Shows
Kurious KAaron Iyama: Technical and Vocational Skills are the future for Nigerian youthAaron has spent nearly a decade building EQUILOG Technical Services Ltd. with the mission to ensure a steady supply of skilled talent and reliable machinery for Nigeria’s construction, mining, agriculture, and industrial sectors.
In this episode, we took a dive into into Aaron's journey behind EQUILOG, and how the company is bridging the skills gap in heavy machinery operation. We also explore why young people should consider a career in this growing industry and what EQUILOG is doing to meet Nigeria's future needs.
2024-09-3045 min
Kurious KDr Success Ojo: Transforming Nigeria's Education Landscape with AI and TechI met Dr. Success Ojo while planning a trip for German delegates to visit her company, and I was blown away by her innovative work transforming education in Nigeria, especially after a successful career in corporate America.
Join us as we explore her journey, from founding Realztech Institute and Gotocourse to creating GMind AI
2024-08-3136 min
Kurious KGlory Enyinnaya- The Nigeria's Entrepreneurial ParadoxHow can the world’s most entrepreneurial society be the poorest, when entrepreneurship is the creation of wealth? That is the question Glory asked and the curiosity led to an Article on the Harvard Business Review. We discussed why she's decided to play a pivotal in transforming the entrepreneurial landscape in Africa and more.
2024-07-3133 min
Kurious KDolapo Amusat : Tech x Creative IndustryJoin us for a chill conversation with Dolapo Amusat, a visionary who's passionate about the fusion of art and technology! Dolapo shares inspiring insights and stories from his journey building a community in the university to working at Google and a Professional member of the Recording Academy (Grammys). Get ready for a fun and enlightening listen!
2024-06-3050 min
Kurious KBen Iyoha: The Art of creating Transformative BrandsUncover the keys to impactful marketing and explore the transformative power of branding with expert insights from Ben. Learn how technology is reshaping customer acquisition and retention strategies for businesses of all sizes.
2024-06-0848 min
Kurious KNwanne Nwonwu- Adopting Internship & appreenticeship model to solving unemploymentIn this episode, we explore the urgent need for overhauling the education curriculum, emphasizing the significance of adopting internship and apprenticeship models. Join us as we unravel the potential these approaches hold in shaping the future of Nigerian education and reducing unemployment.
2023-11-0142 min
Kurious KTobi Kasali- Building a global community for 2.3 billion ChristiansIn an era where technology is rapidly transforming various sectors, the question arises: Are religious institutions keeping pace with innovation? Tobi Kasali is at the forefront of building a global community for churches & Christian’s, signaling the beginning of a new chapter in modernizing religious practices worldwide.
2023-10-2443 min
Kurious KRahman Bamgbala- Lessons building and failing''If you don't fail, you won't understand'' is one of Rahman's most striking words in this podcast, Although he said those words a couple of times after the recording of the podcast during the off-the-record conversion I typically have with guests after the main recording. I think it's arguably one of the most important insights shared. This episode explores Rahman starting up, raising funds and going big to losing it all, then back to start all over again with Dosh services & Tech.
2023-10-1643 min
Kurious KGenerative AI for Startups : Muyiwa OluwadiyaWhen it comes to using generative Artificial Intelligence platforms, do you understand how to effectively use prompt engineering? How can startups and individuals take advantage of this technology? Let explore this and more in this episode.
2023-10-0228 min
Kurious KGerald Black: Navigating Entrepreneurship and FintechIn Gerald's entrepreneurial journey, he encountered both failures and a successful exit from one of his two startups.
We explored Gerald’s journey from startup founder to Head of Go to Market at Anchor, and his role as a Community Manager at Black Ops.
Discover insights into fintech trends, and community-building strategies, plus some unexpected stories along the way.
Check out Backend by Gerald Black here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV5Z_Q1cd77k2hygDiysj5A
2023-09-1732 min
Kurious KHow Blockchain is solving Real life African Problem by Adeshina AjayiWe featured Adeshina Ajayi in the second part of the series of the book review he coauthored with Hakeem Disu. In this concluding part, we took a deep dive into the remaining chapters of the book and some of its significant concepts. Join us for an exciting deep dive!
Link to get a copy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6TMWCSN
2023-09-1033 min
Kurious KHow Blockchain is solving Real life African Problem by Hakeem DisuHakeem Disu is back on the podcast for the second time! But this round is different – we're talking about his new book, which he wrote with Adeshina Ajayi. Plus, this is just the start! We're kicking off a 2 part episodes where we'll explore the important ideas from the book. Get ready to dive in with us!
Link to get a copy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6TMWCSN
2023-08-3126 min
Kurious KSam Baddoo: Building for simplicity- Exceptional care for loved ones back homeAs Africans in the diaspora struggle to ensure trusted healthcare providers for their loved ones back home, Fleri's family care platform is creating a membership-based fintech platform that solves this problem.
Tune in to learn about Fleri's profound societal implications and its potential to shape a brighter future for Africa and beyond. Welcome to Kurious K!
2023-07-3037 min
Kurious KFiona Melzer : AI Ethics: ensuring Responsible Development and Deployment of AI.In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) reigns, the line between innovation and ethics has become increasingly blurred. Join us for a thought-provoking episode as we delve into the captivating realm of AI Ethics and its crucial role in responsible development.
Links to check out
Radical AI podcast https://www.radicalai.org/
All Tech is Human community https://alltechishuman.org/
2023-05-2838 min
Kurious KIreayo Oladunoye: Supporting the growth of Africa's most exiting startup ecosystemThis episode promises to be very exciting as I am featuring Ireayo Oladunjoye- Head, Startups (Lagos Innovates)
Ireayo is currently responsible for developing and implementing Government-led programs to support an enabling environment for Tech Startups and Innovation Driven Enterprises to thrive in Lagos State at the Lagos state employment trust fund.
In this episode, we discussed
Why Lagos innovates was established and some of its programs.
Impact since launch.
What existing partnerships do they have with the private sector?
The Accelerator and Idea hub Incubation program.
How they ensure funding for startups in their program.
Opportunities for startups and people loo...
2023-05-0223 min
Kurious KVili Hätönen: Effective Strategies for Identifying problems that can be addressed with Artificial Intelligence (AI)Unleashing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) requires identifying the right problems to solve. But how can you spot the opportunities that are best suited for AI? In this fascinating podcast topic, we explore the most effective strategies for identifying problems that can be addressed with AI.
2023-04-2630 min
Kurious KMaimoona Mohammed : Unlocking the Future of Finance - Exploring DeFi and Stablecoins in the Web3.0 EraAs legacy banking infrastructure fails to serve the needs of the modern world, understanding these emerging technologies is essential for individuals and businesses alike.
2023-03-2634 min
Kurious KVincent Li: Investing in Africa Web3 StartupsIn this episode, we speak with Vincent Li, the Founding Partner of Adaverse, a Cardano Ecosystem Accelerator that invests in web3 startups in Africa. Vincent shares his inspiration behind focusing on the African market and how Adaverse navigates the unique challenges and opportunities for web3 startups on the continent.
Vincent also walks us through a case study of a web3 startup that Adaverse has invested in and supported, highlighting its impact on the African ecosystem. He then delves into the key indicators that Adaverse looks for when evaluating potential investments in web3 startups and how they collaborate with other investors...
2023-03-1224 min
Kurious KMark Kleyner- Venture Capital in Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesIn this podcast episode, we will delve into the world of venture capital in Africa and the challenges faced by aspiring investors. Mark Kleyner, who is an expert in the field, will share the mission and focus of DREAM VC, an investor accelerator program in Africa that supports and mentors individuals looking to break into venture capital.
We will also discuss the importance of gender diversity in the industry, and the declining amount of funding going to female founders in Africa. Mark will share his story prior to starting Dream VC, why there are limited investments by African Angel Networks an...
2023-02-1258 min
Kurious KBuilding a tech startup: Lessons from successful founders in Nigeria/AfricaHello Everyone, welcome to the first episode of the Kurious K podcast of the year proudly sponsored by First City Monument Bank (FCMB).
We flipped the script in this episode, Instead of asking all the questions, Kurious K answered most of the questions. It was a great conversation featuring Morakinyo Fakunle and Abiodun Lawal of FCMB.
During the episode, we explored
Kurious K's journey into tech and the reason for starting the podcast.
The podcast delves into the challenges and steps involved in building a successful startup in Africa and Nigeria, including the key ingredients for scaling in an African eco...
2023-02-0536 min
Kurious KPhilip Nkwam: from Hacking to love for building on web3This is the second part of the Web 3 series-themed version of the Kurious K podcast.
In this episode, we will explore
web3 Applications
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
Subsequent Episodes will explore:
Decentralized Finance (DeFi).
Stablecoins & Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
Privacy & Digital Infrastructure
The Creator Economy
This episode features Philip Nkwa, Technical Lead on MIRAI Research at St Cyril Cancer Treatment Foundation and technical Trainer at the Bulb Africa.
In this episode, we discussed Philip's Journey into Tech
the core ideas of Web 3
why is Web3 important?
how can people get involved in web 3?
Decentralized Autonomous Organisations DAO
What are sm...
2022-11-2736 min
Kurious KRaphael Edema- From crypto mining to building games on web3This is the Web 3 series-themed version of the Kurious K podcast.
In this web 3 series, I will be having conversations with founders/ key stakeholders across the African continent and beyond on demystifying web 3 and the opportunities in the space.
As you know Web3 is generating a lot of hype — From the metaverse to decentralized finance to NFTs and beyond.
Imagine an internet built, powered, and owned by its users instead of a few major tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.
Social media users could monetize their own data. Content creators could receive crypto payments directly every time someone views...
2022-10-0946 minKurious KMicheal Oscar- Connecting digital creatives across Africa.Oscar Michael is the Co-founder at Africacomicade, one of the leading platforms for African digital creatives, celebrating their works and connecting them to opportunities for learning, collaboration and funding. Oscar is a visionary entrepreneur with interests in Art, Technology, Education, and Human capacity development.
He is an alumnus of MEST Africa, where He learnt software Entrepreneurship, and is an IGDA (International Game Developers Association) Foundation NEXTGEN leader alumnus for the 2021 Virtual Exchange program.
In today's episode with Oscar Micheal We Discuss
- His story of getting into the innovation space
-How did that evolve into building Africacomicade
- The creator's ec...
2022-07-2446 min
Kurious KKelvin Ogholi- Making credit access seamless for the unbanked in Sub-Saharan AfricaThis episode features Ogholi Kelvin, Cofounder & CEO at CoTrust Equity
CoTrust Equity is a finance and credit-providing company that harnesses extensive knowledge of target audience peculiarities and cultures to provide unique credit plans to banked and unbanked in the rural/sub-urban MSMEs in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa.
Prior to launching CoTrust Equity, Kelvin founded Unfire which was focused on reducing the cost of feeding poultry. You can check out his pitch at the unreasonable institute here.
We met during the Chivas - The Venture Pitch competition in 2015.
During this episode we discuss:
The problem he was solving with Unfire.
Why ru...
2022-07-0345 minKurious KAbiodun Lawal - Driving Corporate InnovationThis episode features Abiodun Lawal Head, Tech Ecosystem and Ventures at First City Monument Bank (FCMB)
Prior to that Abiodun worked as Innovation Manager at Seedstars and Business Development Manager at LoftyInc.
In Today's episode with Abiodun, We Discuss:
- His early childhood and his educational background
- The story of Abiodun getting into the innovation space
- keys lessons from running the investment readiness program at Seedstars and what startups need to know
- Thoughts on growth in the innovation ecosystem in Nigeria (Funding, startup Bill)
- Economic downturns and layoffs
- Program Plans for startups at FCMB, including ''La...
2022-06-1930 minKurious KAjay Ramasubramaniam: Enabling startups and Innovation growth across emerging markets.Ajay Ramasubramaniam is a seasoned executive with 17 years of experience in setting up, operating, and growing businesses, across diverse geographies such as Africa, Canada, India and Vietnam.
Currently, he is the Founder & CEO of Startup Réseau, a global startup accelerator and corporate innovation programs operator + Co-Founder & CEO, Hindsight Ventures, an Africa focussed startup accelerator.
Ajay has been active in the startup ecosystem for the past 9 years and has built India’s top meta startup accelerator - through which he has set up over 35 corporate accelerator and innovation programs.
Ajay has also built unique prop...
2022-06-1340 minKurious KAmmin Youssouf: Putting Africa Startups on a Global StageAmmin Youssouf Started his career in Paris in the 90’s just before the tech bubble. After freelancing for a while he founded Big youth, a digital agency company which grew organically to over 40 team members and worked with clients including Ferrari, Kenzo, Citroën, Kronenbourg and more. The company was later acquired.
In 2016 he launched Afrobytes first event in Paris, a platform he tagged - the Ambassador for Africa tech outside of it’s borders.
In this episode we discussed the impressive growth of tech ecosystem in Africa.
What led to the launch of Afrobytes.
Bringing Africa tech to the front...
2022-05-1531 minKurious KOpeyemi Owosho: Working to ensure your cooking gas never run out.This episode features Opeyemi Owosho who is the co-founder & CEO of Homefort Energy.
Homefort Energy is automating and digitalizing the distribution of cooking gas.
In this episode, we discuss the problem Homefort is solving and some of the products they have built along with the way.
The 90's story of cylinder distribution in Nigeria.
Effect of government policies on product development.
Homefort Business Model.
Key lessons in building hardware products in Nigeria.
Patent Filing in Nigeria.
Funding, Industry trends and his view on competition.
2022-05-0859 min
Kurious KOpeyemi Owosho: Working to ensure your cooking gas never run out.This episode features Opeyemi Owosho who is the co-founder & CEO of Homefort Energy.Homefort Energy is automating and digitalizing the distribution of cooking gas. In this episode, we discuss the problem Homefort is solving and some of the products they have built along with the way.The 90's story of cylinder distribution in Nigeria.Effect of government policies on product development.Homefort Business Model.Key lessons in building hardware products in Nigeria.Patent FIling in Nigeria.Funding, Industry trends and his view on competition.--- Send...
2022-05-0859 min
Kurious KMathew Marsden: Equipping Africa’s entrepreneurs for success, through technology and capital.This episode features Mathew Marsden who is the Co-founder at getlion, a South African based company founded on the premise that Entrepreneurs are the key to Africa’s future. They identify problems, create solutions, build value and grow employment. But sadly, statistics show that 50% of their businesses will fail within the first 2 years. Mathew is also the Founder at dealbase.Africa - The platform to promote Opportunity 🚀, equip founders to raise Capital 💰 and enable investors to optimize deal-flow.In this episode, we discussed Mathew role at Various (a wealth advisory business) and how that evolved into founding getlion- Rais...
2022-04-1030 minKurious KMathew Marsden: Equipping Africa’s entrepreneurs for success, through technology and capital.This episode features Mathew Marsden who is the Co-founder at getlion, a South African based company founded on the premise that Entrepreneurs are the key to Africa’s future. They identify problems, create solutions, build value and grow employment. But sadly, statistics show that 50% of their businesses will fail within the first 2 years.
Mathew is also the Founder at dealbase.Africa - The platform to promote Opportunity 🚀, equip founders to raise Capital 💰 and enable investors to optimize deal-flow.
In this episode, we discussed Mathew role at Various (a wealth advisory business) and how that evolved into founding getlion
- Raising investment...
2022-04-1030 minKurious KEmmanuel Gbolade: Building Voice & Messaging API's for African businessesThis episode features Gbolade Emmanuel who is the CEO at Termii, headquartered in California and a Y Combinator Alumni W20.
Termii is a communications platform (CPaaS) that allows African businesses to send messages to anyone across SMS, email, voice and instant messaging channels.
In this episode, we discussed
The story of founding Termii
How Termii got into YC
Why Emmanuel started Aidi.africa
The essence of building comms infrastructure for African Startups and more.
2022-04-0338 min
Kurious KEmmanuel Gbolade: Building Voice & Messaging API's for African businessesThis episode features Gbolade Emmanuel who is the CEO at Termii, headquartered in California and a Y Combinator Alumni W20.Termii is a communications platform (CPaaS) that allows African businesses to send messages to anyone across SMS, email, voice and instant messaging channels. In this episode, we discussedThe story of founding TermiiHow Termii got into YCWhy Emmanuel started Aidi.africaThe essence of building comms infrastructure for African Startups and more.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is...
2022-04-0338 minKurious KFrancis Sani : Breaking down key questions founders should ask a Venture CapitalistsThis episode features Francis Sani who is the Principal at Magic Fund
MAGIC Fund is a $30M early-stage venture capital fund built by founders for founders. The fund has backed 70+ tech startups around the world including Bamboo Carrot, Mono, Oxygen, and many more.
In this episode, we discussed Francis' journey getting into the innovation ecosystem and transitioning to a Venture Capital role.
-Magic fund's investment thesis, investment size and deal structure.
-The range of equity Magic fund aim for in a priced round.
- How they find/ source investment deals.
-How long it takes to make an investment decision
-Reporting r...
2022-03-2056 min
Kurious KFrancis Sani : Breaking down key questions founders should ask a Venture CapitalistsThis episode features Francis Sani who is the Principal at Magic FundMAGIC Fund is a $30M early-stage venture capital fund built by founders for founders. The fund has backed 70+ tech startups around the world including Bamboo Carrot, Mono, Oxygen, and many more.In this episode, we discussed Francis' journey getting into the innovation ecosystem and transitioning to a Venture Capital role.-Magic fund's investment thesis, investment size and deal structure.-The range of equity Magic fund aim for in a priced round.- How they find/ source investment deals.-How l...
2022-03-2056 minKurious KEdwin Ajogun: Venture Builder extraordinaireEdwin's experience cut across building startups and supporting new ventures. He is currently the country manager at Eko Innovation Centre (EIC), where he is responsible for managing various innovation programs and startup portfolios.
Edwin & I have a history of working together as entrepreneurs at Passion incubator so It's great to have him on the show as we discussed his entrepreneurship background, lessons learnt building e-Medrep, his fundraising story, work at Eko Innovation centre and he also made a special announcement for one of EIC’s new program.
2022-03-0633 min
Kurious KEdwin Ajogun: Venture Builder extraordinaireEdwin's experience cut across building startups and supporting new ventures. He is currently the country manager at Eko Innovation Centre (EIC), where he is responsible for managing various innovation programs and startup portfolios.Edwin & I have a history of working together as entrepreneurs at Passion incubator so It's great to have him on the show as we discussed his entrepreneurship background, lessons learnt building e-Medrep, his fundraising story, work at Eko Innovation centre and he also made a special announcement for one of EIC’s new program.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/k...
2022-03-0633 min
Kurious KFundamentals of Startup: A Session from Rad5 Startup ClubMy friends from Rad 5 Tech Hub reached out to me to speak to entrepreneurs in their startup club. John and Igwe founded the hub in 2017 and they have been working tirelessly to grow the startup ecosystem in Aba ( South East Nigeria). This week, I decided to share the presentation on my podcast. I hope you enjoy it. To learn more about Rad 5Tech hub visit https://rad5.com.ng/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...
2022-02-1335 minKurious KFundamentals of Startup: A Session from Rad5 Startup ClubMy friends from Rad 5 Tech Hub reached out to me to speak to entrepreneurs in their startup club. John and Igwe founded the hub in 2017 and they have been working tirelessly to grow the startup ecosystem in Aba ( South East Nigeria).
This week, I decided to share the presentation on my podcast. I hope you enjoy it.
To learn more about Rad 5Tech hub visit https://rad5.com.ng/
2022-02-1335 min
Kurious KTemitope Ekundayo : Democratizing access to startup funding with GetEquityThis episode features Temitope Babatunde Ekundayo who is CEO at Printivo | Co-Founder at Getequity.ioWe discussed his transition from Printivo to GetEquity which is a company that is challenging the status quo of startup financing and venture capital. Over $400,000 USD has been raised on the platform. We discuss his :Education background.Starting his consulting business.Story around joining Printivo founding team.Market product fit thesis for building startups.Starting GetEquity and it’s business model.This podcast episode should not be considered as an offer or solicitation to sell, buy...
2022-02-0649 minKurious KTemitope Ekundayo : Democratizing access to startup funding with GetEquityThis episode features Temitope Babatunde Ekundayo who is CEO at Printivo | Co-Founder at Getequity.io
We discussed his transition from Printivo to GetEquity which is a company that is challenging the status quo of startup financing and venture capital. Over $400,000 USD has been raised on the platform.
We discuss his :
Education background.
Starting his consulting business.
Story around joining Printivo founding team.
Market product fit thesis for building startups.
Starting GetEquity and it’s business model.
This podcast episode should not be considered as an offer or solicitation to sell, buy or subscribe to any financial instruments or regarded as inve...
2022-02-0649 min2022-01-3005 min
Kurious KQuotesI spoke about some interesting quotes I have compiled for some years.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kuriouskpodcastbykolapo.substack.com
2022-01-3005 minKurious KEunice Ajim : Boldly funding African StartupsEunice Ajim (Cameroonian-American Tech Entrepreneur) is the founding partner of Ajim capital- a $10 million fund set to invest in African Tech Startups. Eunice has been a 2x tech founder and an executive having spent early years of her career with Apple & later leading a $10M+ revenue tech startup.
The fund provides checks of $25,000- $125,000 to pre-seed and seed tech enabled companies across Africa.
In the episode we discuss her background as an international student from Cameroon to USA.
Career at Apple, her struggling startup and pivot, fundraising journey, Ajim's investment thesis and more.
To learn more about Ajim Capital visit - w...
2022-01-2326 min
Kurious KEunice Ajim : Boldly funding African StartupsEunice Ajim (Cameroonian-American Tech Entrepreneur) is the founding partner of Ajim capital- a $10 million fund set to invest in African Tech Startups. Eunice has been a 2x tech founder and an executive having spent early years of her career with Apple & later leading a $10M+ revenue tech startup. The fund provides checks of $25,000- $125,000 to pre-seed and seed tech enabled companies across Africa. In the episode we discuss her background as an international student from Cameroon to USA.Career at Apple, her struggling startup and pivot, fundraising journey, Ajim's investment thesis and more.To learn more abo...
2022-01-2326 minKurious KDaniel Bloch : Powering real estate with Blockchain SolutionsThis episode feature Daniel Bloch who has spent the last nine years building blockchain solutions.
Daniel is currently the CEO of Seso Global, Africa’s property super app that enables secure transaction in property management platform leveraging blockchain. Before Seso, he has co founded a cryptocurrency exchange platform and launched a blockchain Education Network, a nonprofit that provides Blockchain educational initiatives at Universities in over ten countries worldwide.
Seso Global was launched in 2017 after series of iterations & has raised 1 million USD.
Links to Check:
Africa Prop-tech Pitch Series event here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxmVNcAqXC8
Building Web App w...
2022-01-1638 min
Kurious KDaniel Bloch : Powering real estate with Blockchain SolutionsThis episode feature Daniel Bloch who has spent the last nine years building blockchain solutions.Daniel is currently the CEO of Seso Global, Africa’s property super app that enables secure transaction in property management platform leveraging blockchain. Before Seso, he has co founded a cryptocurrency exchange platform and launched a blockchain Education Network, a nonprofit that provides Blockchain educational initiatives at Universities in over ten countries worldwide.Seso Global was launched in 2017 after series of iterations & has raised 1 million USD. Links to Check: Africa Prop-tech Pitch Series event here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx...
2022-01-1638 minKurious KAyo Dawodu: Enabling businesses drive repeat sales with LoystarIn 2014 Ayo Dawodu hosted the first lean startup Machine workshop in Africa. Ayo is not just an ecosystem builder, he founded Loystar in 2016 to help businesses build loyalty, not just sell.
In this conversation we discuss lean startup methodology, starting out Loystar, fundraising, adoption of loyalty system by businesses, competition and challenges he has faced building loystar.
Recommended Book:
Lean Startup Methodology by Eric Ries
The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win by Steve Blank
2022-01-0935 min
Kurious KAyo Dawodu: Enabling businesses drive repeat sales with LoystarIn 2014 Ayo Dawodu hosted the first lean startup Machine workshop in Africa. Ayo is not just an ecosystem builder, he founded Loystar in 2016 to help businesses build loyalty, not just sell.In this conversation we discuss lean startup methodology, starting out Loystar, fundraising, adoption of loyalty system by businesses, competition and challenges he has faced building loystar.Recommended Book:Lean Startup Methodology by Eric RiesThe Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win by Steve Blank--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message
2022-01-0935 minKurious KDare Odumade: Solving Africa fake drugs & FMCG counterfeiting problemGlobally, the trade in counterfeit pharmaceuticals is worth up to $200bn.
Over 100,000 people die annually in Africa as a result of counterfeit anti malaria drugs based on report from World health Organization. Dare Odumade is building Chekkit to solve this problem. Chekkit is not just an anti counterfeit technology, his platform is also a serialization and consumer intelligence platform.
Chekkit specializes in developing software for food, beverage and medicine distribution, tracking & consumer intelligence through anti-fake services which makes physical product smart and traceable across the supply chain both offline and online.
Dare has been a 3x founder and Chekkit has ra...
2021-12-0558 min
Kurious KDare Odumade: Solving Africa fake drugs & FMCG counterfeiting problemGlobally, the trade in counterfeit pharmaceuticals is worth up to $200bn.Over 100,000 people die annually in Africa as a result of counterfeit anti malaria drugs based on report from World health Organization. Dare Odumade is building Chekkit to solve this problem. Chekkit is not just an anti counterfeit technology, his platform is also a serialization and consumer intelligence platform.Chekkit specializes in developing software for food, beverage and medicine distribution, tracking & consumer intelligence through anti-fake services which makes physical product smart and traceable across the supply chain both offline and online.Dare has been a 3x founder an...
2021-12-0558 min
Kurious KSegun Adeyemi: Leveraging Fintech to drive prosperity in AfricaThis episode features Segun Adeyemi who built and exited Amplify payment to OneFi (Carbon) in March 2019. Segun started out as an investment banker with a career goal to become the Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria until he caught the tech bug. He recently served as the country Manager of Jumo in Nigeria which is a market leading banking as a service platform, enabling real-time access to funds at the lowest possible operating cost. Jumo was recently valued at $400 million, according to The Times. In this episode we discussed: Segun’s journey through MEST.Starting out A...
2021-11-2845 minKurious KSegun Adeyemi: Leveraging Fintech to drive prosperity in AfricaThis episode features Segun Adeyemi who built and exited Amplify payment to OneFi (Carbon) in March 2019. Segun started out as an investment banker with a career goal to become the Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria until he caught the tech bug.
He recently served as the country Manager of Jumo in Nigeria which is a market leading banking as a service platform, enabling real-time access to funds at the lowest possible operating cost. Jumo was recently valued at $400 million, according to The Times.
In this episode we discussed:
Segun’s journey through MEST.
Starting out Amplify pay and build...
2021-11-2845 min
Kurious KAbake Adenle: Using technology to make African languages coolIn this episode, 'the 20th Episode' we hosted Abake Adenle on the Show, She is the founder of AJALA Studios, a company that make tools that enable enterprises build voice automation experiences in African Language with initial focus on voice recognition (something like Siri or Alexa) and speech synthesis. Her company is currently working on Yoruba, Igbo Hausa and Swahili.Before starting her company she has worked with Morgan Stanley as equity derivative strategist and had a very interesting educational background moving straight from undergrad to PhD.In this episode we discussed her educational backgroundC...
2021-11-1431 minKurious KAbake Adenle: Using technology to make African languages coolIn this episode, 'the 20th Episode' we hosted Abake Adenle on the Show, She is the founder of AJALA Studios, a company that make tools that enable enterprises build voice automation experiences in African Language with initial focus on voice recognition (something like Siri or Alexa) and speech synthesis. Her company is currently working on Yoruba, Igbo Hausa and Swahili.
Before starting her company she has worked with Morgan Stanley as equity derivative strategist and had a very interesting educational background moving straight from undergrad to PhD.
In this episode we discussed her educational background
Career with Morgan Stanley
Starting o...
2021-11-1431 min
Kurious KFolagbade Timileyin: Solving Small Businesses Access to CreditWith over 44 million small businesses across the African Continent, access to credit for them has never been easy even though Small businesses has been referenced as the backbone of the economy and the key to growth in Africa in many publications. There is still a lot of market friction that happens to make credit accessible to them. For these businesses to grow, create more jobs, they need access to capital that is affordable.In this episode, my conversation with Timileyin, Co-founder of Guava credit explores the opportunity in the B2B (Business to Business) credit market.His experience bu...
2021-11-0727 minKurious KFolagbade Timileyin: Solving Small Businesses Access to CreditWith over 44 million small businesses across the African Continent, access to credit for them has never been easy even though Small businesses has been referenced as the backbone of the economy and the key to growth in Africa in many publications. There is still a lot of market friction that happens to make credit accessible to them. For these businesses to grow, create more jobs, they need access to capital that is affordable.
In this episode, my conversation with Timileyin, Co-founder of Guava credit explores the opportunity in the B2B (Business to Business) credit market.
His experience building business in...
2021-11-0727 min
Kurious KKedumetse Liphi & Tawanda Matambo: Visionaries building Innovative Hardware products in BotswanaIn this episode, we explored the innovative ecosystem of Botswana where I had a very cool conversation with two visionaries from Botswana building Ked- Liphi, an electrical technology company with an innovation division which focuses on creating practical everyday use inventions.During the lock-down in 2020 they invented an Automatic Diagnostic Combo machine, that assists in rapid COVID-19 tracking, the machine is a combination of face recognition & thermal temperature scanning that has application across different industries including events and Immigration.Before then they have invented other products including a Solar Backpack which was manufactured to help individuals to boost up...
2021-10-3149 minKurious KKedumetse Liphi & Tawanda Matambo: Visionaries building Innovative Hardware products in BotswanaIn this episode, we explored the innovative ecosystem of Botswana where I had a very cool conversation with two visionaries from Botswana building Ked- Liphi, an electrical technology company with an innovation division which focuses on creating practical everyday use inventions.
During the lock-down in 2020 they invented an Automatic Diagnostic Combo machine, that assists in rapid COVID-19 tracking, the machine is a combination of face recognition & thermal temperature scanning that has application across different industries including events and Immigration.
Before then they have invented other products including a Solar Backpack which was manufactured to help individuals to boost up lighting or...
2021-10-3149 minKurious KJoshua Okpata: Innovation ConsultantJosh started building business as a teenager. In 2014 he founded Eazyhire which was venture backed then joined Mest Africa some years later as a Venture partner. He is currently working with United Nations as a consultant.
In this Episode, we discussed
How he started Eazyhire
Eazyhire Plagiarism story
Funding in Nigeria Tech Ecosystem Nigeria Startup bill and more
Resources:
Read more about Eazyhire Plagiarism story here: https://techpoint.africa/2016/03/10/eazyhire-vs-easyhire/
2021-10-2439 min
Kurious KJoshua Okpata: Innovation ConsultantJosh started building business as a teenager. In 2014 he founded Eazyhire which was venture backed then joined Mest Africa some years later as a Venture partner. He is currently working with United Nations as a consultant. In this Episode, we discussed How he started EazyhireEazyhire Plagiarism story Funding in Nigeria Tech Ecosystem Nigeria Startup bill and more Resources:Read more about Eazyhire Plagiarism story here: https://techpoint.africa/2016/03/10/eazyhire-vs-easyhire/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is a public episode. If you would...
2021-10-2439 min
Kurious KDr Sandra Bakare: Solving Africa's Remittance and Logistics ProblemWhile studying in Ukraine, Sandra Bakare witnessed firsthand her friends being expelled from school. The reason? not because of bad behavior or bad grades nor broke parents. It was simply because the parents could not effectively send school fees from Nigeria to Ukraine. This is one of the issues of outward remittance in Nigeria which is also inhibiting trade and growth within the African continent.In this episode I had a great conversation with Dr. Sandra Bakare who is solving the problem with Brownpay which is a multi-currency crypto remittance platform that connects the African market to the rest o...
2021-10-1734 minKurious KDr Sandra Bakare: Solving Africa's Remittance and Logistics ProblemWhile studying in Ukraine, Sandra Bakare witnessed firsthand her friends being expelled from school. The reason? not because of bad behavior or bad grades nor broke parents. It was simply because the parents could not effectively send school fees from Nigeria to Ukraine. This is one of the issues of outward remittance in Nigeria which is also inhibiting trade and growth within the African continent.
In this episode I had a great conversation with Dr. Sandra Bakare who is solving the problem with Brownpay which is a multi-currency crypto remittance platform that connects the African market to the rest of t...
2021-10-1734 minKurious KPrincewill Fidelis: African Entrepreneurship in the backdrop of Value CreationIn this episode we explored how unpopular philosophical perception may actually be the key to unlocking the young African entrepreneurial spirit as opposed to running in a bottleneck popular framework of bringing ideas to fruition where a huge amount of money is needed.
This episodes features Princewill Fidelis who is very passionate about African entrepreneurship, he has background in research, innovation, control systems, turbines technology, and strategic planning.
He is a Nuclear Physicist with focus of his work on how energy can be produced efficiently reducing carbon footprint across the globe. He is an environmentalist and always looking for ways to pu...
2021-10-1039 min
Kurious KPrincewill Fidelis: African Entrepreneurship in the backdrop of Value CreationIn this episode we explored how unpopular philosophical perception may actually be the key to unlocking the young African entrepreneurial spirit as opposed to running in a bottleneck popular framework of bringing ideas to fruition where a huge amount of money is needed. This episodes features Princewill Fidelis who is very passionate about African entrepreneurship, he has background in research, innovation, control systems, turbines technology, and strategic planning. He is a Nuclear Physicist with focus of his work on how energy can be produced efficiently reducing carbon footprint across the globe. He is an environmentalist and always looking for w...
2021-10-1039 min
Kurious KAhmad Mukoshy: Web hosting from Nigeria to the WorldAhmad has been building tech solution as far back as mid 2000's in Nigeria. In 2010 he had his first acquisition and then moved his focus to building Gigalayer which is one of the biggest web hosting company in Nigeria with over 14,000 clients covering other countries in Africa.Ahmad is a full-stack developer with lots of passion for web technology & internet businesses. In this episode we discussed how he started GigalayerLean Startup methodology The Story behind his first acquisition His perspective on bootstrapping and fundraising and lot of other existing stuff.Check out Gigalayer on ht...
2021-10-0335 minKurious KAhmad Mukoshy: Web hosting from Nigeria to the WorldAhmad has been building tech solution as far back as mid 2000's in Nigeria. In 2010 he had his first acquisition and then moved his focus to building Gigalayer which is one of the biggest web hosting company in Nigeria with over 14,000 clients covering other countries in Africa.
Ahmad is a full-stack developer with lots of passion for web technology & internet businesses.
In this episode we discussed how he started Gigalayer
Lean Startup methodology
The Story behind his first acquisition
His perspective on bootstrapping and fundraising and lot of other existing stuff.
Check out Gigalayer on https://gigalayer.com/
2021-10-0335 minKurious KNicolas Waern: Supporting startups & scale up across the GlobeNicolas Waern Invested in my startup back in 2014. Ever since we have been friends and it's awesome to have him on the show. Nicolas has a passion to make the world a better place for everyone.
In this episode, we discussed European stereotypes in investing in African Startups, issues around climate change, smart buildings and many more.
2021-09-2622 min
Kurious KNicolas Waern: Supporting startups & scale up across the GlobeNicolas Waern Invested in my startup back in 2014. Ever since we have been friends and it's awesome to have him on the show. Nicolas has a passion to make the world a better place for everyone.In this episode, we discussed European stereotypes in investing in African Startups, issues around climate change, smart buildings and many more.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kuriouskpodcastbykolapo.substack.com
2021-09-2622 min
Kurious KAbraham Iyiola: Helping organizations across Africa attract and recruit the best talents.Abraham Iyiola is the Co-founder/CEO of CareerBuddy and Tamborin. He had a very interesting career starting out as leading AIESEC International in Nigeria and later led Talent Management at Jumia Nigeria in the early days.In this episode we discussed his foray into entrepreneurship.How CareerBuddy is changing organization culture towards talents. Tech talent in Nigeria and the pace the Nigeria tech ecosystem is losing software developers to other countries.How we can build a continuous pipeline of tech talent in Nigeria.Funding and more Recommended Book; The world is Flat by Thomas Fri...
2021-09-1931 minKurious KAbraham Iyiola: Helping organizations across Africa attract and recruit the best talents.Abraham Iyiola is the Co-founder/CEO of CareerBuddy and Tamborin. He had a very interesting career starting out as leading AIESEC International in Nigeria and later led Talent Management at Jumia Nigeria in the early days.
In this episode we discussed his foray into entrepreneurship.
How CareerBuddy is changing organization culture towards talents.
Tech talent in Nigeria and the pace the Nigeria tech ecosystem is losing software developers to other countries.
How we can build a continuous pipeline of tech talent in Nigeria.
Funding and more
Recommended Book; The world is Flat by Thomas Friedman
2021-09-1931 min
Kurious KEmmanuel Adegboye: Solving Africa's biggest challengesBy the end of the century, (2100) Lagos is forecasted to have a population of 0ver 80 million people, Dar Es Salaam over 70m.Emmanuel Adegboye as the Africa Strategy Lead for Utopia is working to make sure we have better cities across Africa as the population grows exponentially.In this podcast, we discussed Emmanuel's Journey into being an ecosystem leader, from being the Entrepreneurship Center Manager at Andela to Leading Utopia work in Africa and currently part of the Presidential Advisory Strategic Group of the Nigerian Startup Bill.We discussed why entrepreneurs should care about the bill & the b...
2021-09-1230 minKurious KEmmanuel Adegboye: Solving Africa's biggest challengesBy the end of the century, (2100) Lagos is forecasted to have a population of 0ver 80 million people, Dar Es Salaam over 70m.
Emmanuel Adegboye as the Africa Strategy Lead for Utopia is working to make sure we have better cities across Africa as the population grows exponentially.
In this podcast, we discussed Emmanuel's Journey into being an ecosystem leader, from being the Entrepreneurship Center Manager at Andela to Leading Utopia work in Africa and currently part of the Presidential Advisory Strategic Group of the Nigerian Startup Bill.
We discussed why entrepreneurs should care about the bill & the benefits and why t...
2021-09-1230 min
Kurious KThe Why for African EntrepreneursIn this episode, the host of the kurious k podcast (Kolapo) took the time out to distil lessons from the first 9 episodes.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kuriouskpodcastbykolapo.substack.com
2021-09-0535 minKurious KThe Why for African EntrepreneursIn this episode, the host of the kurious k podcast (Kolapo) took the time out to distil lessons from the first 9 episodes.
2021-09-0535 min
Kurious KConfidence Odionye: Building Africa's Drone FutureIn this episode, we had a great conversation with Confidence Odioinye, the founder and president of Beatdrone. Beatdrone was one of the pioneering businesses in the drone sector in Nigeria in 2017. Initially, in 2014, he started his journey as the first cohort of Passion Incubator with an idea of building a traffic management system and he later pivoted to using drones. The company currently provide services for companies in Agriculture, mining and oil and gas industry.In this podcast, we discussed How he startedRaising his seed funding from Audu Maikori( Co-founder of Chocolate City Entertainment ) Lau...
2021-08-2931 minKurious KConfidence Odionye: Building Africa's Drone FutureIn this episode, we had a great conversation with Confidence Odioinye, the founder and president of Beatdrone. Beatdrone was one of the pioneering businesses in the drone sector in Nigeria in 2017. Initially, in 2014, he started his journey as the first cohort of Passion Incubator with an idea of building a traffic management system and he later pivoted to using drones.
The company currently provide services for companies in Agriculture, mining and oil and gas industry.
In this podcast, we discussed
How he started
Raising his seed funding from Audu Maikori( Co-founder of Chocolate City Entertainment )
Launching his drone academy and par...
2021-08-2931 minKurious KBlessing Kwomo: Using Phytomedicine (Plant based medicine) to transform healthcare across the worldIn 2014 –Just before her 19th birthday – Blessing Kwomo launched De Rehoboth Therapeutic Studio, which offers a holistic approach to healthcare.
The Company extends home-based health care through tailored family action plans for treating illness and addressing root causes to empower families to live healthier within the context of their surroundings/circumstances.
We met in 2018 during a Slush Global Impact Accelerator Program I organised for social entrepreneurs in Nigeria in collaboration with the foreign ministry of foreign affairs in Finland and her business impact has been growing ever since. Her company has over 20 plant-based products approved by NAFDAC( National Agency for Foods...
2021-08-2226 min
Kurious KBlessing Kwomo: Using Phytomedicine (Plant based medicine) to transform healthcare across the worldIn 2014 –Just before her 19th birthday – Blessing Kwomo launched De Rehoboth Therapeutic Studio, which offers a holistic approach to healthcare.The Company extends home-based health care through tailored family action plans for treating illness and addressing root causes to empower families to live healthier within the context of their surroundings/circumstances.We met in 2018 during a Slush Global Impact Accelerator Program I organised for social entrepreneurs in Nigeria in collaboration with the foreign ministry of foreign affairs in Finland and her business impact has been growing ever since. Her company has over 20 plant-based products approved by NAFDAC( Natio...
2021-08-2226 minKurious KAndrew Airelobhegbe: Building a Pan African Neo Bank with LencoAndrew is a veteran entrepreneur in the Nigeria tech ecosystem who started building startups since his university days. In 2015 he co-founded ogaVenue, Nigeria's Largest online event venue booking portal with operation in 6 African countries which at its peak, before COVID 19 was doing 7 figures USD in Gross Merchandise Value. The platform was designed
to make it easy for an event host to search, check availability and book a preferred venue in minutes and now he is building Lenco.ng , a pan-African neo bank for businesses.
In this episode, we had a very beautiful conversation where we discussed,
Why he started OgaVenue a...
2021-08-1536 min
Kurious KAndrew Airelobhegbe: Building a Pan African Neo Bank with LencoAndrew is a veteran entrepreneur in the Nigeria tech ecosystem who started building startups since his university days. In 2015 he co-founded ogaVenue, Nigeria's Largest online event venue booking portal with operation in 6 African countries which at its peak, before COVID 19 was doing 7 figures USD in Gross Merchandise Value. The platform was designed to make it easy for an event host to search, check availability and book a preferred venue in minutes and now he is building Lenco.ng , a pan-African neo bank for businesses.In this episode, we had a very beautiful conversation where we discussed,Why h...
2021-08-1536 min
Kurious KNg'winula Kingamkono: Transforming Tanzanian’s Financial Habits with TunzaaIn this episode, we took a quick stop at Tanzania where I had an amazing conversation with Ng'winula Kingamkono.Ng’ winula has been building software solutions and startups for the past 10 years and recently launched Tunzaa which is a fintech startup that uses technology to transform the financial habits of consumers and connects businesses to buyers.During the podcast, we discussedWhy he started TunzaaTanzania Startup EcosystemFunding in East AfricaMobile Money in Tanzania Building Guumzo (a voice sharing social network Solution like Clubhouse back in 2015) and his effort get...
2021-08-0828 minKurious KNg'winula Kingamkono: Transforming Tanzanian’s Financial Habits with TunzaaIn this episode, we took a quick stop at Tanzania where I had an amazing conversation with Ng'winula Kingamkono.
Ng’ winula has been building software solutions and startups for the past 10 years and recently launched Tunzaa which is a fintech startup that uses technology to transform the financial habits of consumers and connects businesses to buyers.
During the podcast, we discussed
Why he started Tunzaa
Tanzania Startup Ecosystem
Funding in East Africa
Mobile Money in Tanzania
Building Guumzo (a voice sharing social network Solution like Clubhouse back in 2015) and his effort getting to product-market fit.
2021-08-0828 minKurious KBankole Oloruntoba: Green Economy and Nigeria Tech EcosystemBankole Oloruntoba is one of the most respected leaders in the Nigerian Tech Ecosystem.
He is the CEO of the Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC) a World Bank and Federal Government of Nigeria assisted innovation centre and the Honorary Consul of Finland in Nigeria and interestingly the youngest individual to occupy such a position in Finland embassy since its creation in 2012.
In 2014, Bankole founded of Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINe) and he was the founding Incubation Center Manager of Enspire Business Incubator.
In this episode, We had a conversation about:
Circular economy...
2021-08-011h 06
Kurious KBankole Oloruntoba: Green Economy and Nigeria Tech EcosystemBankole Oloruntoba is one of the most respected leaders in the Nigerian Tech Ecosystem.He is the CEO of the Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC) a World Bank and Federal Government of Nigeria assisted innovation centre and the Honorary Consul of Finland in Nigeria and interestingly the youngest individual to occupy such a position in Finland embassy since its creation in 2012.In 2014, Bankole founded of Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINe) and he was the founding Incubation Center Manager of Enspire Business Incubator.In this episode, We had a conversation about:
2021-08-011h 06
Kurious KEbi Ofrey: Driving Medical Inclusion in Africa with GerocareDr Ebi has been a medical doctor for over 19 years. At a point in his career, he realized he had to do things differently after his Dad Suffered stroke two times in a year. This led to the establishment of Gerocare. With GeroCare, you can provide healthcare for your parents wherever you are in the world. One of the SDG's (Sustainable developments goal) is to ensure health and well-being for all and that’s also at the heart of Gerocare Foundation which was launched during the celebration of the 4th year of the business. In this episode, we discussed Ger...
2021-07-2440 minKurious KEbi Ofrey: Driving Medical Inclusion in Africa with GerocareDr Ebi has been a medical doctor for over 19 years. At a point in his career, he realized he had to do things differently after his Dad Suffered stroke two times in a year. This led to the establishment of Gerocare. With GeroCare, you can provide healthcare for your parents wherever you are in the world. One of the SDG's (Sustainable developments goal) is to ensure health and well-being for all and that’s also at the heart of Gerocare Foundation which was launched during the celebration of the 4th year of the business.
In this episode, we discussed Gerocare Imp...
2021-07-2440 min
Kurious KPaul Kelvin: Fueling a Cleaner Future with GasmonkeyPaul Kelvin Founded Gas Monkey to solve the problem of "household air pollution" (HAP) in Nigeria mostly as a result of dirty cooking fuel (burning of firewood), which leads to the death of over 140,000 children under the age of 5 every year. His Company is also working to transform the real estate industry by pioneering a reticulated gas system in buildings that eliminate each apartment owning a gas cylinder and reducing the risk of fire outbreak. Statistics by the National LPG office states that over 90% of gas cylinders are expired in Nigeria.In the podcast, we discussed the story behind...
2021-07-1731 minKurious KPaul Kelvin: Fueling a Cleaner Future with GasmonkeyPaul Kelvin Founded Gas Monkey to solve the problem of "household air pollution" (HAP) in Nigeria mostly as a result of dirty cooking fuel (burning of firewood), which leads to the death of over 140,000 children under the age of 5 every year. His Company is also working to transform the real estate industry by pioneering a reticulated gas system in buildings that eliminate each apartment owning a gas cylinder and reducing the risk of fire outbreak. Statistics by the National LPG office states that over 90% of gas cylinders are expired in Nigeria.
In the podcast, we discussed the story behind Gas...
2021-07-1731 min
Kurious KAdetola Adele: Pioneering The First Bicycle Delivery Hub in NigeriaConversation with Adetola Adele, Founder of Errand 360- The first Bicycle delivery Hub in Nigeria.An Entrepreneur with experience building startups over the years, Tola launched Errand 360 in March 2021 with 100 BicyclesWe will discuss why he started the first Bicycle delivery service despite the way Nigerian roads are built, the challenges He has faced scaling, and how his business model has evolved.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get a...
2021-07-1129 minKurious KAdetola Adele: Pioneering The First Bicycle Delivery Hub in NigeriaConversation with Adetola Adele, Founder of Errand 360- The first Bicycle delivery Hub in Nigeria.
An Entrepreneur with experience building startups over the years, Tola launched Errand 360 in March 2021 with 100 Bicycles
We will discuss why he started the first Bicycle delivery service despite the way Nigerian roads are built, the challenges He has faced scaling, and how his business model has evolved.
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2021-07-1129 min
Kurious K#1 Disu Hakeem- Future of CryptocurrencyIn our first episode, we are excited to host Hakeem Disu, Founder of Koinwa- A peer to peer Bitcoin trading platform in Nigeria. Hakeem founded Koinwa in 2019 and recently launched its mobile and web application and it has done impressive numbers in transactions ( 6 figures in USD).We will discuss the impact of government regulations on cryptocurrency in Nigeria, how he started and his plans for the future.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kolapo-ogungbile/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers...
2021-06-3032 minKurious K#1 Disu Hakeem- Future of CryptocurrencyIn our first episode, we are excited to host Hakeem Disu, Founder of Koinwa- A peer to peer Bitcoin trading platform in Nigeria. Hakeem founded Koinwa in 2019 and recently launched its mobile and web application and it has done impressive numbers in transactions ( 6 figures in USD).
We will discuss the impact of government regulations on cryptocurrency in Nigeria, how he started and his plans for the future.
2021-06-3032 min
Kurious KIntroducing Kurious K PodcastHello guys, welcome to Kurious K podcast. My name is Kolapo and I am excited to announce that I will be launching my podcast where I will be meeting some of the most amazing startup founders in Nigeria and across Africa and everyone playing in the space to make entrepreneurship thrive.We will be exploring how they see opportunities and taking the first step to launch their business. Based on World Bank’s 2020 Doing business report, Nigeria ranks 131 out of 190 countries on the world bank doing business index. These factors are not enough to deter young, energetic folks ac...
2021-06-1702 min
Kurious KIntroducing Kurious K PodcastHello guys, welcome to Kurious K podcast. My name is Kolapo and I am excited to announce that I will be launching my podcast where I will be meeting some of the most amazing startup founders in Nigeria and across Africa and everyone playing in the space to make entrepreneurship thrive.
We will be exploring how they see opportunities and taking the first step to launch their business. Based on World Bank’s 2020 Doing business report, Nigeria ranks 131 out of 190 countries on the world bank doing business index. These factors are not enough to deter young, energetic folks across Nigeria to...
2021-06-1702 min