Shows
Doers Defined PodcastThe Dynamic Force behind the Pan African Fintech Giant Cellulant and Boutique Invesment Firm PANI.In this episode, Ken Njoroge, the dynamic force behind Cellulant and founder of boutique investment firm PANI, unlocks the secrets of his success in the tech world. His brainchild, Cellulant, has evolved into a global payments powerhouse, reshaping digital transactions across 35 countries in Africa. In this episode of the Doers Defined Podcast, Elsie Mbugua speaks with Ken about his inspiring journey as an entrepreneur, the critical elements of success in fundraising, his style of leadership in moments of crisis, his advice to budding entrepreneurs looking to build a sustainable and leading business in Africa and the importance o...
2024-10-081h 18
Voices of AfricaKen Njoroge, PANIIn the latest episode of Voices of Africa, Marcus speaks to Ken Njoroge, Founder and CEO of PANI, a venture capital and private equity firm that supports tech entrepreneurs to navigate the startup ecosystem in Africa. They discuss what it takes to get ahead in the African startup space, and the myriad opportunities that exist for tech entrepreneurs in the African digital ecosystem.
2023-08-1639 min
#BuildOurAfrica Speaker SeriesKen Njoroge's Entrepreneurship Journey: Overcoming Tragedy and Building Success #BuildOurAfricaIn this podcast, Ken discusses his experiences with the terrorist attack in Nairobi that took the lives of his employees, the fall-out with his co-founder and best friend, and the tough decision to step down as CEO of the company he helped build. He opens up about the emotional toll of these events and how he found the strength to push through and keep going.
Despite the challenges he's faced, Ken remains a true entrepreneur at heart, and he shares his insights on what it takes to succeed in the business world. He talks about the importance...
2023-08-011h 07
The Busy Being Born Podcast#44: No guest but nuggets; The one on Kipchoge Philosophy lessons and What would ‘Denzel’ do? momentsAs they wrap the second season of the podcast in a classic No guests but Nuggets episode, Kamande and Kigondu sit and exchange thoughts on growth, leadership and expansion. With this one just by themselves, their musings cover intentions, inflections, deflections and elevations around work, their personal lives, podcasting and beyond. Kigondu shares a note or two from his experience working on his award winning one-person performance ‘Supernova’, as Kamande shares reflections from expansion of mandate both at home and at work. Starting off with memories and vibe around public holidays, rituals and meaning, the duo go on to underl...
2023-06-2056 min
#BuildOurAfrica Speaker SeriesKen Njoroge's Entrepreneurship Journey: Overcoming Tragedy and Building Success #BuildOurAfricaIn this podcast, Ken discusses his experiences with the terrorist attack in Nairobi that took the lives of his employees, the fall-out with his co-founder and best friend, and the tough decision to step down as CEO of the company he helped build. He opens up about the emotional toll of these events and how he found the strength to push through and keep going.
Despite the challenges he's faced, Ken remains a true entrepreneur at heart, and he shares his insights on what it takes to succeed in the business world. He talks about the importance...
2023-05-3001 min
Built ToughS1, EP2 - Akshay Grover, CEO of Cellulant – Navigating Pan-African Growth“I feel that fintech [companies] take a view that they're competing with the banking industry. We are of the view that we are partners to the banking industry. There are certain values or benefits that the banking system creates and there are certain advantages that we as an innovative fintech business bring to the table. You combine these two things and it's a very powerful customer and customer proposition." Akshay Grover, Cellulant CEO. In 2021, Ken Njoroge, CEO and Co-Founder of Cellulant, a Kenyan fintech company, stepped down to make way for an “enterprise runner” to lead the compan...
2022-09-1330 min
Talking AfricaMobile Money 2.0Ken Njoroge and Bolaji Akinboro co-founded Cellulant on the back of a napkin. Today they are raising tens of millions of dollars to roll out a new generation of mobile payments, using the very latest technology.In so doing, they are bringing trust into the system. Ultimately, to bring in the big bucks and not just the crooked bucks, African countries are going to have to strive for systems that create transparency. Cellulant hopes they are part of the answer.You can find them on twitter @KenNjoroge and @BolajiAkinboro, with Cellulant @Cellulant.
2018-09-0437 min
African Tech RoundupCellulant's Ken Njoroge & Velocity Capital's Allard Luchsinger on 2018's biggest fintech deal so farA couple of hours before the recent #VillageDiariesAmsterdam event went down, Andile Masuku managed to land a sit-down with Cellulant Founder and CEO, Ken Njoroge, and Director of Private Equity at Velocity Capital, Allard Luchsinger, in order to glean insider perspectives on what went into closing Cellulant's historic round of funding.
A few weeks ago, digital payments firm, Cellulant, announced the close of a $47.5 million investment round led by TPG Growth— a deal which included Endeavour Catalyst, Satya Capital as well as Velocity Capital. Listen in to hear Ken explain why landing investment is a demanding full-time job, shed light on...
2018-06-2845 min
2017-10-1832 min
The Finding Impact PodcastFIP 37: The Key to Success is Knowing Your Why with Ken NjorogeThis is the second part of my interview with Ken – co-founder of one of Africa’s’s exciting homegrown multinationals – Cellulant. In this episode, he shares some of his hard learned lessons, including how he got through one of the darkest times in his career. Listening to this interview will make you ready for what’s […]
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2017-10-1832 min2017-10-1121 minThe Finding Impact PodcastFIP 36: A Billion Dollar Homegrown African Business with Ken NjorogeKen’s first business was a web development firm called 3mice – which became pretty well known as one of the first web development firms in the region. After selling the business, he would sit for four hours a day over coffee with his buddy wondering why there was so much great talent working for large […]
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2017-10-1121 min