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Title: Iyin Aboyeji: The Challenges are Always The Opportunities

Artist: Michael Redd 

Iyin Aboyeji, named one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine, and co-founder of Andela, Flutterwave, and Future Africa, joins Michael on the podcast today.

“The challenges are always and forever the opportunities.” - Iyin Aboyeji

They discussed Iyin’s decision to commit his talents and career to the future of Africa instead of Silicon Valley, honing his professional goals, his incredible startup success, building the first “unicorn” company on the African continent, and his childhood growing up as a Pastor’s kid.

Iyin is a man of true and deep faith, and one who is extremely accomplished in business. His transformative vision for the future of Africa is incredibly inspiring and completely practical. This is a special episode of the podcast.

In this episode Michael and Iyin Aboyeji talked about:

• What betting on yourself means to him
• His original desire to be accepted by Silicon Valley
• His ultimate commitment to Africa
• Thinking about the challenges in Africa
• His incredible success in multiple startups
• What it’s like growing up as a Pastor’s kid
• Lessons learned from his mother and father
• His vision for the future of Africa
• Building the first “unicorn” company in Africa
• The aggregation of capital and the allocation of capital
• The advice he’d give his sixteen-year-old self

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Resources:

• Iyin Aboyeji on Twitter
• Michael Redd on Instagram