Backend by Gerald Black

By Gerald Black

BACKEND showcases startup founders building amazing products and companies in Africa, having real conversations on starting, scaling and everything in-between.... more

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How many episodes does Backend by Gerald Black have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.

Backend by Gerald Black episodes:

December 21, 2022 #Backend: "Don't Just Network, Nurture Relationships" - Blessing Abeng
Blessing Abeng is a branding and communications expert dedicated to helping brands identify and communicate their unique identity and tell better stories. She builds brand and communication strategies around tech products, services, growth, and sales to help brands communicate with their team, target audience, partners, and investors.

She has worked with brands across industries in unique capacities, nationally and globally, including Seedstars, Facebook, Taeillo, Diageo, Heritage Bank, African Alliance, Dark and Lovely (Nigeria and Africa), Bolt, Alomo Bitters, GSK, Lights Camera Africa, Lemi Ghariokwu, Victor Ehikhamenor, Angels and Muse, QuickCheck and so many others.

She is also the Co-founder and Director of Communications at Ingressive for Good where she drives the mission of the non profit to create and increase the earning power of one million African youth through tech training and resources for the growth of the African startup ecosystems.

She was the CMO & Cofounder of Disha, a digital technology company acquired by an African Unicorn (Flutterwave) in 2021.

Blessing’s skills and clear vision make her a valuable ecosystem leader and this has led her to wear hats that are value-driven in nature. She has also mentored youths in communities like She Leads Africa, Seedstars, African Entrepreneurship Awards, amongst others. She has received recognition by YNaija as one of the 100 most powerful youths in Nigeria. She was also recognised as a nominee for United Nation’s Most Influential Person of African Descent in the Creative sector and 40 under 40 category.

She has trained over 5000 creators in branding, communications, marketing and business. She currently curates and nurtures a growing community of over 40,000 individuals inspired by her strides and interested in learning more about branding, communications and business growth.

When she's not working, she is creating content or writing columns for top sites like BusinessDay, Connect Nigeria and many more.
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33min
November 21, 2022 #Backend: "African Founders Should Ditch Silicon Valley's Startup Model For Israel's" - Tomi Walker
Tomi Walker is a serial software entrepreneur who has spent the last 7 years leading product teams across payments, SaaS, social, mobile gaming for African consumers and clients.
He's passionate about building delightful products that solve problems for users and drive business metrics.
Tomi co-founded and built several startups and products as well as consulted on product development for bluechip companies in Lagos, Nigeria.
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44min
October 11, 2022 #Backend: How Victor Onyekere of Talemia is Giving Early Stage Founders Visibility
Victor Onyekere, Founder of Talemia discusses how he gives first time founders and early stage startups visibility through his platform as well as the recent partnership with Gerald Black. If you're a first time founder or your startup is still at it's early stage, apply to get visibility on Talemia via - talemia.com/techcleek
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17min
October 11, 2022 Introduction to Backend by Gerald Black
Backend showcases startup founders building amazing products and companies in Africa, having real conversations on starting, scaling and everything in-between.
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1min

FAQs about Backend by Gerald Black:

How many episodes does Backend by Gerald Black have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.