
Meet Dr. Alfred Mbinglo, founder of the Research and Counselling Foundation for African…
How Elohor Thomas matches vetted Software Engineers from Africa with Recruiters sourcing for Tech Roles through CodeLn
Meet Elohor Thomas, co-founder and CEO at CodeLn a panafrican tech startup that…
How Cédric Singa brings GPS Tracking Solutions for Personal Security and Fleet Management to the DRC with Kintrack
Meet Cédric Singa, the founder of Kintrack, a business that creates solutions around GPS…
How Aime Lebon uses pencils from recycled materials as an advocacy tool with Papersmart Industries
In this episode, meet Aime Lebon, the co-founder of Papersmart Industries in Windhoek…
How Adepeju Jaiyeoba saves lives by reinventing rural maternal healthcare with Mother’s Delivery Kit
In this episode, meet Adepeju Jaiyeoba, the founder of Mother’s Delivery Kit a…
How Vannel Dzigba brought Ghana’s Abossey Okai Car Spare Parts Market Online
In this episode, meet Vannel Dzigba, the founder of Abossey Okai Online, a…
How Tomisin Adeshiyan brings Payment Security to Online Transactions with Nigerian Fintech Vesicash
Meet Tomisin Adeshiyan, co-founder of Vesicash, a company that is focused on providing…
How Aldred Dogue Launched Africa Foods Mill to Help Farmers in Benin Reduce Post Harvest Loss
Meet Aldred Dogue, the founder of Africa Foods Mill, an enterprise in Benin that…
How Blessing Achu Empowers Designers in Lagos With Fashion Business Accelerator 360 Creative Hub
In this interview meet Blessing Achu, the founder of 360 Creative Hub in…
How Simon Mokgotlhoa and Lesego Ndlovu Started BallTalent to Give Local Sport Talents Global Exposure
In this episode meet Simon Mokgotlhoa & Lesego Ndlovu, the founders of BallTalent,…
How Kamal Yakub is opening up mechanized farming to smallholder farmers with TROTRO Tractor in Ghana
Meet Kamal Yakub, co-founder of TROTRO Tractor, sometimes called the ‘Uber for tractors’…
How Sinenhlanhla Ndlela is serving scoops of Love with vegan ice cream brand Yococo in South Africa
Meet Sinenhlanhla Ndlela, foodpreneur and founder of Yococo, an artisanal vegan ice cream brand…
How Ifeanyi Umejei is trying to solve the electricity problem in Nigeria with ICE Commercial Power
In this episode, meet Ifeanyi Umejei, co-founder of ICE Commercial Power in Lagos, Nigeria.…
How Sename Koffi Agbodjinou produces Smart Citizens with Digital Fabrication Lab Network WoeLabs in Togo
Meet Sename Koffi Agbodjinou founder of Woelab in Lomé, Togo and Ashoka Fellow.…
How Mamoudou Touré turned Typha from a Problem into a Solution with HABIDEM in Mauritania
Meet Mamoudou Touré, agricultural engineer by training, who with his friend and business…
How Mahmud Johnson Built a Social Business around Eco-Friendly Palm Kernel Oil with J-Palm Liberia
★★★ In this interview meet Mahmud Johnson, founder of J-Palm Liberia, a social…
How Nkem Okocha uplifts low income women in Nigeria with FinTech Social Enterprise Mamamoni
★★★ Meet Nkem Okocha, the founder of FinTech Social Enterprise Mamamoni, whom we…
How Pedro Da Fonseca Started the LED Manufacturing Business Black Gold Engineering From Back of his Garage
In this episode, meet Pedro Da Fonseca, the founder of Black Gold Engineering,…
BANTUMAKERS – How Vanda de Oliveira & Ricardo Figueiredo launch impact businesses in Luanda, Angola
In this interview, meet Vanda d´Oliveira and Ricardo Figueiredo , the two founders of…
How Sobel Ngom impacts millions with a Youth TV program and how he got quoted by President Obama
Meet Sobel Ngom, founder and director of the Social Change Factory. Sobel’s changemaker…
How Samira Arjdal is promoting e-mobility and sustainable tourism in Morocco with RIVE Maroc
RIVE Maroc is an annual meeting of electric vehicles that takes place in…
How Desmond Koney founded Complete Farmer, a crowdfarming platform in Ghana allowing anyone to become a farmer from the comfort of their home
Complete Farmer is a crowdfarming platform founded and based in Ghana that makes…
How serial entrepreneur Adulai Bary helps create an entrepreneurship ecosystem from scratch in Guinea-Bissau
In this episode, meet Adulai Bary, a serial entrepreneur from Guinea-Bissau. He was…
How Satta Wahab started Liberia’s first hair care company for African natural hair with just 100$
Meet Satta Wahab, the founder of Naz Naturals in Monrovia, Liberia Satta started…
How Oduwa Agboneni reinvents a male dominated industry with Nenis Auto Care in Lagos, Nigeria
In today’s episode, we speak with Oduwa Agboneni, the founder of Neni’s Autocare in…
Why Africa is poised to become the next Hub for Crypto Development
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How Murendeni Mafumo started Kusini Water, a Water Business with Social Impact, in South Africa
In this episode, meet Murendeni Mafumo, the founder of Kusini Water, a social…
How Evariste Aohoui leveraged Co-Creation to build PARO-CI, an e-waste management company, in Abidjan from scratch
An Ashoka Fellow and previous French Teacher, Evariste Aohoui started PARO CI in…
How Wiatta Thomas helps launch dozens of privat sector impact businesses through their non-profit incubator Dare to Innovate in Conakry, Guinea
Wiatta was born and raised in the United States of America, but has…
How Ariana Oluwole helped develop the early childhood education industry in Sierra Leone with Narnia Daycare
It’s very common to observe something in society that is not working and…
How Richard Brandt started Codetrain, Ghana’s biggest Code School, from his kitchen table
Richard Brandt started Codetrain, Ghana’s biggest commercial coding school from his own kitchen…
How a deadly mudslide moved Alhaji Siraj Bah to start his impact business with 20$ in Sierra Leone
Many people that want to start a business, but haven’t, will tell you…
How Regina Honu teaches thousands of girls how to code and create technology in Ghana
Regina Honu is a Ghanaian computer scientist, founder of Soronko Solutions, a software…
How to start a sanitary pad industry from scratch in Liberia – with Naomi Tulay-Solanke | Interview
Naomi Tulay-Solanke is the case in point, that you can achieve anything if…
Youness Ouazri – How to start a sustainable construction company in Morocco
Meet Youness Ouazri, the founder of Ecodome Maroc. Based in Casablanca, Morocco, his…
Momarr Taal – Tropingo Foods I The Gambia
At just the age of 32, Momarr Taal has now been an entrepreneur…
Crossing over from Senegal into The Gambia
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Diama Border – Crossing over into Senegal from Mauritania
8 min read Before leaving Mauritania for Senegal, we did all the research…
10 things that have gone out the window since leaving Berlin
5 min read Thomas and I left Berlin one month ago on 5th…
Engaged, a 90s movie and Men’s Perfume – Crossing over into Morocco
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Dolly Parton, Working and Twerking – Greetings from Barcelona
5 min read Yesterday was our first very intense driving session. We left…
What my experience of Africa has in common with a Netflix subscription
5 min read Hi, my name is Dulcie, and I am an African…