Overview: Today, we’re going to explore IHS Towers - the African telecommunications infrastructure company. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas: Telecom tower infrastructure context IHS Towers' early historyProduct & mo

#75: eTranzact - How Nigeria's pioneering payments and switching platform is serving businesses and governments across Africa

Feb 16th, 2024 1h 48m

Overview: Today, we’re going to explore eTranzact - the African payments and switching platform. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:First, Nigerian payments context Second, eTranzact's early historyThird, Product & mone

#74: Moove - How the mobility fintech is providing vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs across Africa and the rest of the world

Jan 23rd, 2024 2h 43m

Overview: Today, we’re going to explore Moove, the mobility fintech. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:African mobility and transportation contextMoove's launch & early historyProduct & monetization strategyCompet

#73: AFEX (Africa Exchange) - How the commodities exchange is facilitating commodity trade by offering training, credit, storage to farmers & providing investment solutions to financial partners

Dec 31st, 2023 1h 55m

Overview: Today, we’re going to explore AFEX, the African commodities exchange. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:African Agriculture contextAFEX's launch & early historyProduct & monetization strategyCompetitive

#72: Nomba (Kudi) - How the Nigerian FinTech is providing Point-of-Sale, agency banking and payment solutions to merchants across Africa

Dec 11th, 2023 1h 36m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Nomba (formerly known as Kudi) , the FinTech payments solutions provider. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:African & Nigerian SME contextNomba's early history Product & mone

#71: TymeBank - How the South African Neobank is integrating digital and physical experiences to provide holistic financial services across emerging markets

Nov 13th, 2023 2h 30m

Overview: Today, we’re going to explore TymeBank - the South African neobank. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:African & Nigerian banking contextTymeBank's launch, early history, growth & fundraisingProduct & moneti

#70: Carbon - How the credit-led neobank is providing loans, BNPL and financial services across Nigeria and Africa

Oct 19th, 2023 2h 37m

Overview: Today, we’re going to explore Carbon, the credit-led Neobank. We’ll discuss the Carbon story across the following areas:African lending & consumer creditCarbon's founding & early historyProduct & monetization strategyCompe

#69: FairMoney - How the credit-led neobank is providing consumer loans and financial services across Nigeria, India and other developing markets

Oct 6th, 2023 2h 18m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about FairMoney, the credit-led Neobank in emerging markets. we’ll explore the FairMoney story across the following areasAfrican lending & consumer creditFairMoney's founding & early historyProduct

#68: Branch - From Kiva to providing consumer loans and FinTech services across Africa and other developing markets

Sep 14th, 2023 2h 47m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Branch, the FinTech lending company and Neobank. We’ll explore the story across the following 5 areas:African lending & consumer creditBranch's founding early historyProduct & monetization st

#67: Sabi - How the B2B retail platform is providing business services to informal SMB retailers, distributors, suppliers and manufacturers in Nigeria and Africa

Jul 27th, 2023 2h 18m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Sabi, the B2B retail & supply chain services platform. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:Africa’s and Nigeria’s informal retail sectorSabi’s early historyProduct & monetizati

#66: TradeDepot - How the B2B retail platform is improving the supply chain for informal SME retailers and consumer goods producers across Nigeria and Africa

Jul 1st, 2023 1h 59m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about TradeDepot. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:Africa’s and Nigeria’s informal retail sectorTradeDepot's early historyProduct & monetization strategyCompetitive positioni

#65: Wasoko (Sokowatch) - How the B2B retail platform is providing services and improving the supply chain for informal retailers across Kenya and Africa

Jun 16th, 2023 1h 55m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Wasoko (Sokowatch) We’ll explore the story across the following areas:Africa’s and Kenya’s informal retail context Wasoko's early historyWasoko's Product & monetization strategy Competiti

#64: Twiga Foods - How the AgriTech supply chain company is connecting SMB retailers and smallholder farmers to improve food logistics across Kenya and Africa

Jun 2nd, 2023 2h 12m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Twiga Foods. We’ll explore the story across the following 6 areasAfrica Agricultural contextKenya farming & market access contextTwiga Foods’ early historyTwiga Foods’ Product & monetizatio

#63: Yoco - How the South African FinTech is scaling Point-of-Sale and other payment solutions to merchants across Africa

Apr 14th, 2023 2h 24m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Yoco, the South African Point-Of-Sale FinTech company. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:South African payments contextYoco’s early historyYoco’s Product & monetization strat

#62: DPO Group - How the FinTech payments platform went from bootstrapping for 8+ years to strategically acquiring multiple companies, and exiting to Network International for $288M

Mar 11th, 2023 1h 46m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about DPO Group. We’ll explore the story across the following areasAfrican payments contextDPO group’s early historyProduct & monetization strategyCompetitive positioning & potential exit options

#61: MFS Africa (Onafriq) - How the payments network hub is connecting telcos & financial institutions to increase interoperability across Africa and beyond

Feb 3rd, 2023 1h 52m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about MFS Africa. We’ll explore the MFS Africa story across the following 5 areas:African payments contextMFS Africa’s early historyProduct & monetization strategyCompetitive positioning & poten

#60: M-Kopa - How the asset financing platform is providing access to consumer products across Kenya & Africa

Jan 19th, 2023 1h 52m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about M-Kopa, the African asset financing platform. We’ll explore the M-Kopa story across 5 areas:African electrical power contextM-Kopa's early historyProduct & monetization strategyCompetitive pos

#59: Africa Tech - 2023 & Beyond (Creator Roundtable #2)

Dec 18th, 2022 2h 27m

Overview: Today, we’re going to have a creator roundtable to discuss the African tech ecosystem. We’ll discuss the biggest 2022 moments in Africa Tech & our hopes for the tech ecosystem in 2023. This episode was recorded on Dec 10, 2022Compan

#58: Reliance Health - How the HealthTech platform is providing insurance & health services across Nigeria & Africa

Nov 3rd, 2022 2h 30m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Reliance Health, the African HealthTech company - we’ll explore the Reliance Health story across the following areas:African health contextReliance Health's early historyProduct & monetization

#57: African InsurTech - How consumer insurance platforms are providing insurance across Africa

Oct 26th, 2022 2h 6m

Overview: Today we’re going to talk about African Insurtech. We’ll discuss the consumer insurance landscape & analyze InsurTech players. This episode was recorded on October 17, 2022Companies discussed: Reliance Health, BIMA, Naked Insurance,

#56: Thrive Agric - How the Agriculture platform evolved from crowdfunding to supporting smallholder farmers across Nigeria & Africa

Sep 30th, 2022 1h 49m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Thrive Agric, the Nigerian Agricultural technology company - we’ll explore Thrive Agric's story across 5 areas:First we'll start with some context about African agricultureThrive Agric's launch &

#55: Apollo Agriculture - How the AgriTech platform is supporting smallholder farmers to scale across Kenya & Africa

Aug 28th, 2022 2h

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Apollo Agriculture, the Kenyan AgTech company - we’ll explore the Apollo story across the following areasAfrican agriculture contextApollo's launch & early historyProduct & monetization strateg

#54: Swvl - How the bus mobility platform became one of the largest transportation companies in Africa

Jul 22nd, 2022 2h 1m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Swvl, the Egyptian and Dubai based mobility platform. We’ll explore the Swvl story across 5 areas:Egypt transportation contextSwvl's early historyProduct & monetization strategySwvl's SPAC pu

#53: Konga - How the Ecommerce platform initially grew and eventually reset across Nigeria

Jul 8th, 2022 2h 1m

Overview: Today, we discuss Konga, the Nigerian e-commerce company. We’ll explore the Konga story across 5 areas:We'll give some context about the Nigerian e-commerce sectorKonga's early historyProduct & Monetization strategyKonga sa

#52: OLX Africa - How the Classifieds platform initially grew and eventually shut down across Africa

Jun 14th, 2022 1h 49m

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about OLX - the classifieds & marketplace platform. We’ll explore the OLX Africa story across 4 areas:OLX's early historyOLX's growth in other emerging marketsOLX Africa's early history & Naspers acq

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