Recent Episodes
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#79: Cellulant - How the FinTech payments platform is providing financial services across Africa
Jan 31, 2025 – 01:45:14 -
#78: MNT-Halan - How the lending platform is providing financial services across Egypt and other developing markets
Dec 23, 2024 – 02:06:05 -
#77: PiggyVest - How the savings and investment platform is providing financial services across Nigeria
Nov 18, 2024 – 02:24:47 -
#76: IHS Towers - How the telecom infrastructure company is building and managing towers across Africa and beyond
May 15, 2024 – 01:42:25 -
#75: eTranzact - How Nigeria's pioneering payments and switching platform is serving businesses and governments across Africa
Feb 16, 2024 – 01:48:53 -
#74: Moove - How the mobility fintech is providing vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs across Africa and the rest of the world
Jan 23, 2024 – 02:43:04 -
#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 31, 2023 – 01:55:51 -
#72: Nomba (Kudi) - How the Nigerian FinTech is providing Point-of-Sale, agency banking and payment solutions to merchants across Africa
Dec 11, 2023 – 01:36:25 -
#71: TymeBank - How the South African Neobank is integrating digital and physical experiences to provide holistic financial services across emerging markets
Nov 13, 2023 – 02:30:55 -
#70: Carbon - How the credit-led neobank is providing loans, BNPL and financial services across Nigeria and Africa
Oct 19, 2023 – 02:37:53 -
#69: FairMoney - How the credit-led neobank is providing consumer loans and financial services across Nigeria, India and other developing markets
Oct 6, 2023 – 02:18:07 -
#68: Branch - From Kiva to providing consumer loans and FinTech services across Africa and other developing markets
Sep 14, 2023 – 02:47:46 -
#67: Sabi - How the B2B retail platform is providing business services to informal SMB retailers, distributors, suppliers and manufacturers in Nigeria and Africa
Jul 27, 2023 – 02:18:24 -
#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 1, 2023 – 01:59:39 -
#65: Wasoko (Sokowatch) - How the B2B retail platform is providing services and improving the supply chain for informal retailers across Kenya and Africa
Jun 16, 2023 – 01:55:55 -
#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 2, 2023 – 02:12:35 -
#63: Yoco - How the South African FinTech is scaling Point-of-Sale and other payment solutions to merchants across Africa
Apr 14, 2023 – 02:24:08 -
#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 11, 2023 – 01:46:14 -
#61: MFS Africa (Onafriq) - How the payments network hub is connecting telcos & financial institutions to increase interoperability across Africa and beyond
Feb 3, 2023 – 01:52:56 -
#60: M-Kopa - How the asset financing platform is providing access to consumer products across Kenya & Africa
Jan 19, 2023 – 01:52:45 -
#59: Africa Tech - 2023 & Beyond (Creator Roundtable #2)
Dec 18, 2022 – 02:27:53 -
#58: Reliance Health - How the HealthTech platform is providing insurance & health services across Nigeria & Africa
Nov 3, 2022 – 02:30:52 -
#57: African InsurTech - How consumer insurance platforms are providing insurance across Africa
Oct 26, 2022 – 02:06:57 -
#56: Thrive Agric - How the Agriculture platform evolved from crowdfunding to supporting smallholder farmers across Nigeria & Africa
Sep 30, 2022 – 01:49:12 -
#55: Apollo Agriculture - How the AgriTech platform is supporting smallholder farmers to scale across Kenya & Africa
Aug 28, 2022 – 02:00:21 -
#54: Swvl - How the bus mobility platform became one of the largest transportation companies in Africa
Jul 22, 2022 – 02:01:01 -
#53: Konga - How the Ecommerce platform initially grew and eventually reset across Nigeria
Jul 8, 2022 – 02:01:50 -
#52: OLX Africa - How the Classifieds platform initially grew and eventually shut down across Africa
Jun 14, 2022 – 01:49:32 -
#51: Jiji - How the Classifieds platform became the largest marketplace in West & East Africa
May 20, 2022 – 01:42:15 -
#50: Wave - From Sendwave remittances to disrupting Francophone Africa with mobile money & financial services
May 6, 2022 – 02:28:20 -
#49: Glo (Globacom) - How the private telecommunications company expanded across Nigeria & West Africa
Apr 15, 2022 – 01:55:49 -
#48: Telkom - How the former South African monopoly evolved to provide telecommunication services across Africa
Apr 1, 2022 – 01:43:39 -
#47: Vodacom - How the South African Telco became one of the largest telecommunications companies in Africa
Mar 18, 2022 – 01:44:22 -
#46: MAX (Metro Africa Xpress) - How the mobility tech platform is providing transportation & delivery services across Africa
Feb 6, 2022 – 02:22:43 -
#45: Gokada - How the mobility tech platform is providing delivery & transportation services across Nigeria
Jan 13, 2022 – 01:59:33 -
#44: Pathao - From Ride Sharing & Food Delivery to building the largest mobility platform in Bangladesh
Dec 17, 2021 – 02:51:03 -
#43: Africa Tech - 2022 & Beyond (Creator Roundtable #1)
Dec 4, 2021 – 02:34:23 -
#42: Andela - How the engineering hiring platform is connecting companies with software developers in Africa & emerging markets
Nov 22, 2021 – 02:09:35 -
#41: SafeBoda - How the Ugandan motorbike hailing platform is delivering mobility services across Africa
Nov 4, 2021 – 02:04:33 -
#40: Fawry - How the Egyptian payments platform became one of the largest Tech companies in Africa
Oct 17, 2021 – 01:50:58 -
#39: BIMA (Milvik) - How the HealthTech company is providing insurance & medical services across emerging markets
Oct 3, 2021 – 01:56:16 -
#38: 54gene - How the HealthTech platform is building diverse datasets to improve diagnostic and treatment outcomes across Africa
Sep 19, 2021 – 01:58:15 -
#37: mPharma - How the HealthTech supply chain platform is providing services to pharmacies & patients across Africa
Sep 5, 2021 – 02:01:46 -
#36: Helium Health - How the HealthTech infrastructure platform is supplying services to health care providers across Africa
Aug 22, 2021 – 01:40:17 -
#35: MultiChoice - How the South African Pay TV pioneer became the largest entertainment provider across Africa
Aug 15, 2021 – 01:30:37 -
#34: Kuda Bank - How Nigeria’s most popular Neobank is scaling to offer financial services to “every African on the planet”
Jul 25, 2021 – 02:41:49 -
#33: Chipper Cash - How the FinTech platform started from African remittances to become the fastest unicorn in Africa Tech history
Jul 11, 2021 – 02:14:54 -
#32: African FinTech lending - How consumer loan platforms are providing credit across Africa
Jun 28, 2021 – 01:49:14 -
#31: African Sports betting & gambling tech - The rise & expansion of betting services across Africa
Jun 14, 2021 – 01:22:30 -
#30: Paga - How one of Nigeria’s earliest FinTech companies is providing financial services across emerging markets
May 31, 2021 – 01:15:11
Recent Reviews
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jakamokoAwesome coverage of the African (& Global South) Tech and Innovation LandscapeSome fantastic work you're doing Olumide and Bankole. I've listened to some of your shows multiple times. The depth of research, coverage of themes and interetation of playout scenarios and impact vectors for each product is exceptional! Keep it up guys🤛🏾
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ZueyExcellent PodcastDeep dives on African TMT names; good for context.
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BahaPrinceLove from The BahamasI’m so happy I came across this podcast. I’ve been enjoying it. I’ve been experiencing this strong desire to learn more about the African continent and visit. Being a part of the diaspora, this podcast has provided great insight on the current and future development in the African tech space.
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DeezealSolid & digestible content!Really like the perspective the hosts being to the conversation. I feel like I’m taking a crash course on Tech in Africa
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MochievousLove the perspective!The hosts bring a perspective that you don’t find on tech in Africa. Planned to listen to one episode but ended up binging on (I’m almost ashamed to say how many lol). Excited to see how this podcast evolves
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Shruthi - Food Systems ExpertUnique Perspective on Africa Tech & Business!Bankole and Olumide present highly interesting, bite-sized, thoughtful perspectives on various aspects of African technology and business. Their views on growth and opportunities for investors are unparalleled - not to mention, these guys are entertaining and share a great rapport. So you never realize how time passes. Great job, you two!!
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DamisolaAA favoriteHonestly one of my favorite podcasts. For a self proclaimed tech skeptic, I appreciate the fact that the presenters do not simply praise tech innovation in Africa but adequately critique business models & even the technology itself. Highly recommended.
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BodwiserTop quality contentSuch well researched analysis of the African tech scene. I find myself taking notes every time I listen.
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DavidTechA bridge to AfricaAs an African in the diaspora, this is a really good source of info on African tech. Well researched and informative
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Afrophile.Fresh!I listen to this podcast to learn new ideas about African tech or to update my current ones. It’s well-researched and goes beyond first-order thinking.
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HaksbondAMAZING!Such profound insights. Really haven’t enjoyed listening to an Africa-focused podcast like this in a while! Can’t wait to share with my colleagues and friends. 😃
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Frank OputehGood ListenGreat podcast! Gives a succinct and easily processable opinion on tech in Africa
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