How do we find and fulfill a calling from God? This episode’s guest addresses this question by highlighting the story of Ayodeji Megbope, founder of the Nigerian catering company, No Left-Overs. Ayo started the company after feeling like she had reached a dead end with her 20-year career as a secretary. She wanted to provide greater financial stabi…

Starting a company comes with plenty of challenges. Scaling comes with others. Metro Africa Express co-founders Adetayo Bamiduro and Chinedu Azodoh understand this well. The two entrepreneurs have created a thriving business that has made an impact in the transportation industry and has positively impacted the lives of many across Africa. In 2021, …

What causes someone to go from medical doctor to entrepreneur to venture capitalist? Few people succeed in any of those fields. This episode’s guest excelled in all three. Dr. Ola Brown is the founder of the investment firm Healthcap that focuses on venture capital and infrastructure building across Africa. Prior to that, she worked as a medical do…

What would you do if you were presented with the opportunity to take over a business with 20 million dollars worth of debt? Most of us would pass on the offer, but today’s podcast guest felt a call to step in and help. Shady Hebeish was working as a pastor when his father passed away suddenly from a heart attack, leaving behind the family business …

How do you rebuild a company and your faith in the wake of immense tragedy? For Robert Bayigamba, this was not a mental exercise. Robert began leading Manumetal Ltd, a manufacturing firm in Rwanda following the country’s horrific 1994 genocide. He took over during a time when inventory had been looted and employee numbers were decimated. But throug…

Anthony Tan’s entrepreneurial journey started with a simple question: how can I best take care of other people? Through that he founded Grab, the leading superapp in Southeast Asia. Grab provides food delivery, ridesharing, and digital payments for its users. It’s also valued at $14 billion. Anthony sat down with our global podcast hosts in the mid…

Despite the North Africa and Middle East being known as an area closed off to Christianity, Tony George and Peter Ramzy are tapping into the ancient roots of Faith Driven Entrepreneurship that exists in Egypt. Under Tony’s leadership, the Community (tC) Egypt disciples young people, recovering addicts, women, and business professionals and prepares…

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars! Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing ,It's okay not to be okay . Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart .But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising ,Just be true to who you are!

God can redeem broken situations. We just have to have faith in the midst of the crisis. That’s what we learn in today’s podcast episode with Dr. Ngozi Onyia. Dr. Onyia started Paleon Memorial Hospital in memory and honor of her daughter Patricia, who was born with a rare congenital syndrome and passed away at 9 years old. After seeing the care and…

As the CEO and Co-Founder of Rising Tide Capital, Alfa Demmellash is working to help underserved entrepreneurs get the recognition and investment capital they need for success. Along the way, she was recognized by former US President Barack Obama in a speech at the White House and was named one of Forbes Magazine’s Most Powerful Women Changing the …

Most of the world has been impacted by sports in some way. We might see them as a hobby, a passion, or a way to build character and learn teamwork. But do they have the power to unite a country? For business partners Maged Fawzy and Waseem Arsany, the answer is yes. The two Egyptian leaders met through their church. Maged was doing sports ministry,…

What does it look like to use our businesses to fulfill biblical commands? James 1 describes “undefiled religion” as caring for widows and orphans. And that’s exactly what Don Larson is doing in Mozambique with the Sunshine Nut Company. After an impressive career as an executive at Hershey’s Chocolate, God called Don to move to and invest in Mozamb…

Joram Mwinamo believes it takes a village to raise an entrepreneur. The Co-Founder and CEO of SNDBX International is turning the mentality he learned from an old proverb into a scalable model that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Joram’s uniquely African approach to SNDBX brings together over 30 professional services under one roof so that business lea…

Entrepreneurs, no matter where they’re from, are frontline ministers in the workplace. As a pastor and the former Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, the largest Anglican church in Britain, Nicky Gumbel believes that it is his task to equip the saints for ministry in the places where they work and live. For the past 3 decades, Nicky Gumbel has pioneere…

Fola Laoye joins us on the Faith Driven Entrepreneur Africa podcast to talk about investment opportunities in the healthcare landscape across the continent. During her time at Harvard Business School, Fola researched the HMO model of health insurance. When she returned to Nigeria, Fola became one of the founding board members of Hygeia, a private h…

Kwami Williams has learned a lot from miracle trees. These trees, which are actually called “Moringa Trees” thrive in arid climates and even help the crops around them grow. Inspired by their resilience, Kwami has utilized the African superfood to meet the wellness needs of customers and improve the lives of rural farmers, by transforming the tree’…

Dr. Kamau Gachigi got tired of seeing brilliant Kenyan engineers leave the industry because they lacked resources. That’s why he created Gearbox, a hardware accelerator and makerspace that trains, resources, and equips innovators in Kenya so they can turn ideas into physical reality. In this episode, Dr. Kamau gives an overview of the fourth indust…

Lindiwe Matlali is making geeks cool in South Africa. As the founder and CEO of Africa Teen Geeks, the largest computer science non-profit organization in the continent, Lindiwe is inspiring the next generation of innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders in her country. She has a particular passion for helping those from disadvantages backgrounds ris…

When your spouse is your business partner, it’s easy for business decisions to get personal, and personal decisions to seep into the business operations. John and Ashely Marsh know the tension first hand. The husband and wife team are the co-founders of the Marsh Collective, pioneering the redemption of Opelika historic downtown. Opelika’s story, a…

How does someone go from selling bean cakes in the streets of Nigeria to building one of the largest companies in the country? In the case of Dr. Cosmas Maduka, it takes an encouraging mother, a strong wife, and a lifetime of faithful confidence in a God who helps him persevere. Dr. Maduka is a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist who began his …

Rev. Julian is an internationally accomplished business leader, serial FinTech entrepreneur, and the founding senior pastor of the Nairobi-based Purpose Centre Church. From his unique vantage point, he speaks to the backdrop of history and education that has set the stage for kingdom businesses to grow in Africa. In 2010, Rev. Julian founded the MO…

In this podcast we talk to Dider de Villiers, the visionary behind one of South Africa’s leading fashion brands: Magents. In the years following apartheid, Magents stood out as a uniquely African brand committed to sharing the story of the continent through their expression of fashion. Didier shares with us how Magents has remained focused on celeb…

Jennie Allen is the founder and visionary of the women’s organization IF:Gathering, the host of the top rated Made for This podcast (17 million downloads) as well as the New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head, which was the #1 bestselling religion title of 2020. Her latest book is Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lo…

Ted Pantone has done everything from water initiatives to impact investing. He even opened the first Pizza Hut franchise in Uganda. Today, the American expat is the CEO of Turaco, a microinsurance company that seeks to free people from the fear of financial shock. The company has headquarters in Kenya with a presence in Uganda and Nigeria as well. …

Efosa Ojomo believes that market-creation plays a key role in economic development, but he didn’t come to that conclusion in a usual way. He ran a nonprofit for 10 years and realized the limitations of his model. After that, he closed the doors of the organization and switched his focus to researching and writing about global prosperity with the Cl…

Richard Okello has had a vision all his life to leave every community or situation better than he found it. This started as a teenager and continues today in his role as Co-founder and President of Sango Capital, an investment firm dedicated to bringing global investments to Africa. He joins the show to talk about what it takes to invest in Africa’…

Andy Crouch, best-selling author and a partner of theology and culture at Praxis, is a leading voice in the Faith Driven movement. In 2021, Andy spoke at the Faith Driven Investor Conference on a topic that many faith driven investors are wrestling with regularly: God and money, we cannot serve both. How do we balance out Jesus’ teaching and our ca…

Michael El Daba’s career has been shaped by a clear desire to do great work. After years of working with corporations, he felt a draw to become the funding and investments director for Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services, a Christian-based NGO that partners with people of various faiths and backgrounds to create better social struct…

Michelle Essomé’s deep love for Africa was instilled in her as a child, and she has taken that passion into her career. As the founding CEO of Africa Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Michelle played a fundamental role in promoting and enabling VC and PE investments on the continent. She joins the show to discuss how investing has cha…

Lecrae is a staple of the Christian hip hop scene, and with good reason. The 2-time Grammy award-winner helped pioneer the genre and take it to the mainstream. But Lecrae is also an entrepreneur. In the early parts of his career, he and Ben Washer, now Co-Founder and CEO of Reach Records, were recording songs for summer camps and pursuing their cre…

Phil Cunningham’s journey from farmer to filmmaker has taken all sorts of turns. He produced Africa’s first ever feature-length animated movie, lost everything he had, created a successful Youtube series, and released a film on Netflix. Today, the Sunrise Productions founder is working on an animated version of the biblical story of David. He joins…

Okey Enelamah has played a big role in building Africa’s investment landscape. The Harvard Business School graduate started one of the first private equity firms on the continent in the late 1990s and has helped raise over a billion dollars in assets. In addition to this, he also served as the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment in Nigeria …

Segun Olujobi’s vision for his company came first as a vision from the Lord. He saw an image of an oil company thriving in the Niger Delta, and he worked hard to achieve that goal. Today, he runs Vertex Energy where he seeks to steward the natural resources of his home country of Nigeria. He joins the show to talk about how his faith drives him tow…

As a leader in both the public and private sectors, Mugo Kibati has unique insight for how entrepreneurs and governments can work together to make lasting change in their communities. He is the CEO of Telekom Kenya and served as the director for Kenya Vision 2030. He joins the show today to talk about why leaders in all industries should prioritize…

In 2020, Horst Schulze joined the crew on the global Faith Driven Entrepreneur to talk about the value of service in leadership and in business. Horst knows a thing or two about service. He’s spent over 30 years in the hospitality industry and co-founded The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company in 1983. He is an expert in creating wonderful employee and cust…

In this episode recorded for the Faith Driven Investor podcast, Tsitsi Masiyiwa asks the question: “How are we using the platform that God has given us to influence decision-makers and our communities to do good?” She talks about the value of catalytic capital—a patient, flexible, and risk-tolerant form of financing that sometimes accepts lower ret…

Marlon Parker started Rlabs in a borrowed computer lab with 14 former gang members. Now, the organization has equipped thousands of people with tech skills that lead to jobs and social transformation. Marlon joins the show to talk about the role innovation plays in empowering Africa’s next generation and how he aims to make hope contagious in all h…

In this episode recorded on the global Faith Driven Entrepreneur podcast, Bertie Lourens, CEO of WastePlan shares how their company is working to divert the vast majority of customers’ waste-stream from landfills and converting it into valuable, recyclable resources. They do this by employing hundreds of local workers, caring for their families, an…

As both an entrepreneur and an investor, Kola Aina has a unique perspective on Africa’s market. These days he spends most of his time building and investing in ecosystems that help communities flourish. He joins Henry and Ndidi to talk about the makings of a good deal and to inspire listeners with a vision for righteous capital.…

Faith should drive everything in a Christian’s life, including their business. Strive Masiyiwa joins Ndidi and Henry to talk about the value of cultivating a personal relationship with Christ through regular scripture reading, prayer, and fasting. He also explains how his faith has empowered him to operate in the world without fear and how other en…

In our first episode of Faith Driven Entrepreneur Africa podcast, Ndidi and Henry talk about their shared desire to tell compelling stories of leaders and innovators across the continent. They are joined by Reuben Coulter, Faith Driven Entrepreneur’s Director of International Strategy, to get insight into the global side of the movement and how Afr…

Your purpose of existence is not a particular Course of study!.It is not "Medicine and Surgery".It is not "Sociology and Anthropology".It is not "International Relations".Don't beat yourself up too much if you're not studying that particular course!.Your purpose of existence is an Aim or a Goal/Reason/Cause❗. Let that Cause drive you in any course …

There is a voice, singing dirges as our lives fade away. There is a noise, chanting horrific elegies as our hopes leak each day. There is a poise, of the illusory comfort the cold arms of mother-tomb portray.There is a death, that silently kills us till we have no strength enough to stay.

You 're a symphony. Of course,there'd always be someone prettier,or richer,or smarter,but there's something only you can do. Something no one else could do the way you would. Dare to be different.You are unique; you are special; you are valuable; You are customized for the purpose you're created for. If it's not you, it can't be another.…

The boy child suffers more emotionally. The boy child dies silently. It is high time we corrected this wrong stereotype our societies have set as a standard, One that kills our Men!.

Life is a deep question that needs to be answered accurately. However, The answers to this question are not always easy and lenient.

Sometimes, we need to be reminded of what we are capable of!.

If PERFECTION is a person, definitely, it is YOU!. Carry yourself with Pride!. Flaunt your body!. Build your ego!. Revive your self-esteem!.

Welcome to the 'Dear Depressed Series'!