SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION: From living in earth houses in Africa to finishing his PhD in Zurich w/ Oxara founder Gnanli Landrou

“No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”– Gnanli Landrou, founder of Oxara IF YOU LIKE THIS PODCAST, GIVE US A FIVE STAR REVIEW ON APPLE PODCAST. For today’s episode we have a chat with Gnanli Landrou, founder of Oxara (meaning ‘community’ in Kabiye). Oxara is a startup that uses construction waste, especially excavation material to build safe, affordable and sustainable housing. It is a low CO2, low-cost alternative for conventional concrete used in housing. Get ready to dive in as we discover Gnanli’s amazing life journey that led him to start Oxara. We also take a glimpse of Gnanli’s unwavering determination and his hopes for the future. We covered the following topics: GNANLI LANDROU How he left Togo at 14 and got his PhD by one of the top Universities in the world His amazing business principles and vision for Oxara The impact he wants to have with his startup, and what metric he will measure it by BUSINESS How he is planning to build a business around his technology Challenges a technological startup founder faces GO-TO-MARKET How Gnanli is acquiring first customers What the long-term vision for Oxara is Links/Weekly recommendation:   Simon Sinek’s books – Gnanli admires Simon who talks about leadership and forgetting about technology, in a sense, as he applies this to his own vision in building houses with his employees and the people that he works with. Jack Ma - Gnanli likes Jack in terms of how he structures his business to have a worldwide presence. The Lean Startup book – Gnanli recommends this book to help with your business canvas and understand all the intricacy of what it means. IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE THIS EPISODE, LET US KNOW HERE