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Labari Media PodcastPromoting Financial Inclusion in Nigeria with Babajide Duroshola, General Manager of M-KOPA NigeriaOn today's episode, we speak to Babajide Duroshola, general manager of M-KOPA Nigeria. Prior to M-KOPA, he was the Country Director at SafeBoda Nigeria, where he was responsible for the overall growth of the business.We spoke to Babajide about M-KOPA’s progress in advancing financial and digital inclusion in Nigeria, regulation and policies in Nigeria as a fintech, and how the company promotes its products and services to low-income households in the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-12-0824 min
OnPeopleOwnership Got Me This Far feat. Babájídé DurosholaIn our premiere episode, hosts Toun and Aniema sit down with Babajide Duroshola, a passionate leader dedicated to helping founders build long-lasting, technology-enabled companies across Africa. With a diverse background in tech, banking, and consulting, Babajide has built a career around scaling companies to success. As the General Manager of M-Kopa Nigeria, he brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to the discussion.Babajide shares his insights on critical topics such as ownership, optimizing for growth and value, and the importance of delayed gratification. He discusses how opportunities meet preparation, the power of transferrable skills...2024-08-0739 min
The Grinders TableLeading with influence: Babajide Duroshola (M-Kopa)In this episode, we dive deep into the life and experiences of Babajide Duroshola, a seasoned operator who helps African companies scale. Babajide offers invaluable insights into leadership and team building, learned from his time with reputable firms like Andela, SafeBoda and M-Kopa. He discusses the importance of shared understanding, learning from mistakes, and the pursuit of progress before perfection. This episode is packed with life lessons, personal experiences, and inspiring stories that are sure to enrich your perspective as you build your career and run your business.
Key Discussion Points:
- Babaji's journey in striking a...2023-07-0435 min
The African Startup Teardown PodcastM-Kopa: The Business That Serves The Underbanked [S2, Ep 3]In this episode, your favorite hosts, Yemi and Nnamdi, were joined by the General Manager, Nigeria of M-Kopa Babajide Duroshola.
Babajide talks about how M-Kopa helps the underbanked in 4 African countries access credit facilities with no collateral. He explained how the business operates, acquire customers, and the growth journey so far.
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Founders ConnectInterview with Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG)Babajide is an experienced professional whose mission is to help founders build long-lasting technology-enabled companies in Africa. His experience spans tech, banking, and consulting.
Babajide previously worked as a Community Manager with Andela, had stints in Access Bank and Phillips Consulting and is the ex-country manager of Safeboda. Currently, he is the GM (Nigeria) of M-kopa.
M-Kopa is an African connected asset financing platform that provides underbanked customers in Africa with essential products, including solar lighting, televisions, fridges, smartphones & financial services. M-Kopa was launched commercially in 2012 and is headquartered in Nairobi.
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The Nairametrics PodcastWhy SafeBoda left the Lagos ride-hailing business | Babajide Duroshola, Country ManagerBusiness Half Hour (BHH) is a weekly podcast targeted at Startups and Entrepreneurs, who are redefining the Nigerian business scene through innovation.2021-04-1931 min
Made In Nigeria Tech PodcastMINT 015: Taking it SlowHello guys! Welcome to the 15th episode of MINT Podcast.
In this episode, as the title implied, we are taking things slow for this episode. We had some technical issues delivering this week's episode but here we are. We gave a quick talk about the last couple of guests we had on the show, an exciting article on Distributed Learning in Africa by Babajide Duroshola and Solomon Osadolo's ForLoop Nigeria Newsletter. Leaving us much to look forward to in the next episode :)2017-04-1104 min
Made In Nigeria Tech PodcastMINT 014: Community Bricks and Stones with Babajide DurosholaWe had the honour to welcome Babajide Duroshola on this episode. @Babajiide is currently a Community Manager at Andela & a Tech Evangelist :) He walked us through his journey of switching jobs at Andela and highlighted some perks that comes with the new position.
Before we ran out of time, we managed to get him to talk about the future of UX Design in Andela & his opinion on the 'Mentor-Mentee' talk that has been going on for a while.2017-04-0418 min