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Tokunbo: Conversations with Nigerian Storytellers in the DiasporaEpisode 10: Kola Tubosun in Conversation with Jola NaibiSend us a textKola Tubosun is a Nigerian poet, linguist, writer, translator, publisher, and documentary filmmaker. He is the curator of YorubaName.com, the first crowd-sourced dictionary of Yoruba names. His published work include Esu at the Library, Edwardsville by Heart, and Igba Ewe: Translated Poems of Emily R. Grosholz. He recently directed Ebrohimie Road, a documentary focusing on the small bungalow on the campus of the University of Ibadan that played a strong role in the life and...2025-05-191h 06
BADAGRY RADIO FMLori Ètò Eni'yi loseyi ni Hon.Tubosun Haruna Aruwe - BADAGRY RADIO FM2025-02-1908 min
Devex PodcastsDavos Dispatch: Financing tech solutions in AfricaThere are a growing number of social entrepreneurs using technology to address a range of development challenges in Africa, from agriculture healthcare to education. But many of them say that financing is the greatest barrier to scale.
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, Devex’s Raj Kumar sat down with three social entrepreneurs: Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO of LifeBank, a healthcare technology and logistics company delivering critical medical supplies, Gerald Abila, founder of BarefootLaw, a non-profit in Uganda providing access to justice through technology, and Mayur Patel, chief commercial officer at M-Kopa, an asset financing platform in Africa.
Their conversations po...2024-01-2325 min
Devex Davos DispatchFinancing tech solutions in AfricaThere are a growing number of social entrepreneurs using technology to address a range of development challenges in Africa, from agriculture healthcare to education. But many of them say that financing is the greatest barrier to scale. At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, Devex’s Raj Kumar sat down with three social entrepreneurs: Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO of LifeBank, a healthcare technology and logistics company delivering critical medical supplies, Gerald Abila, founder of BarefootLaw, a non-profit in Uganda providing access to justice through technology, and Mayur Patel, chief commercial officer at M-Kopa, an asset financing platform in Africa. 2024-01-2325 min
This Week in Global DevelopmentDavos Dispatch: Financing tech solutions in AfricaThere are a growing number of social entrepreneurs using technology to address a range of development challenges in Africa, from agriculture healthcare to education. But many of them say that financing is the greatest barrier to scale. At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, Devex’s Raj Kumar sat down with three social entrepreneurs: Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO of LifeBank, a healthcare technology and logistics company delivering critical medical supplies, Gerald Abila, founder of BarefootLaw, a non-profit in Uganda providing access to justice through technology, and Mayur Patel, chief commercial officer at M-Kopa, an asset financing platform in Africa. 2024-01-2325 min
TED BusinessThe funding gap in start-up investing | Temie Giwa-Tubosun"It is time to close the funding gap for Black female-led start-ups the world over," says entrepreneur Temie Giwa-Tubosun, whose company LifeBank delivers life-saving medical supplies to remote areas in Africa. Today, LifeBank operates successfully across the continent, but Giwa-Tubosun knows that barriers to funding prevent many other brilliant business ideas from blossoming. She highlights examples of impactful women-led ventures around the world -- and challenges investors to help more of them thrive. After the talk our host Modupe Akinola delves further into what needs to happen to equal the playing field in entrepreneurship.For a chance...2022-08-1512 min
TEDTalks 健康初创企业的资金缺口 | 特米·吉瓦·图博森（Temie Giwa-Tubosun）企业家特米·吉瓦·图博森（Temie Giwa-Tubosun）说："是时候填补全世界黑人女性领导的初创企业的资金缺口了，她的公司 LifeBank 向非洲偏远地区提供拯救生命的医疗用品。今天，LifeBank 在整个非洲大陆成功运营，但吉瓦·图博森知道，资金方面的障碍阻碍了许多其他出色的商业想法落地。她强调了世界各地由妇女领导的有影响力的企业的例子，并与投资者据理力争来帮助更多的企业发展。2022-04-2607 minTuneIn | HealthThe funding gap in start-up investing | Temie Giwa-Tubosun"It is time to close the funding gap for Black female-led start-ups the world over," says entrepreneur Temie Giwa-Tubosun, whose company LifeBank delivers life-saving medical supplies to remote areas in Africa. Today, LifeBank operates successfully across the continent, but Giwa-Tubosun knows that barriers to funding prevent many other brilliant business ideas from blossoming. She highlights examples of impactful women-led ventures around the world -- and challenges investors to help more of them thrive.2022-04-2607 minTEDTalks SaúdeA Lacuna de Financiamento no Investimento de Startups | Temie Giwa-Tubosun"É hora de fechar a lacuna de financiamento para as startups lideradas por mulheres negras em todo o mundo", diz a empresária Temie Giwa-Tubosun, cuja empresa LifeBank fornece suprimentos médicos que salvam vidas em áreas remotas na África. Hoje, a LifeBank opera com sucesso em todo o continente, mas Giwa-Tubosun sabe que as barreiras ao financiamento impedem o florescimento de muitas outras ideias comerciais brilhantes. Ela destaca exemplos de empreendimentos impactantes liderados por mulheres em todo o mundo - e desafia os investidores a ajudarem mais deles a prosperar.2022-04-2607 minTEDTalks SaludLa brecha de financiación en la inversión en empresas emergentes | Temie Giwa-Tubosun"Es hora de cerrar la brecha de financiación para las empresas emergentes dirigidas por mujeres negras en todo el mundo", dice la empresaria Temie Giwa-Tubosun, cuya empresa LifeBank entrega suministros médicos que salvan vidas en áreas remotas de África. Hoy, LifeBank opera con éxito en todo el continente, pero Giwa-Tubosun sabe que las barreras a la financiación impiden que florezcan muchas otras ideas comerciales brillantes. Ella destaca ejemplos de empresas impactantes lideradas por mujeres en todo el mundo y desafía a los inversores a ayudar a que más de ellas prosperen.2022-04-2607 minTEDTalks SantéL'écart de financement dans l'investissement des start-ups | Temie Giwa-Tubosun« Il est temps de combler le déficit de financement des start-ups dirigées par des femmes noires dans le monde entier », déclare l'entrepreneuse Temie Giwa-Tubosun, dont l'entreprise LifeBank livre des fournitures médicales vitales dans les régions reculées d'Afrique. Aujourd'hui, LifeBank opère avec succès sur tout le continent, mais Mme Giwa-Tubosun sait que les obstacles au financement empêchent de nombreuses autres idées commerciales brillantes de s'épanouir. Elle présente des exemples d'entreprises dirigées par des femmes dans le monde entier et met les investisseurs au défi d'en aider davantage à prospérer.2022-04-2607 min
FreeVerse (by Salamander Ink Mag)Poetry Reading Series: Ep 02In this episode of our ‘Poetry Reading Series’, we feature the iconic Kọla Túbọsún.
He reads his poem “A Linguist at Primark”
Kọla Túbọsún is a Nigerian linguist, editor, travel writer, and scholar. His works have been published in African Writer, Aké Review, Brittle Paper, International Literary Quarterly, Jalada, Popula, Saraba Magazine, etc. In 2016, he became the first African to be given the Premio Ostana, a prize given for work in indigenous language advocacy. Tubosun is the brain behind YorubaName.com, a first crowdsourced multimedia dictionary of Yorùbá names. He has been translated to Itali...2022-04-1203 min
Dive Into The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Game-Changing!The Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs by Rohan Silva, Kamal AhmedPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/515783to listen full audiobooks.
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Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva meet leading entrepreneurs to hear their stories of risk, sacrifice and ambition - including those behind Dyson, Linkedin, Mumsnet, lastminute.com and Netflix. Business journalist Kamal Ahmed and start-up supremo Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business in a series of candid, unfiltered interviews with innovators who have...2021-07-015h 37Listen To A Addictive Full Audiobook On Your Commute.The Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs by Rohan Silva, Kamal AhmedPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/515783to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs
Author: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed
Narrator: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
Release date: July 1, 2021
Genres: Career Development
Publisher's Summary:
Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva meet leading entrepreneurs to hear their stories of risk, sacrifice and ambition - including those behind Dyson, Linkedin, Mumsnet, lastminute.com and Netflix. Business journalist Kamal Ahmed and start-up supremo Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business in a series of candid, unfiltered interviews with innovators who...2021-07-015h 37
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Title: The Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs
Author: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed
Narrator: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
Release date: July 1, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva meet leading entrepreneurs to hear their stories of risk, sacrifice and ambition - including those behind Dyson, Linkedin, Mumsnet, lastminute.com and Netflix. Business journalist Kamal Ahmed and start-up supremo Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business in a series of candid, unfiltered interviews with innovators who have...2021-07-015h 37
Listen to the Best Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentThe Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs by Rohan Silva, Kamal AhmedPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/515783 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs Author: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed Narrator: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: July 1, 2021 Genres: Career Development Publisher's Summary: Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva meet leading entrepreneurs to hear their stories of risk, sacrifice and ambition - including those behind Dyson, Linkedin, Mumsnet, lastminute.com and Netflix. Business journalist Kamal Ahmed and start-up supremo Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business in a series of candid, unfiltered interviews with innovators...2021-07-0105 minListen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Self-Improvement, Career DevelopmentThe Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs by Rohan Silva, Kamal AhmedPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/515783to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Disrupters: Business lessons from 11 world-leading entrepreneurs
Author: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed
Narrator: Rohan Silva, Kamal Ahmed
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 37 minutes
Release date: July 1, 2021
Genres: Career Development
Publisher's Summary:
Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva meet leading entrepreneurs to hear their stories of risk, sacrifice and ambition - including those behind Dyson, Linkedin, Mumsnet, lastminute.com and Netflix. Business journalist Kamal Ahmed and start-up supremo Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business in a series of candid, unfiltered interviews with innovators who...2021-07-015h 37
Radio NowLanguages - The InterviewRadio Now speaks with Linguist/ writer Kola Tubosun about languages.2021-02-1811 min
Conduit ConversationsJohnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation presents the ‘Future of Global Healthcare’ in association with The Conduit Episode 5: Temie Giwa-TubosunPaul’s guest in this episode is Temie Giwa-Tubosun, Founder and CEO of LifeBank. She speaks about the role of technology such as data, blockchain and drones, in finding creative solutions to both entrenched and new healthcare challenges, the critical need for responsive and resilient supply chains and how to develop strategic partnerships to ensure emergency healthcare provision.
This episode is part of a new series, created in partnership with the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation, investigating the trends, challenges and opportunities in the global healthcare sector. What does it take to create a truly equitable he...2020-09-2836 min
Now Podcast77. THE RESTRUCTURING OF LOANS BY NIGERIAN BANKSFeaturing Director of Corporate Communications, Central bank of Nigeria Isaac Okoroafor, Financial Manager and Advisor at Catherna Advisory Wole Ogundare, and Owner of Mobile Screens and Sounds Limited, Tubosun Kola-Daisi. 2020-07-2227 min
Origins Africa PodcastTemie Giwa-Tubosun: Founder & CEO, LifeBank NigeriaTemie Giwa-Tubosun bares it all out on this episode; from how she stopped being a child at age 10 and became a mom, to how she had to attend therapy, and how an encounter she had with Aisha in Kano in 2008 birthed LifeBank Nigeria. She talks about her embarrassing first efforts, her mistakes, her struggles, her fears, her life lessons, and her inspiring moments.
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Early year, journey through enforced poverty, and becoming a mom at age 10 (2:23)
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Starting LifeBank...2020-06-022h 26Now Podcast5. The Private Sector's Response to COVID19 with Fola Adeola GTB Co-Founder & Temie Giwa-Tubosun.Nigeria's private sector stepping to help in the fight against Covid-19. Love me jeje in the time of Corona.2020-04-0948 min
The DisruptersTemie Giwa-Tubosun, founder of LifeBankAt thirty weeks into her pregnancy, Temie Giwa-Tubsoun was in America when she was rushed to the hospital for an emergency C-section. Had she been in Nigeria, difficulties locating and distributing blood supplies meant she may have died from postpartum haemorrhage. Nigeria has the fourth-highest maternal mortality rate in the world and the loss of blood following a birth is the leading cause of this.In response to the lack of infrastructure and poor distribution networks, Temie founded LifeBank, a business enterprise working to improve access to blood transfusions in Nigeria, which has today saved over 6,936 lives. 2020-02-1927 min
The FlipContext Matters - What Alternative Financing Models are Appropriate for This Ecosystem?To solve problems on the continent, entrepreneurs are building sustainable, impact-driven, infrastructure-building, tech-enabled, for-profit companies - how should these companies be funded?In this episode - our third and final episode of our three-part series on venture investing in Africa, and the final episode of Season One, as well, we take a first principles approach to fundraising in Africa, and dive deeper into the opportunities for entrepreneurs to leverage different types of capital and funders to achieve their business' objectives.1:45- We define Venture Capital in the Silicon Valley sense, from Stratechery's What Is a...2020-01-3031 min
Le Tchip#24 - Le soulèvement des ienclisIls sont partout : dans nos radios, nos télés, nos médias… Faut-il s’inquiéter de l’invasion des rappeurs blancs ? Le rap français doit-il être considéré comme une « musique noire » ? En quête de réponses, le Tchip invite le journaliste Yérim Sar, fin connaisseur du rap et cinéphile. Quand il y en a un ça va, c’est quand il y en a plusieurs que ça pose problème…RÉFÉRENCES CITÉES DANS L’ÉMISSIONLion Heart (Geneviève Nnaji ,2018), la réalisatrice Ava DuVerney, Mommy (Xavier Dolan, 2015...2019-11-221h 05
Midd MomentTemie Giwa-Tubosun MPA ’10Follow Temie Giwa-Tubosun on twitter @temiteLife Bank NigeriaThe Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson MandelaMusic credits:Theme song: “The Serene Quartet” by Little Red Church link“Cases to Rest” by BodyTonic via Blue Dot Sessions linkVela Vela by Flatlands via Blue Dot Sessions linkPartly Sage by BodyTonic via Blue Dot Sessions link2019-10-2117 min
The ConversationStartups saving livesHow to turn a healthcare vision into reality - Yassmin Abdel-Magied speaks to two entrepreneurs from Vietnam and Nigeria who spotted an issue in medical care in developing countries and set about trying to solve it.Nga Tuyet Trang is a Vietnamese entrepreneur who discovered that newborn babies in Vietnam were dying of treatable conditions because of broken medical equipment. At the age of just 25, she founded a company to provide simple, cost-effective devices to maternity units, called the Medical Technology and Transfer Service (MTTS). Through her leadership, the social enterprise has delivered thousands of machines to...2019-10-0726 min
Small Changes'The blood lady': the medical start-up founder saving lives in NigeriaWhen Temie Giwa-Tubosun realised Nigerians lacked safe access to vital health care products like blood she decided to do something about it. That decision changed her life and saved those of many others2018-12-1918 min
Revolution of NecessitySaving Lives in Nigeria: LifeBank Founder & CEO Temie Giwa-TubosunHealthtech startup LifeBank helps hospitals in Nigeria find the blood that they need & then delivers it in less than an hour. Hear how Founder & CEO Temie Giwa-Tuboson found her calling and battled the odds to create this inspiring tech business.2018-06-2800 min