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FATHOM with AnysieEP 31: Tesh Mbaabu: Lessons from Raising $40M, Losing his Most Successful Business, and Bouncing Back with his New Venture, Chptr.In this episode, I sit down with Tesh Mbaabu, a serial technology entrepreneur dedicated to blending commerce and technology. We discuss the experiences that shaped his entrepreneurial journey, the highs and lows of building businesses, navigating failure, and finding the resilience to start again.Tesh is the Co-founder and CEO of Chpter, an AI-powered conversational commerce platform that helps businesses sell more on social platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram by automating conversations, marketing, and payments.Before Chpter, he co-founded and led MarketForce, a B2B commerce marketplace that enabled...
2025-02-171h 24
FATHOM with AnysieEP 31: Tesh Mbaabu: Lessons from Raising $40M, Losing his Most Successful Business, and Bouncing Back with his New Venture, Chptr.Send us a textIn this episode, I sit down with Tesh Mbaabu, a serial technology entrepreneur dedicated to blending commerce and technology. We discuss the experiences that shaped his entrepreneurial journey, the highs and lows of building businesses, navigating public failure, and finding the resilience to start again.Tesh is the Co-founder and CEO of Chpter, an AI-powered conversational commerce platform that helps businesses sell more on social platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram by automating conversations, marketing, and payments.Before Chpter, he co-founded and led MarketForce, a B2B commerce marketplace that...
2025-02-171h 24
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In this episode, we dive into the entrepreneurial journey of Tesh, who takes us from his first busi...
2024-10-251h 32
PushYourAdvantageBootstrapped to Breakthrough: Interview with Tesh Mbaabu, Co-Founder of MarketForce & ChpterEver wondered how to turn a bootstrapped idea into a continent-wide success story? Join us as we chat with Mutethia Mbaabu, also known as Tesh, the dynamic co-founder of MarketForce that now heads Chpter.ai. Tesh walks us through his humble beginnings, sharing how his entrepreneurial spark was ignited by his mother's law firm and how he self-taught tech skills before diving into computer science at the University of Nairobi. His journey underscores the invaluable lessons learned from offering services at discounted rates and the importance of building a solid foundation, even if it means working for free...
2024-09-0757 min
The Smarter Tomorrow PodcastFinancial Management in BusinessIn the second part of this conversation Susan and our Tesh discuss Financial Management in Business. As an entrepreneur, when do you know it's time to call it quits on a venture or expand into a new market? Are you evaluating your business regularly to know your profit or loss standing? What about regulatory compliance? Listen is as Tesh shares some of the mistakes he has made and key learnings he has picked up as a successful tech entrepreneur. They also discuss how to set income goals for your business.
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2024-08-0131 minThe Smarter Tomorrow PodcastThe Entrepreneur's MindsetWhen it comes to entrepreneurship, you cannot cheat time. In this very engaging and insightful episode, Susan and our guest discuss what it takes to build a business from the ground up. You will pick up some tips on what skills you need to get started in business.
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2024-07-2534 min
Impact Masters Podcast#30 - TESH MBAABU AND MESONGO SIBUTILet us know how we are doinghttps://teshmbaabu.com/ Mbaabu Co-Founder and CEO at MarketForce (https://www.marketforce360.com/). Tesh Mbaabu is an African serial technology entrepreneur who lives to blend commerce and technology. The mission he drives across all the companies he has co-founded over his 10-year entrepreneurial journey is to empower one million merchants across Africa (and other emerging markets) to harness the power and scale of technology to realize their maximum potential and generate economic prosperity by 2030. Besides his active CEO role at MarketForce and Chpter, he is a Pa...
2024-02-163h 10
#BuildOurAfrica Speaker SeriesFrom the University of Nairobi to Raising $42m+ Meet Tesh MbaabuIn this exclusive interview, we meet Tesh Mbaabu, the Co-Founder and CEO of marketForce, an industry leader revolutionizing Africa's informal trade sector. Tesh takes us on a journey through his entrepreneurship story, from his humble beginnings at the University of Nairobi to his current role leading one of Africa's fastest-growing digital commerce marketplaces.
Throughout the interview, Tesh shares his experiences, challenges, and successes in building MarketForce. He discusses the inspiration behind his company and the unique challenges he faced in building a platform to facilitate trade between informal merchants and leading consumer brands. Tesh also talks about...
2023-05-1852 min
The Pitch Room Africa#ThePitchRoomAfrica with Tesh MbaabuWE INVITED TESH MBAABU CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF MARKETFORCE. WE TALKED ABOUT HIS JOURNEY, AND THE LOCAL RETAIL MARKET IN AFRICA, AND ATTEMPTED TO ANSWER SOME CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS ARISING IN THE TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP SECTOR.
Tesh Mbaabu
He is an African serial technology entrepreneur who lives to blend commerce and technology. He is the Co-founder and CEO of MarketForce, a B2B Commerce platform that empowers over 200,000 neighbourhood merchants across 5 African markets to source, order and pay for inventory, access financing and earn more by reselling financial services in their communities. ...
2023-05-061h 06
SKY IS BLACK#51 - Africa in 2063In this episode, Anton and BC discuss Elon Musk’s “truth” GPT, Black-owned AI companies, and the African Union’s 40-year roadmap to a new African renaissance.
*Remarks are from MarketForce CEO and co-founder, Tesh Mbaabu, in conversation with NALA founder, Benjamin Fernandes, and LELAPA co-founders, Jade Abbott and Pelonomi Moiloa, during a “fireside” chat with SisonkeBiotik.
2023-04-2159 min
Disrupt PodcastDP #36: Changemakers - Meet the Jack Ma Foundation's African Business Heroes, episode 3Disrupt Africa has partnered the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa's Business Heroes Programme to release a special four-part podcast series discussing the benefits of the initiative with previous winning founders. In episode three, co-hosts Gabriella and Tom chat to the Tesh Mbaabu, co-founder and CEO of Kenyan retail-tech startup MarketForce, about his experiences expanding his business into new markets since taking part in ABH.
2023-04-0211 min
The BIG5D PodcastBIG5D Podcast Episode 32: 'A Super App for Retailers' with MarketForce's Tyler KarahaliosWe are excited to return this week with the BIG5D Podcast. We apologize for the unplanned hiatus we have taken over the past few months with the podcast and newsletter. The pause was due to a health challenge on our team that required taking extensive time off to recover. We are now back to creating unique content about B2B tech in Africa and the Middle East. We are also well into planning our 2023 BigFive Summit, which returns to Cape Town on 15-16 March at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel. Please add “Africa’s leading small busi...
2022-12-0128 min
The FlipTechnology for Informal Trade with MarketForce 360's Tesh MbaabuIn this episode, we open the black box of last-mile retail distribution with MarketForce 360's Tesh Mbaabu. 90 percent of trade in Africa is informal, and MarketForce's software-as-a-service platform to better manage their field sales agents and distribution. We'll talk about product, the considerations in building products you use at the last mile and the needs of the multinational FMCG companies and financial service providers at the other end of the value chain. We talk about his recent experience participating in Y Combinator's accelerator program, what other companies he hopes to see built in the retail and logistics space, and...
2021-02-0429 min
SDGs & MeSustainable Businesses :The place of Technology in the business ecosystem with Tesh MbaabuMeet Tesh Mbaabu, the brainchild behind MarketForce 360 and Mesozi Group. He registered his first business at the age of 18 and to date is a CEO of several technology companies. He has been nominated top 25 techpreneuers in Kenya. He is also a UN and Alibaba Fellow.
2020-07-1428 min