Best Johannesburg Entrepreneurs Podcasts (2024)

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How Moniepoint Powers Millions of Businesses Across Nigeria 6:38

1M ago6:38

6:38

There are millions of Moniepoint point-of-sale terminals in use across Nigeria. These point-of-sale devices power Nigeria’s offline economy, and while there are many competitors in this space, Moniepoint appears to beating them all. How did they do it? How did Moniepoint grow so quickly? And why has it become the preferred choice for agents and mer…

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How Africa's Fastest Growing Company is Helping Retailers Grow 6:53

2M ago6:53

6:53

Small retailers in Nigeria power the economy. But they’re going through some tough times. Devaluation, food inflation, and overall poor economic conditions have made it especially hard for these small businesses to operate. To better understand how retail works, and how these small businesses can grow, we hit the streets of Lagos with Deepankar Rus…

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Education, Mentorship, and Building a True Brand with Kiara Stent 1:06:23

2M ago1:06:23

1:06:23

In this episode, we sit down with Kiara, the Digital Media Developer at ThinkStory and Founder of Coligro Network. Kiara shares her journey of acquiring a diverse skill set from a young age, discussing the significant milestones that have shaped her career. We explore the value of education, weighing the benefits of university against alternative l…

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An African Tech Exit - Selling Sendwave for $500 Million 9:47

4M ago9:47

9:47

One of the African tech ecosystem's largest exits was the 2020 sale of Sendwave to WorldRemit for $500 million. Sid Sridhar was Sendwave's Head of Business at the time, and in this episode, Sid shares his M&A lessons for the African tech ecosystem. Sid is now the Head of Business at Wave, the mobile money company spun out of Sendwave that's competi…

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Remote Leadership with Musa Zwane 1:32:58

4M ago1:32:58

1:32:58

In this episode, we sit down with Muse Zwane, the dynamic product manager at Barrows, a cutting-edge retail experience company. With his entrepreneurial spirit and wealth of expertise, Muse pulls back the curtain on what it takes to build and lead high-performing remote teams. He shares his philosophy on fostering a culture of efficiency, productiv…

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Tackling Africa’s $330 Billion Credit Gap 20:29

4M ago20:29

20:29

There is a $330 billion credit gap, according to the IFC. But why is it so hard to lend in African markets? We explore that question with Chijioke Dozie, Co-founder and CEO of Carbon, and Mark Straub, CEO of Smile Identity. This episode was recorded live from the FT Partners Fintech in Africa Summit in New York City. Download their FinTech in Afric…

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African Small Businesses Have Many Challenges. Can These Platforms Help? 7:54

4M ago7:54

7:54

In this episode, the third in our docuseries on jobtech platforms and the future of work, we dive deeper into the value chain, because the problems that small businesses have across the continent are multi-layered. In an environment of demand constraints and a lack of infrastructure, platforms need to solve multiple problems across the value chain.…

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Why Are Cross-Border Payments So Hard? 33:18

5M ago33:18

33:18

Benjamin Fernandes, the Founder and CEO of the remittance platform NALA, likes to say that payments are just 1% built in Africa. Why are cross-border payments so hard? In this episode, we're joined in conversation with Benjamin Fernandes and Dan Kleinbaum, a co-founder of Beyonic, which sold to Onafriq, and now the Founder of the FX platform GTXN. …

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Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney 43:26

5M ago43:26

43:26

In this episode, we're joined in a panel conversation with the CEOs of three of Nigeria's biggest digital banks: Moniepoint's Tosin Eniolorunda, Kuda's Babs Ogundeyi, and FairMoney's Laurin Hainy. This episode was recorded live from the FT Partners Fintech in Africa Summit in New York City. Download their FinTech in Africa research report, publishe…

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The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped 8:24

6M ago8:24

8:24

In our first episode of this series on jobtech platforms and the future of work, we argued that the future of work is a tech-enabled portfolio of work. But what does a portfolio of work really look like? And what happens next? We know we need to create more formal jobs in Africa, and we need to boost the productivity of the informal sector. But how…

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Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos 1:03:50

6M ago1:03:50

1:03:50

In January 2024, we hosted a live show in Lagos with The Subtext's Osarumen Osamuyi on the relationship between the tech ecosystem and the media. It was a follow-up to a 2020 episode we published entitled Much Ado About the Media. A lot of founders still feel the media is acting in bad faith amidst more accountable media coverage. In this episode, …

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Afrobeats, Basketball & Commerce 27:04

6M ago27:04

27:04

Live from the BIG Summit, a platform hosted by investor and 2x NBA All-Star Baron Davis, at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game, a conversation with three operators connecting Africa to the world through culture and commerce. In this conversation, we're joined by Clare Akamanzi, the CEO of NBA Africa, Abdul Karim Abdullah, the Founder and CEO of AfroFuture …

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What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa 11:14

7M ago11:14

11:14

The African continent has the highest levels of poverty, the lowest levels of formal employment, and its population is going to double in the next 30 years. African countries need to create more jobs. But what kinds of jobs? And how? What if I told you that the way governments and development organizations are trying to create jobs in Africa is all…

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Unlocking Gender-Smart Capital At Scale (2X Global's Jessica Espinoza) 37:54

7M ago37:54

37:54

Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. There is a huge gender funding gap. How do we close it? This episode is the last episode of a five-episode series on gender lens investing, co-hosted b…

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The Mastercard Foundation is Investing $150 Million into 20 Gender Lens Funds 46:42

7M ago46:42

46:42

Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. There is a huge gender funding gap. How do we close it? This episode is the fourth of a five-episode series on gender lens investing, co-hosted by Eloh…

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Investing in Women is an Economic Imperative (Tokunboh Ishmael, Andreata Muforo) 58:08

7M ago58:08

58:08

Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. There is a huge gender funding gap. How do we close it? This episode is the third of a five-episode series on gender lens investing, co-hosted by Eloho…

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This Angel Investor is Closing the Gender Funding Gap (Rising Tide Africa's Yemi Keri) 34:42

8M ago34:42

34:42

Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. There is a huge gender funding gap. How do we close it? This episode is the second of a five-episode series on gender lens investing, co-hosted by Eloh…

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Why is only 2% of funding going to female founders? 57:37

8M ago57:37

57:37

Despite research showing that female founders outperform their male peers, startups with a solo female founder or an all-female founding team raised a mere 2% of all the funding in Africa last year. There is a huge gender funding gap. How do we close it? This episode is the first of a five-episode series on gender lens investing, co-hosted by Eloho…

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In Conversation with Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede (Coronation Capital, Access Bank) 47:40

8M ago47:40

47:40

Today's guest is Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Chairman of Coronation Capital and former Group MD and CEO of Access Bank. Aigboje is one of the most successful and esteemed businesspeople on the continent. In 2002, he led the acquisition of Access Bank, which under his 11-year leadership grew into the largest bank in Nigeria and one of the largest in Afr…

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Norrsken22: Investing $205 Million into African Startups 43:11

9M ago43:11

43:11

Today's guests are Natalie Kolbe, Ngetha Waithaka and Lexi Novitske - Partners of the $205 million growth fund Norrsken22. In this episode, we'll talk about investment strategy, valuations, perspectives for the ecosystem, exits, and much more. 00:00 - Intro 00:48 - Norrsken22's $205m fundraise 09:36 - Investment strategy & process 12:43 - Investing…

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How to Pivot with Union54's Perseus Mlambo 41:21

10M ago41:21

41:21

Today's guest is Perseus Mlambo, Co-founder and CEO of Union54, the developers of the social commerce app ChitChat. The company started as Zazu, an agtech startup, which pivoted to Zazu the neobank. After issuing virtual cards for their users and seeing the demand other fintechs had for virtual cards, they pivoted to Union54 the card issuing API, w…

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MTN Nigeria's Adia Sowho: Sharing Is A Must 47:26

10M ago47:26

47:26

Today's guest is Adia Sowho, one of the most experienced and thoughtful operators in the African tech ecosystem. After starting her career in consulting and telecommunications, Adia led growth at the digital credit startup Migo, before leading the turnaround as Interim CEO of the embattled agriculture finance company Thrive Agric. In this episode, …

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Ham Serunjogi: How Chipper Cash is Surviving the Slowdown 48:11

11M ago48:11

48:11

Today's guest is Ham Serunjogi, the Co-founder and CEO of Chipper Cash. In 2021, Chipper raised $150 million Series C extension, valuing the startup at $2 billion, but has since cut its valuation, reportedly by 70 percent, has engaged in three rounds of layoffs, reducing its headcount by nearly 175 from its peak of 450, and has drastically pulled b…

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Making Borders Matter Less with Onafriq's Dare Okoudjou 42:09

11M ago42:09

42:09

Today's guest is Dare Okoudjou, the Founder and CEO of MFS Africa, which this week has rebranded to Onafriq. The new name represents a new chapter in the company, which is a very different looking company than when we first had Dare on the show back in 2020, after their acquisition of Beyonic. Since then, they've also acquired the card issuer, GTP …

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Investing in African Talent with YC's Michael Seibel & Microtraction's Kwamena Afful 37:12

12M ago37:12

37:12

Today's guests are Michael Seibel, the Managing Director of Y Combinator, and Kwamena Afful, a Founding Partner of Microtraction. Michael has been an avid supporter of the African tech ecosystem. Since his first trip to Lagos in 2016, and since Paystack joined YC's winter batch earlier that year, the number of African startups that have participate…

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Building a $1B Fintech in South Africa with Stitch CEO Kiaan Pillay 47:32

12M ago47:32

47:32

Today's guest is Kiaan Pillay, the Co-founder and CEO of Stitch. My conversation with Kiaan comes on the heels of their recent fundraising announcement, a $25 million Series A extension led by the global fintech fund Ribbit Capital, which brings their total funding raised up over $50 million since the launch of the company in 2019. In this episode,…

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Olugbenga 'GB' Agboola: Hard-Earned Lessons Building Flutterwave 41:12

1y ago41:12

41:12

Today's guest is Olugbenga Agboola, better known as the one and only GB - the Co-founder and CEO of Flutterwave. It's been a trying last year or so for Flutterwave with issues of fraud, allegations of impropriety inside the company, regulatory hurdles, and the general challenges of scaling a fintech in a tough operating environment. Yet through it …

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Being True to Yourself with Beach Body 1:16:29

1y ago1:16:29

1:16:29

On this episode of The State of Creation we were lucky enough to chat with Beach Body. Beach is a creative strategist, director, writer, voiceover artist, presenter and a master of all things creative. We get into the nitty-gritty of personal branding, reminding you it's okay to be yourself - actually, it's more than okay, it's essential. We talk a…

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Kicking Things Off with Kiara & Amy 49:28

1y ago49:28

49:28

Introducing The State of Creation podcast. In our first episode. It's just us - Matt, Kiara, and Amy - chatting all things creative. We dive head-first into the world of AI, discussing how it's shaking up the creative scene. We're giving you a behind-the-scenes look at our new ThinkStory website. We've put in a lot of late nights on this project, a…

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The Future of Work Won't Look Like a Job 44:07

1+ y ago44:07

44:07

The future of work in the African context is going to be a lot of different things. It mimics the nature of work itself for many individuals on the continent. They're taking this portfolio approach to work. Even in more "developed markets" we're seeing work become less formal and more flexible, as work becomes unbundled from employment. And this ev…

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The Role of Big Tech in the Future of Work 15:44

1+ y ago15:44

15:44

There is a perception that there's a tech talent shortage in the African tech ecosystem, and that it's hard to find high-quality local talent. There has been lot of conversation around the impact and role of Big Tech in the equation, which many felt were also culprits in driving up the price of talent in local marketplaces. In an environment of tal…

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Stablecoins: Africa's Killer Crypto App 1:05:41

1+ y ago1:05:41

1:05:41

We're dropping one more episode of our new show, crypto@scale, on The Flip's feed today. In this episode, we interview our first guests on what might be Africa's killer crypto app, stablecoins. According to data from Coinmetrics, cumulative Stablecoin volumes are at a $9 trillion annualized run rate, exceeding the volumes of all major card networks…

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Introducing crypto@scale 31:36

1+ y ago31:36

31:36

We interrupt this season on the future of work to drop a special episode today in The Flip’s feed. Introducing crypto@scale, a new show from The Flip, co-hosted by MFS Africa's Head of Crypto, Gwera Kiwana, and The Flip's Justin Norman. crypto@scale is a pragmatic and hopefully hype-free exploration of the crypto ecosystem across the African contin…

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The Future of Work is Standardization 31:31

1+ y ago31:31

31:31

Where there is fragmentation, informality, and a dearth of infrastructure, there are questions about what the path to formality and standardization will look like. One intriguing answer to that question is conversion franchising, where existing stores are converted into a franchise. In the future of work context, are microenterprises, their owners,…

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The Future of Work is Vertical Platforms 26:31

1+ y ago26:31

26:31

African markets are largely informal. So while our examination of workforce and training programs in the fast few episodes focused on formal and salaried jobs, we know that most Africans aren't going to get these types of jobs. So, our exploration of the future of work needs to span much further than that. Where there are no formal jobs, what does …

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The Future of Work Needs Training 24:49

1+ y ago24:49

24:49

Throughout this season, we've heard about this disconnect between supply and demand in the labor marketplace. It's often a skills and training issue. Even where there are jobs, there's still this disconnect between demand and supply. But what are we training people for when there are few jobs or income-generating opportunities? In the past few epis…

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The Future of Work is Matching 22:31

1+ y ago22:31

22:31

How do we tie interventions - whether traditional education or boot camps or training programs - to job outcomes? As we'll explore in this episode, it requires a demand-led approach and starts with employers. In this episode, we're going to focus on the platforms doing the matching - those that are explicitly working to better connect supply and de…

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Building Africa's Outsourcing Industry - A Case Study 18:23

1+ y ago18:23

18:23

What's particularly exciting about remote work is that it's not constrained by the demand from the local market. The jobs can come from anywhere in the world. But it leaves us with a big question: why are global employers looking to hire African talent? And how can African markets take advantage of the opportunity and capture more of these jobs for…

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The Future of Work is Remote 33:39

1+ y ago33:39

33:39

We know that local economies are not going to create enough jobs or income-generating opportunities for such a rapidly growing African population. But at the same time, for countries in the global north whose working-age population is shrinking, where's the labor going to come from? The solution to both of these problems might be the same: remote w…

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The Future of Work is Local Jobs - A Case Study 13:52

1+ y ago13:52

13:52

In the first episode of this season, we argued that the future of work is a traditional development playbook. Considering the nature of most African markets today - informal, fragmented, subscale - and considering the fact that most employment comes from the agriculture sector, the traditional development playbook says that development starts by in…

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The Future of Work Starts with Farming 31:47

1+ y ago31:47

31:47

How are jobs created? While throughout the season we're going to be looking at that question primarily through a technology and innovation lens, in this episode we're going to start by exploring this jobs question through a more traditional development and economics lens. Because as we'll see, though the future of work might be remote work or the c…

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Introducing The Flip Season Four: The Future of Work 2:59

1+ y ago2:59

2:59

Introducing The Flip Season Four. African countries will be adding more people to the workforce in the next 10 years than the rest of the world combined. Where are the income-generating opportunities going to come from? All this season, we're exploring the future of work. Thanks to MFS Africa for their sponsorship of the entirety of Season 4 of The…

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The Year of Fears: The 7 Most Important Lessons I Learned That Will Save You Time and Money by Lynda Sunshine West 1:03:53

2y ago1:03:53

1:03:53

Fearless Female author Lynda Sunshine West Lynda West grew up in a volatile environment that was physically and verbally abusive. It was alcoholic household and she ended up marrying someone just like her dad. As a result Lynda’s voice was stifled. It left her feeling suppressed, ignored and judged and so it literally shut her down.At the age of 51…

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Writers Corner: Jennifer Anne Gordon with Pretty/Ugly 31:52

2y ago31:52

31:52

In addition to wearing many other hats, Jennifer Anne Gordon is a multi award winning dark fiction/horror author. Her book Beautiful, Frightening and Silent won the Kindle Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020. Her featured book in this interview, Pretty/Ugly, won the Helicon Award for Best Horror 2022. From Daylight to Madness (The Hotel book 1)…

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Did Power Outages (Loadshedding) cause the Water Crisis in Johannesburg and Gauteng in South Africa? 34:46

2y ago34:46

34:46

Water Hour with the South African Water Chamber - A CONDENSED VERSION About the Show South Africa's economic hub in Gauteng is experiencing an unprecedented water crisis with dire results to residents and businesses. A perfect storm along with the energy crisis. This episode digs deep into the cause of the current water crisis and breaks it down. W…

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What is really behind the Water Crisis in Gauteng and elsewhere in South Africa? 56:59

2y ago56:59

56:59

Water Hour with the South African Water Chamber About the Show South Africa's economic hub in Gauteng is experiencing an unprecedented water crisis with dire results to residents and businesses. A perfect storm along with the energy crisis. This episode digs deep into the cause of the current water crisis and breaks it down. We have the technical s…

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Whitnie Wiley with The Fearless Entrepreneur 1:02:46

2y ago1:02:46

1:02:46

Shifting into Action with Whitnie Wiley, a Fearless Entrepreneur Whitnie Wiley is an organizational, leadership and employee development Strategist, Board Director, Women's Corporate Board Readiness Program Mentor, eight times Bestselling Author, Podcaster and Speaker. She helps career women plan their Great Resignation through strategy, coaching &…

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The Fearless Entrepreneurs with Marilen Crump 48:09

2y ago48:09

48:09

Marilen Crump author of The Fearless Entrepreneurs: Chapter 17: Where Are You on Your Journey? Marilen Crump is a sought-after Business Development Coach and Marketing Strategist. She is the Founder of ARTINSPIRED, a GLOBAL Brand serving people in multiple countries like UK, Canada, Australia, and Singapore. She recently launched the Phenomenal Fem…

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Invisible No More Invincible Forever More with Nancy Lockhart 49:13

2y ago49:13

49:13

Do you Feel Invisible? Invisible No More Invincible Forever More with Nancy Lockhart Nancy leverages her 20 years of experience creating iconic health care brands such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, Kaiser Permanente, Medtronic and Herbalife with law of attraction life coaching to provide woman business owners access to Fortune 100 brand and marketing …

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Dr Christine Sauer in Invisible No More Invincible Forever More 44:32

2y ago44:32

44:32

Finding Light at the End of the Tunnel with Dr Christine Sauer in Invisible No More Invincible Forever More Dr Christine Sauer is a contributing author in the anthology by Lynda Sunshine West called Invisible No More Invincible Forever More and her chapter is called “Finding the Light at the end of the tunnel”. Dr. Christine is a retired, German-tr…

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