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The East Africa Business Podcast: African Start ups | Investing | Entrepreneurship | Interviews — 84 episodes
From rags to riches: Re-afric make colourful shoes from recycled African fabric that sell worldwide
Affordable healthcare for the masses: Ilara Health's sustainable business model saves lives
The opportunities and challenges of making affordable socks in Kenya
Cracking the nut industry: how Kenya adopted the world's most valuable nut, with Charles Muigai
(Chia) Seed Investors: the surprising story of how chia seeds came to be grown in Africa
How Lynk raised $1.3m and evolved from "TaskRabbit for Kenya" to micro-franchising and construction
From Uber to call centre: why Flare decided on the human touch for emergency dispatch in Kenya
Why Zamgoat believes goats are the next big meat in Zambia (and the world), with Paul Nyambe
No credit card to drive! How City Drive Hire have opened up the Zambian car hire market
Moringa revisited: catching up with Audrey Cheng on the coding school's international expansion
How Brexit is affecting Kenya's role in the global flower market, with Chris Kulei from Sian Roses
A tech success story. How Africa's Talking equips African software developers with APIs
How many eggs can you fit in an Uber? A Nairobi egg dealer on overcoming micro-business challenges
How a Kenyan couple captured the Japanese market in Kenya, with Wangari Wachira
Why did the home of running not make running shoes? Nava the co-founder of Enda Running explains
Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, why SunCulture can profitably sell to smallholder farmers
East Africa's first board game cafe, and why most Kenyans don't know how to play, with Bao Box
Move over Tesla, Opibus has a better way to get electric vehicles on African roads
Video Games: Africa prepares for the $bn gaming market, with Nathan Masyuko from Ludique Works
Relocating top African software developers to European tech teams, with Caspar Coding
Entrepreneur and author Sean Keough explains the need for a different financial model in developing markets
The Economist's Africa editor compares East Africa's development with the rest of the continent
Big retail CEO Daniel Githua explains the role of supermarkets formalising the East African economy
Booming factory business. Tales of growth, expansion and toilet paper, from Darshan Chandaria
An innovative construction material transforms Kenya's booming housing market, with Mburu Karanja
How Busara Center's unintuitive behavioural insights bring clarity to the complex, with Chaning Jang
Impact Investing: Beyond Capital’s perspective, with Brian Axelrad and Nicholas Java
Season Three Preview
Big Data Lending: unlocking commercial capital for Africa with Daniel Goldfarb from Lendable
A "one for one" model delivering nutritious hot lunches for schoolchildren, with Wawira Njiru
The social (and commercial) upsides of building an online parenting platform, with MumsVillage
Where does hair comes from? The global supply chain of human wigs and weaves
How the "Distributed Economy" thesis could revolutionise how we think about Africa's development
Kasha opens up access to sanitary pads in East Africa through last-mile distribution
The need to digitalise the pharmacy business in East Africa, and the benefits that come when you do
Why Ethiopia needs a localised version of Uber, with Habtamu Tadesse from ZayRide
Running an online business in Ethiopia when the power goes out, with Feleg Tsegaye from DeliverAddis
African rocketship BitPesa use blockchain to enable international payments, with Elizabeth Rossiello
Revolutionising access to credit in Africa through Peer-to-Peer lending, with Hilda Moraa
How mSurvey's Head of Data leverages the company's big data for insights never before possible
Season Two Preview
*SPECIAL* Silicon Savannah: Business Lessons from East Africa Talk
Season One Conclusion
Dream. Grow. Be Found. How Fuzu equips thousands of Kenyans for the workplace, with Jussi Hinkkanen
We Farm are building an SMS-based social network for farmers, with Kenny Ewan
Paying for textbooks by the page: how Kytabu is disrupting Kenyan education, with Tonee Ndungu
Kenya's first local producer of coconut goods. Kentaste's hustle to get in supermarkets and more
Preventing food waste through solar powered fridges, with Luke Davey from Inspira Farms
No need for uni. Moringa School's world class coding school in Kenya, with Audrey Cheng
Setting boundaries: how Agrinfo's mapping technology overcomes pen and paper land disputes
Training rats to save lives (no joke) in Tanzania, with Georgies Mgode from Apopo
Uber for ambulances. Why most Africans can't call 911 and how Flare solves this, with Caitlin Dolkart
Inuka Pap uses mobile money to help low-income savings groups, with Waweru Kuria
Escaping the rental poverty trap: how Tugende gives motorcycle taxi drivers the ability to own
Creating linkages in agriculture to improve farmer incomes, with Maria Biswalo from Ninayo
How Lynk is building a "TaskRabbit for Kenya", with the founders Adam and Johannes
Game-changing technology that allows those with low-income to purchase goods on credit
Why lack of working capital chokes the Kenyan food industry, and how Umati Capital solves this
Where does your tea come from? Toby Theobald from Chai Tausi in Tanzania explains
"Netflix for Africa": how Tango TV is creating a platform for streaming local East African content
Digital transformation in Tanzania hospitals - how Geek Technologies make local businesses paperless
How Living Labs teaches entrepreneurship to rural Tanzanians, with Victoria John
Cycling with elephants: breaking new ground in Tanzanian travel with Mejah Mbuya from Afriroots
Building "Spotify for Africa" with Martin Nielsen from Mdundo
Selling cakes (and training cake makers), with Grace Murugi from Cakes.co.ke
The CEO of iHub gives an overview of the East Africa tech ecosystem, with Kamal Bhattacharya
The effusive Dr Suudi gives us a taste of his Ugandan radio adverts
A history of surveying and market research in Kenya with Boniface Ngahu from SBO Research
Supporting Ugandan small holder farmers with affordable services, with Peter Nyeko from Reparle
Why biomass charcoal cooking stoves are saving lives, with Ziwa Hillington from Green Bioenergy
Coworking Space: giving entrepreneurs in Uganda a collaborative place to work
Why Ugandans are demanding "masculine" motorbikes, with Pankaj Tiwari from Miracle Motors
The exciting ways brands can engage with a growing youth market in Uganda, with Belguin Prosper
Make up for African women - why imported cosmetics don't work and no-one trusts the Chinese
How a credit marketplace can unlock the potential in SMEs, with George Bakka from Patasente
Glass half full: how Jibu's innovative franchise provides clean, affordable water across East Africa
New York, Paris, Kampala..? How and why Gloria Wavamunno started Uganda's international Fashion Week
Smoothies: how a growing Rwandan enterprise sells healthy juices, with Anitha Dusabe of Twistiblendz
How using solar energy can drastically improve how farmers water their crops, with Flavia Howard
Beanz Meanz Development: value addition by cooking and packing nutritious beans
Why GetIt need to use Whatsapp to deliver food produce in Rwanda, with Lauren Russell
Why no toothpicks are made in East Africa? A market evaluation, with Olly Cassels
Electricity from the sun: how BBOXX's off-grid solar systems power rural Rwanda, with Justus Mucyo
Accelerating Rwanda: Aphrodice Mutangana explains how the kLab hub is fostering entrepreneurship