Best Founders Factory Africa Pty Limited Podcasts (2024)

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MENA Region Vibe Check + Lessons from Startup Tunisia 42:50

1M ago42:50

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🎙️ This month's episode takes us to Tunisia, speaking to Mariem Sellami, a founder and former program manager at Startup Tunisia to understand what it’s like running a venture in Tunisia. 🇹🇳 Like most nascent tech ecosystems, the government plays an important role in the Tunisian ecosystem, with legal frameworks like the Startup Act—passed in 2019—…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP11: New Financing Models to Better Support the African Startup Ecosystem 59:42

2M ago59:42

59:42

🎙️ In this live podcast episode, recorded in front of an audience at the Founders Factory Africa offices in Johannesburg, an engaging panel discussion featuring our CEO, Bongani Sithole, alongside Meïssa Gueye, International Finance Corporation, Nicola Galombik, Executive Director, Yellowwoods Group, touch base on the African tech ecosystem, sharin…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep14: Charting a Path for Meaningful Impact 31:08

3M ago31:08

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🌍 Creating impact in the African tech ecosystem takes many stakeholders, and while venture dollars might grab the biggest headlines, foundation and impact partners also play a crucial role. You might even argue—correctly—that these impact partners have influenced traditional VC players and shaped how they think about investing on the continent. 🚀 T…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP10: Driving Auto Retail Forward With Carbin Africa 44:09

3M ago44:09

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🎙️ CEO of Carbin Africa, Femi Oriowo, and Co-founder Fawaz Abdul go bar-for-bar with Andile Masuku (Head of Community, FFA) and Amara Muoneke (Venture Design Lead, FFA) in this podcast episode, uncovering how Carbin Africa is changing the game in the auto retail space throughout Africa and joining the Founders Factory Africa Gen F initiative workin…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep13: Brain Skills and Mental Health for Founders 30:07

4M ago30:07

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📍 The end of the year's first quarter is typically a time for companies—and their founders—to take stock of what has been accomplished so far. So for public companies, we huddle over investor calls and try to understand performance. For private companies, we hope and pray a media publication somehow finds their numbers and shares them with us. 🎯 Fo…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep12: Choosing The Right Funding in 2024 1:08:46

4M ago1:08:46

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💡 Join our host, Loraine Achar, featuring esteemed panelists Bruce Nsereko-Lule (General Partner, Seedstars Africa Ventures), June Odongo (Founder & CEO, Senga Technologies), Jason Musyoka (Chief Financial Officer, Rology), as they go bar-for-bar on the topic of discussion, “The Good and Bad of Funding - Choosing the Right Capital in 2024.” 💸 📍 Cho…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP9: Coming Home to Roost with Pullus Africa 51:11

4M ago51:11

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP9: Coming home to roost with Pullus Africa 🎙️ In this episode, Opeoluwa Fayomi, co-founder and CEO of Pullus Africa, shares her founder origin story from making extra cash doing graphic design while studying Engineering Physics in the hope of working at the National Aeronautical Space Agency to building a tech solution for …

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep11: Balancing Funding Pressure with Solving Customer Pain Points 39:56

5M ago39:56

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🎙️ In this episode, we talk about how founders can focus on solving real problems instead of building ventures that prioritise fundraising first and solving user pain points second. With fundraising harder and founders finding themselves in a pinch, the macro seems to be exerting overt influence on how founders position and build their businesses. …

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP8: Exploring the Intersection of Events with Tech Ecosystem Momentum 34:15

5M ago34:15

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP8: Exploring the Intersection of Events with Tech Ecosystem Momentum In this episode, Kadi Diallo, Portfolio Manager for the Africa Tech Festival, talks to our Head of Community, Andile Masuku, about the importance of events as a driver of tech ecosystem momentum. Kadi unveils the secrets to organising communities through c…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep10: Lessons from the African Early Stage Investor Summit 2023 1:11:30

6M ago1:11:30

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🇿🇦 This month's podcast was recorded at the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2023 (AESIS 2023), held in Cape Town between 30 November and 2 December 2023. Featuring sector heavyweights Aly El Shalakany (Advisory Board Member, AESIS), Eleni Gabre-Madhin (Chief Innovation Officer, UNDP Africa), Tracy Kimathi (Founder, BARIDI), Ben White (Director a…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP7: Hacking Africa's Startup Ecosytem 38:39

6M ago38:39

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP7: Hacking Africa's Startup Ecosystem Abderrahmane Chaoui, Chief Exploration Officer at Sendemo, lets us into his world of journalism, network building, and reporting on the African tech ecosystem. Sendemo is a research-based consultancy for African startup ecosystems, offering services like ecosystem assessment, market res…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep9: Zambia ecosystem insights + Lessons from Cellulant 32:44

6M ago32:44

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🎙️ In this month’s podcast, the final one for the year 2023, we talk about how iteration leads to success and also touch on the Zambian tech ecosystem. Gilbert Lungu, the Country Manager for Cellulant, one of Africa’s “OG” fintech startups that has raised $55 million to date. Lungu has the chops to help us understand the Zambian tech ecosystem, hav…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP6: Navigating Technical Debt In Early-Stage Startups - Product Validation 29:13

7M ago29:13

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP6: Navigating Technical Debt in Early Startups: Product Validation In this final episode of a two-part series on the Not So Secret Sauce Podcast, Kevin Odongo, Senior Software Architect at Founders Factory Africa, and Fabian Elliot, Africa Startup and Venture Capital Business Development Manager at Google Cloud for Startups…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep8: Investing within Francophone Africa’s tech ecosystem 43:00

8M ago43:00

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep8: Investing in Francophone Africa’s tech ecosystem 🎙️ In this month’s episode of the African Pre-seed Podcast, Lorraine Achar speaks to Benoit Delestre, Managing Partner at Saviu Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage startups in Francophone Africa. Yep, you read that right… Francophone Africa, a…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep7: Is Fintech the one true ecosystem vertical? 57:24

8M ago57:24

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep7: Is Fintech the one true ecosystem vertical? On the 2nd of November, the African Pre-seed podcast partnered with the Africa FinTech Summit in Lusaka, Zambia, to host the first-ever edition of APS Live, where our host, Hope Ditlhakanyane had three amazing guests on the couch in front of a live audience to discuss whet…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP5: Navigating Technical Debt In Early-Stage Startups - Speed vs. Quality 43:08

8M ago43:08

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP5: Navigating Technical Debt in Early Startups: Speed vs. Quality In this first episode of a two-part series on the Not So Secret Sauce Podcast, Kevin Odongo, Senior Software Architect at Founders Factory Africa, and Fabian Elliot, Africa Startup and Venture Capital Business Development Manager at Google Cloud for Startups,…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep6: Passionate Dissent from Ada Ventures with Ebele Okobi 44:51

9M ago44:51

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep6: Passionate Dissent from Ada Ventures with Ebele Okobi In this exciting podcast episode, Ebele Okobi, Venture Partner at Ada Ventures, shares their journey into the tech ecosystem and their insights on leadership, diversity, and more. As someone with many hats, Ebele speaks about the decisions that founders make that…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP4: Curating Network Effects To Mobilise Communities 59:42

9M ago59:42

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP4: Curating network effects to mobilise communities This episode features Tayo Akinyemi, host and producer of The Trajectory Africa, a “pop-up” podcast that explores the pathways of venture capital and how startups form in Africa, and Ammin Youssouf, co-founder of The Colors and, critically, Afrobytes, a connection point be…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep5: Uganda Vibecheck + Lessons from Roke Telkom with Peter Muhumuza 20:40

9M ago20:40

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This months #APSVibecheck Podcast episode features Peter Muhumuza, CTO of Ugandan telecommunications company, Roke Telkom. In Uganda, home-grown Roke Telkom is one of the first tier three carrier-neutral data center at the forefront of cloud computing revolution, helping businesses to leverage the full potential of telecommunications backed by clou…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP3: Unlocking The Power of Community Building Practice 47:26

9M ago47:26

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP3: Unlocking The Power of Community Building Practice Andile Masuku, Head of Community at Founders Factory Africa hosts this episode of the community practice focused episode featuring Karl Nchite, Co-founder and CEO at CatalyzU, a fellowship created to ignite collaboration between Africa's next generation of venture capita…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep4: Algeria Fintech VibeCheck + Lessons from temtem One with Kamel Haddar 10:15

10M ago10:15

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🇩🇿 This months #APSVibecheck Podcast episode features Kamel Haddar, CEO and Founder of temtem ONE, the 1st digital gift card solution for B2C and B2B in Algeria – a wide and curated offer of products and services for Diaspora and Businesses alongside a fintech offer of digital payment through QR codes and cashback programs. That's it for now. See y…

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP2: SAFEs Evolution in African Early-Stage Venture Funding 37:47

10M ago37:47

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP2 - SAFEs Evolution in African Early-Stage Venture Funding Adam Wakefield, Managing Editor at Founders Factory Africa hosts this SAFEs (Simple Agreement for Future equity) focused episode featuring Founders Factory Africa's Head of Legal, Lumi Mustapha and Deputy Head of Legal, Thando Sibanda. The African tech ecosystem is …

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep3: GITEX AFRICA Morocco Vibecheck 43:38

11M ago43:38

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This month's special #APSVibecheck Podcast episode features live conversations from the GITEX AFRICA Morocco tech startup showcase, which shone a spotlight on the collective technological progress of Morocco, the Middle East and the Africa as a whole. We caught up with Co-founder and CEO of Impact Lab Africa, Salma Kabbaj, Africa Editor at Rest of …

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP1 - Impact Investing: Driving Commercial Sustainability 59:17

11M ago59:17

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Not So Secret Sauce S2 EP1 - Impact Investing: Driving Commercial Sustainability Andile Masuku, Head of Community at Founders Factory Africa, hosts this commercial sustainability-focused episode featuring Founders Factory Africa's Chief Financial Officer, Thabiso Foto, Director of Impact at Upaya Social Ventures, Shruti Goel, and Impact Measurement…

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African Pre-seed Podcast S2 Ep2: Egypt Healthtech VibeCheck 9:55

12M ago9:55

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This month's #APSVibecheck Podcast episode features Ahmed Kadous, the co-founder and CEO of Pharmacy Marts, a healthtech startup based in Egypt. While healthcare is a critical need across the continent, it can sometimes feel like healthtech doesn’t get much attention compared to fintech, e-commerce or energytech. This conversation with Kadous is fi…

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP8 - Identifying and Optimising Talent in the African Tech Ecosystem 41:03

1y ago41:03

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP8 - Identifying and optimising talent in the African tech ecosystem Sam Sturm, Chief Portfolio Officer and Co-founder at Founders Factory Africa, hosts this episode featuring Founders Factory Africa's Talent Acquisition Lead, Ololade Odunsi and Karen Adie, Founder and CEO of agritech company, Isidore. They take a dive deep …

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African Preseed Podcast S2 Ep1: The Silicon Valley Mindset 28:21

1y ago28:21

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In this first episode of season two of the African Preseed podcast, Maria Pienaar, an operating partner at Unicorn Growth Capital, offers a new perspective on thinking about failure, innovation, and the societal differences that can affect founders' thinking and offers practical steps for changing one's mindset. “Failure is not seen as a disaster b…

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African Pre-Seed #SpecialEpisode: Egypt Vibe Check + Lessons from VCs and Founders 27:12

1y ago27:12

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In this special edition #APSVibecheck episode, the African Pre-seed podcast travels to Cairo, where we speak to five players in the Egyptian tech ecosystem about what is happening on the ground in Cairo and the broader tech environment. These players are Karima El Hakim, Country Director Egypt, Plug and Play Tech Centre; Diego Garcia, Investor Afri…

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP7 - Success Factors for Commercial Partnerships 44:22

1y ago44:22

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Secret Sauce S1 EP7 - Success factors for commercial partnerships The emergence of Fintech has disrupted legacy systems and is a key driver of digital transformation within the financial sector. Over the past decade, Africa’s financial sector has witnessed rapid growth in the size and number of fintechs and payment service providers playing in the …

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP6 - Using Organic Growth Channels to Gain Your First 10-1000 Customers 19:15

1y ago19:15

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Secret Sauce S1 EP6 - How to use organic growth channels to land your first 10-1000 customers Founders Factory Africa's Growth Marketer, Kate Victory-Edema (née Ovwighose), has created an Organic Growth Playbook to help founders and startups land their first 10 to 1000 customers— in the Africa-relevant, entrepreneurial context of limited time, capi…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Bonus Episode: Agritech VibeCheck + Lessons from Nneile Nkholise 25:34

1y ago25:34

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Lesotho-born Medtech entrepreneur and CEO of Thola, Nneile Nkholise, joins us on this Agritech-themed #APSVibecheck instalment of the African Pre-seed Podcast. Thola is accelerating auditing and global export compliance certification for farmers and their products for climate sustainability and quality standards through a mass decentralised 'Certif…

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African Pre-seed Podcast #12: Measuring success in the African B2B e-commerce sector 29:01

1+ y ago29:01

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In this e-commerce-themed episode, Co-Founder and CEO of Omnibiz Africa, Deepankar Rustagi, shares his insights about measuring success in the African e-commerce space and the business models that are best positioned to succeed within the broad online market. 🤔 B2B e-commerce asks that you throw away vanity metrics Hi there, Olumuyiwa here again. Y…

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP5 - FFA Evolution Diaries 48:19

1+ y ago48:19

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Secret Sauce S1 EP5 - Evolution Diaries Featured guests on this fifth episode of the Secret Sauce Podcast are Founders Factory Africa's (FFA) Senior Leadership Team (SLT). They are Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Alina Truhina, Chief Financial Officer, Thabiso Foto, Chief Portfolio Officer and Co-Founder, Sam Sturm, CEO, Bongani Sithole, and…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #11: Fintech VibeCheck + Lessons from Bernard Laurendeau 17:02

1+ y ago17:02

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Ethiopian tech investor and CEO of Arifpay, Bernard Laurendeau, joins us on this fintech-themed #APSVibecheck instalment of the African Pre-seed Podcast. ArifPay is Ethiopias first universal mobile Point of Sales (mPOS), an electronic payment platform designed for use by merchants, banks, and consumers in Ethiopia that any business, merchant, or co…

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP4 - Shifting Narratives About Doing Business in Africa 50:30

1+ y ago50:30

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP4 - Shifting narratives about doing business in Africa Featured guests on this episode are Adelaide Njoki, Venture Sourcing Lead at Founders Factory Africa, who identifies and vets deal pipeline opportunities and Product Lead at Founders Factory Africa, Andy Obuoforibo, who helps the early-stage startups we invest in build …

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #09: Women-led Entrepreneurship in Africa with Desiree Joule-Adam 52:05

1+ y ago52:05

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Desiree is passionate about breaking boundaries and inspiring women founders to re-discover and write a new narrative for Africa. Her work is synonymous with advocating for innovation, emerging technologies, and start-up ecosystems that foster collaboration and sustainable relationships among women in the tech sector. In this episode, we look deepe…

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP3 - Behind the scenes of "Build To Thrive: The Alina Truhina Story" 57:10

1+ y ago57:10

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP3 - The Alina Truhina Story On this episode, our Community Catalyst, Andile Masuku, catches up with seasoned South African broadcast journalist Refiloe Mpakanyane for the scoop on her journalistic process of producing "Build To Thrive: The Alina Truhina Story," a three-part podcast series focused on the inspiring life story…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #10: The role of media coverage for the African VC and startup ecosystem 36:50

1+ y ago36:50

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Tomiwa Aladekomo leads the team at Big Cabal Media, which publishes the tech and youth publications, TechCabal and Zikoko. Big Cabal is building the next generation of African media brands and creating some of the continent's most interesting and exciting original content. What to look forward to in this episode: What’s your favorite African tech s…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #08: Africa's Mobile & Internet Revolution with Russell Southwood 30:54

1+ y ago30:54

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Russell is the author of a book recently published by the Manchester University Press titled Africa. 2.0: Inside a continent’s communications revolution. Russell’s book critically examines the impact these technologies have had on development practices and the role development actors have played in accelerating regulatory reform, fibre roll-out, an…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #07: Logistics Vibe Check + Lessons from Thumeza with Gugulethu Siso 14:45

1+ y ago14:45

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Tech entrepreneur, Gugulethu Siso, joins us on this logistics-themed #APSVibecheck instalment of the African Pre-seed Podcast. Gugulethu has co-founded two startups, namely Ninety Nine Investments, a B2B trolley management startup in Namibia, and Thumeza, a supply chain fintech startup in South Africa. Thumeza provides data-powered financing to the…

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP2 - Building Ventures From Scratch 43:12

1+ y ago43:12

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Not So Secret Sauce S1 EP 2 - Building Ventures from scratch Featured guests include Malanee Hutton, who recently snagged a role as Head of Venture Design at Founders Factory Africa, where she is identifying and forming new business opportunities across the FinTech, AgriTech and HealthTech verticals. Phakamani Mbatha, who transitioned from his Prod…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #06: Fintech Vibe Check + Lessons From Jumia with Duncan Muchangi 42:11

2y ago42:11

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Tech entrepreneur, operator and investor Duncan Muchangi joins us for this fintech-themed #APSVibeCheck instalment of the African Pre-seed Podcast. Duncan has operated, invested in, and advised various leading tech platforms that have scaled globally. Quite notably, he was part of the team at Jumia that helped set the company up for its much-public…

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No So Secret Sauce S1 EP1 - Corporate Animal to Startup Founder 53:08

2y ago53:08

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The Not So Secret Sauce Podcast features insightful exchanges between venture builders and innovation architects at the Founders Factory Africa Mothership and ecosystem innovators of all stripes. Founders Factory Africa Mothership alums, Nicole Dunn, Tarris Arnold, and Tripplo Founder and CEO Victor Chaitezvi distil knowledge and insights into what…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #05: How critical is cybersecurity for early-stage ventures? - with Ovamba Solutions & Cyber Alliance 44:06

2y ago44:06

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Viola Llewellyn, Kendrall Felder and Larry Yon talk about cybersecurity risks and unpack what early-stage fintech Founders on the continent need to be doing to build safe and robust digital infrastructure. What to look forward to in this episode: What does financial and cyber inclusion in Africa look like? [6:54] How early should tech founders inve…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #04: The Trajectory Africa Podcast Vibe Check with Tayo Akinyemi 19:18

2y ago19:18

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African Pre-Seed #04 - Vibe Check with Tayo Akinyemi The Trajectory Africa explores the trajectory or pathway of venture capital and startup formation in Africa. It aims to identify a destination for African tech and the signposts that signal the direction of travel. The series came in the wake of Tayo co-publishing a report called Chasing Outliers…

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African Pre-Seed Podcast Episode #03 Part 1: Can healthtech startups cover the gaps in Africa’s healthcare systems? 26:11

2y ago26:11

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Joining co-hosts Hope and Rajiv for this pertinent two-part healthtech-themed edition of The African Pre-seed Podcast is the Co-founder and CEO of Nigerian HealthTech startup Reliance Health, Femi Kuti. Reliance Health's recent $40 million in Series B funding (the largest of its kind in Africa's healthtech scene) underscored a growing investor appe…

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #02: Lagos Vibe Check with Adegoke Oyeniyi 14:27

2y ago14:27

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Adegoke Oyeniyi lets us in on what the streets of Lagos are saying about #Fluttergate and toxic workplaces in Nigeria, the rise of Web 3.0, and MTN’s mobile money moves. Also, do listen in to hear if Adegoke has plans to ‘japa’ (leave Nigeria for greener pastures) and whether he thinks there are any good reasons for Founders building in Nigeria to …

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African Pre-seed Podcast Episode #01: Why is agritech so hard, though? 23:28

2+ y ago23:28

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Welcome to the very first episode of the African Pre-seed Podcast! This show is for you if you are an Africa-focused founder or investor looking to learn more about Africa's tech ecosystem. To kick things off, we ask the question: "Why is agritech so hard, though?" Joining co-hosts Hope Ditlhakanyane and Rajiv Daya for this pertinent discussion is …

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