Host Ms. Maggie Mutesi speaks with Zindaba Hanzala, the co-founder of Mulimi and an award-winning agripreneur, and farmer about the organization she created for her grandmother. Mulimi provides financing, insurance, technical support, and market linkage to small-scale and emergent farmers across the Zambian agriculture value chain. During this insi…

Host Ms. Maggie Mutesi speaks with Moustapha Sow, the CEO of SF Capital, a philanthropist, and entrepreneur, about his professional journey and how he supports African youth. SF Capital is an Africa-focus investment banking entity based in Senegal. They provide comprehensive independent advisory services including Corporate and Project Finance, M&A…

Host Ms. Maggie Mutesi speaks with Fatoumata Diarrassouba, a strategic consultant, and the CEO and Co-Founder of Afrik’Energy Connect. The mission of Afrik’Energy Connect is to increase energy access and its productive uses in rural and urban areas of West Africa by providing affordable, climate-smart technologies to communities not connected to th…

Host Ms. Maggie Mutesi speaks with Mélanie Keïta, the co-founder and CEO of Melanin Kapital. Melanin Kapital aims to be the next Goldman Sachs but one that completely focuses on investment in Africa by digitizing the investment banking industry, starting with fundraising, investments, and wealth management to encourage African investors to invest i…

Host Ms. Maggie Mutesi speaks with the CEO and founder of JooL International Joseph-Olivier Biley from Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. JooL International is a robotics company that uses drones to assist agricultural farmers with making the most of the digital revolution. In five years, Joseph-Olivier has created a start-up that is now valued at more th…

Host Ms. Maggie Mutesi speaks with the CEO and founder of Gashora Farm PLC, Dieudonné Diego Twahirwa from Kigali, Rwanda. Dieudonné is an agronomist, agropreneur, and visionary, who in the face of a highly-competitive landscape, created new and innovative products with his base crop, chili. In less than 10 years, he has transformed his small busine…

Host Fifi Peters speaks with award-winning entrepreneur, business strategist, and CEO of JA Venture Capital, John Armah (Ghana). John is an expert in entrepreneurial ventures and is currently seeking out new markets for Ghanian companies in the U.S. and Latin America. He shares his knowledge and experience with young entrepreneurs by serving on the…

Host Fifi Peters speaks with the CEO of Publiseer, Chidi Nwaogu (Nigeria). Publiseer is a tech resource that helps thousands of Africans earn a living from their creative works. Chidi is also the tech guru behind the startups, Savvy and LAGbook. During this insightful discussion, Chidi describes why his mother was determined to have her sons learn …

In our debut episode, I talk with Dorcas Owinoh, Director of LakeHub (Kenya), and Mara Michelo, founder and CEO of Jacaranda Hub (Zambia)—two dynamic female entrepreneurs making an impact. Dorcas and Mara share how their upbringings equipped them to be self-starters. They unpack hard-earned entrepreneurial wisdom on the power of collaboration, lear…

The OYA podcast aims at strengthening the entrepreneurial mindset to enable young entrepreneurs identify and make the most of opportunities, overcome and learn from setbacks, and succeed in a variety of settings by listening to inspiring journeys of successful young African entrepreneurs.By OYA