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Founders Connect — 100 episodes

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What Nobody Tells You About Building a Fintech in Nigeria | Babatunde Akin-Moses of Sycamore NG

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He Turned an MIT Class Project Into One of Africa's Most Ambitious Bets on Transportation | Adetayo Bamiduro of MAX.ng

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This Is How a Multipotentialite Builds an Empire Without Losing Her Mind, Her Health, or Integrity | Adaora Mbelu on Founders Connect

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Paystack, Piggyvest, Moniepoint — The Investor Behind Africa's Biggest Exits Tells All | Kola Aina

5

How to Invest Through Inflation, Clear Debt and Still Build Wealth : A Financial Masterclass

6

Grief, Growth and $4.4M: What Five Years of Showing Up Really Looks Like for a Nigerian Founder

7

Paul Onwuanibe on Building a $150M Empire: The Secret Most African Founders Will Never Know!

8

How Olumide Akintola Built Three Completely Different Business Models for Three African Markets

9

This Investor Who Has Seen 500M+ in Deals Explains Why Startups Shouldn't Take VC | Nichole Yembra

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She left Oil & Gas at 40 With No Business Experience to build a Billion-Naira Empire

11

Samuel Okwuada on building Healthtech in Nigeria and the Challenges that come with it

12

How to Benjamin Dada Built A Media Company While Climbing Corporate Ladders

13

How June Angelides Went From Yaba to Backing $100M+ Startups Across Africa & Europe

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How Tayo Oviosu is Building The fintech Giant of Africa

15

Destiny Ogedengbe on breaking the cycle: How a poor kid from Benin made it to Harvard Law

16

They Built Nigeria’s Biggest Brands — But You Hardly Hear Their Names | UNSUNG Documentary

17

How Bamboo Is Helping Africans Build Wealth Through Investment | The Evolution of Bamboo

18

The Startup Helping African SMEs Access Business Loans | Salad Africa’s Story with Chikodi Ukaiwe

19

The Best Founders Are Salespeople – How to Sell Anything | Seye Bandele at The Builders Summit 2025

20

Building a Business That Survives 10+ Years in Africa | The Untold Story of Kopo Kopo with Dennis Ondeng

21

He Shut Down a Winning Business to Build WorkPay | Paul Kimani on Building & Scaling Across Africa

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Building Africa's Biggest Crypto Wallet - The Untold Story

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Climbing the Tech Ladder in Nigeria: Tunde Ajibawo's Advice for Software Engineers | How I S3 Ep1

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How Antler is helping Early Stage Starups Scale Faster

25

How to build a loyal audience from scratch | Creator Jam with Peace Itimi & Caleb Maru Episode 1

26

The untold story about 54 gene | A chat with Dr Abasi Ene-Obong

27

Building, Innovating, and Thriving in Africa’s Tech Ecosystem: Insights from Iyin Aboyeji #TheBuilders Summit 2024

28

Why Effective Storytelling Matters #FoundersConnectLiveInLondon

29

How To Position Your Startup To Attract Investors with Lexi Novitske & Bunmi Akinyemiju

30

How I Built Tech Safari In 18 months with Caleb Maru

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How I Went From A Local to A Global Role in 4 years by Oiza Saidq

32

Jessica Hope: The Queen of African Tech PR and The Story Behind Wimbart

33

Investing in Africa: A Fireside chat with Nimmy Mathews and Yvonne Bajela

34

How Tech1M is Connecting Top Tech Talent Globally - Tommie Edwards' Story

35

How Norrsken22's $205M Fund is Empowering African Growth-Stage Startups #FoundersConnect

36

How Chowdeck is Changing the Food Delivery Game: A Chat with the Chowdeck Team #FoundersConnect

37

How to be a great operator: A Keynote Address by Adia Sowho at #TheBuildersSummit

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Sim Shagaya Shares Entrepreneurial Lessons From Building Konga, uLesson

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How Adeola Ayoola is Digitizing Healthcare for Africans with Famasi Africa

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How to Execute Excellently ft Bayo "Lion" Adedeji #FoundersConnect Live in London

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Tosin Eniolorunda, CEO of Moniepoint Africa, on #FoundersConnect Live in London

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Why you need to Network for Growth ft Damilare Ogunleye, CEO of Foodlama #FoundersConnect Live in London

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Consistency and Clarity in Entrepreneurship ft Femi Iromini, CEO of Moni Africa #FoundersConnect

44

#FoundersConnect: Interview with Obi Emetarom of Zone Network

45

Interview with Tosin Eniolorunda, CEO and Co-Founder of Moniepoint Group

46

Interview with Eloho Omame, Cofounder of First Check, Former MD Endeavor Nigeria.

47

Interview with Joe Kinvi, Founding Partner at HoaQ Club

48

Interview with Fola Olatunji-David of Sporting Lagos (Ex- Amazon Web Services, Google)

49

Interview with Damilare Ogunleye, Co-Founder and CEO of Foodlama

50

Interview with Yomi Adedeji, Co-founder of Softcom and Eyowo

51

Interview with Kemi Olawoye, the Founder of BabyMigo, Nigeria's Largest Parenting Community

52

Interview with Erika Brodnock, Founder of Kami.

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Interview with Bradley Want, VP of Growth at Kuda Bank

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Interview with Kemi Olawoye, Co-founder and CEO of BabyMigo

55

Interview with Peter Bunor, Co-founder and Growth Lead at Field Intelligence

56

Interview with Mariam Jimoh, Founder and CEO of Oja, (Ethnic Grocery Delivery Startup)

57

Interview with Ijeoma Akwiwu, Co-founder and COO of Pivo

58

Interview with Preston Timeyin Ideh, CEO and Co-Founder of Stears

59

Interview with Moe "Moechievous" Odele, Founder of VaziLegal, Scale my Hustle.

60

Interview with Tomilola Majekodunmi, CEO and Co-founder of Bankly

61

Interview with Moses Enenwali, Co-Founder and CEO of Topship

62

Interview with Adia Sowho, CMO of MTN Nigeria

63

Interview with Adetola Onayemi, Co-Founder & CEO of Norebase, Future Africa

64

Interview with Chimezie Emewulu, Co-Founder and MD of Seamfix Limited.

65

Interview with Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph, Cofounder & CEO of Kippa

66

Interview with Florence Githinji, Regional Marketing Manager at YellowCard

67

Interview with Ben Lyon, CEO and CoFounder of Stax, an Offline Payment App for Africans

68

Interview with Jude Dike, CoFounder and CEO of GetEquity

69

Interview with Njoku Emmanuel, CEO and Co-Founder of Lazerpay

70

Interview with Ayo Akindele, Founder and CEO of Kyshi

71

Interview with Koromone Koroye, Managing Editor of TechCabal

72

Interview with Duncan Muchangi, Principal @ Unicorn Growth, Former MD, Jumia Group & Antler E.A

73

Interview with Marvin Coleby, Co-Founder and CEO of Raise

74

Interview with Bunmi Akinyemiju, Partner at GreenHouse Capital, Former CEO Venture Garden Group

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Interview with Kay Akinwunmi, Co-Founder and CEO of Zazuu

76

Interview with Ameyaw Debrah, Founder of Ameyawdebrah.com

77

Interview with Odun Eweniyi, Co-founder and COO of Piggyvest, FirstCheck Africa

78

Interview with Eyitayo Ogunmola, Founder of Utiva

79

Interview with Godwin Tom, Serial Entrepreneur, Music Business Mogul & CEO of iMANAGE AFRICA

80

Interview with Tosin Faniro-Dada, MD /CEO of Endeavor (Nigeria)

81

Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of Big Cabal Media (Techcabal & Zikoko)

82

Interview with Abdul Hassan, CEO & Founder of Mono (YC W21)

83

Interview with Babajide Duroshola, General Manager at M-KOPA & ex-Country Director, SafeBoda (NG)

84

Interview with Michael 'Trojan' Okoh - Co-founder and CTO, ThePeer

85

Interview with Lotanna Nwose, Co-founder of Investsika

86

Interview with Bernard Parah, CEO of Bitnob

87

Interview with the co-CEOs of Printivo, Temitope Ekundayo and Ibukun Oloyede

88

Interview with Toba Adeyanju, CEO of Ejoya Music

89

Interview with Rebecca Inyang Junaid Founder of JustJoJo (Music Publishing & Promotions)

90

Interview with Yele Bademosi, Co-founder of Nestcoin, Founder of Bundle Africa & Microtraction

91

Interview with Kingsley Abrokwah, Founder & CEO of Kudigo

92

Interview with Adewale Yusuf: Co-founder TalentQL, Techpoint Africa & AltSchool Africa

93

Interview with Tomiwa Lasebikan, Co-founder and CPO of Helicarrier (formerly, Buycoins)

94

Interview w/ Bayo Adedeji: CEO, Wakanow & Founder, Dundu Nation & Wave Beach

95

Interview with Kelvin Umechukwu, Cofounder & CEO of Bumpa

96

Interview with Founder/CEO, Selar - Douglas Kendyson

97

Interview with Rodney Jackson-Cole, Co-founder and CTO at Prospa (YC W21)

98

Interview with Ized Uanikhehi - CEO, Loose Media

99

Interview with Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Co-founder of Andela & Former MD of Flutterwave

100

Interview with Ebun Okubanjo, Co-founder/CEO of Bento Africa, Fitness Central, Ezwash