BlueSense Podcast

In this episode, we talk with the Chief of Staff of Stears - Matinat Ajeigbe on some challenges with building a leading research and intelligence house in Africa; the company's growth, the challenges in her role as CoS and some hurdles ahead - including Stears' strategy for covering the 2023 Nigerian Elections.

In this episode, we talk with our friend and founder of MVX - Tonye Membere-Otaji on some challenges with building a bluetech company in Africa; the company's growth so far and some hurdles they've had to overcome to get to where they are. 

MVX is a game-changing technology platform built to solve the fundamental problem of fragmented, inefficient and expensive process of freight shipping in Africa.

Despite a ferociously demanding operating environment, there is growing improvement for fintech start-ups in Nigeria. Financial inclusion rates are surprisingly low, but mobile penetration rates are high and continuously rising, with investment growing quickly. In this podcast BlueSense examines the role fintech has played in the growth of financial inclusion and what more could be done to support this growth.

With the growing ecosystem of Start-ups in Nigeria, the Nigerian government has proposed a bill to support the growth of Start-ups in the country. In this article, our Business Analyst - Mmesoma Otuokere shares the requirements tech companies would need to meet, to qualify as a start-up; as well as advantages outlined in the bill for start-ups.

Raising funds for your startup is not as difficult as you would think. It is in fact super easy because there are more investors out there than there are startups. Your focus should be on getting these investors to invest in your startup. How do you guarantee that investors will put their money in your startup? This episode will show you how. 

Most companies as they grow just start to hire people + expect that their horsepower increases as they grow; turns out that’s not the case. Usually when you hire more people you actually don’t get that much more done; you actually sometimes get less done. eg. engineers, designers, etc. The reason for this is that most people are actually ammunition + what you need in your company are barrels. So you add barrels + stock them with ammunition + then you can do a lot. In this episode we'll share why you should delay hiring as long as possible. 

As COVID has proven, founding a startup isn't about a fancy office + logo, but actually about building a product, users actually want + need. Here are a few things startup founders should learn.