Building The Future with Dotun

Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder at Piggybank.ng

She is also the Chief Operating Officer at SharpHire Global Limited, the organization behind Push CV, Piggybank and a new product in the pipelines.

Chika Uwazie is the CEO of TalentBase.

TalentBase makes it easier for businesses to manage their HR processes such as payroll, benefits, staff evaluation and time tracking.

Chika joined the startup as the VP of business development immediately after moving back to Nigeria from the states. She has since then risen to the position of CEO and has gone on to represent TalentBase at 500 Startups.

Catherine Luckhoff is a serial entrepreneur.

She founded her first business as a fourth year undergraduate. Her wide-ranging business acumen consists of business development, mobile, big data, music, startups and innovation in Africa.

She now runs NicheStreem, an end-to-end solution for anyone including content owners, artists and music enthusiasts who want to launch their own audio/music streaming service.

Olamide Brown is the founder of Flying Doctors Nigeria.

Already, you understand how unique and important what she is doing is.

Millions of people have lost their lives because they could not be transported to the right doctor or medical facility in time. Her sister, was one of these people.

She decided to do something about it.

On today’s episode, we have Demi Owoseje, founder of Majeurs Chesterfield.   Majeurs Chesterfield specialises in “preloved” leather and fabric furniture. They also deal with brands such as classic twentieth century pieces. They’ve got a fondness for Chesterfield sofas, and pride themselves in delivering nothing short of  stunning. Demi has an interesting story.  She has excelled in a male dominated industry.   In this episode, she weaves an interesting story about her journey and the defining moments she had to go through… such as turning down a potential promotion for a gut entrepreneurial feeling.   Over a period of time, she has added some major milestones to her long list of achievements. In 2014, she hosted Prince Charles to a royal visit at her studio and got an invite to speak at No 10, Downing Street.   She is currently started operations in Nigeria and is looking forward to contribute to the change happening here. On this episode, you’ll learn:   Why she walked away from a promotion offer Why you should know the value of what you are selling About her love for architecture and building things How the idea of furniture business was born How to listen and trust your guts. The essential thing you need if you are trying to scale The importance of media attention for your business and how to get it The importance of social media and how they are leveraging it to get clients Why you need to be able to run your business even if you are physically absent How to avoid getting stuck in your comfort zone About another industry she’s interested in And more Selected links from this episode   Clements House Selected Book from this episode   Image of Africa. Chinua Achebe

Temie Giwa-Tunbosun is the founder of LifeBank.

LifeBank is a platform that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria. LifeBank has one goal… to save lives.

In 2016, Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg found her work intriguing and rightly said “If she can actually pull it off, she’ll show a model that will impact not just Lagos, not just Nigeria, but countries all around the world.”

This is to introduce the Season 2 of Building the Future Podcast. One-on-one interviews with people who are using technology, entrepreneurship and innovative ideas to shape the future of Africa.

This season is in partnership with the British Council Nigeria.

We have come to the end of Building The Future Podcast Season 1!

It has been an interesting journey full of learnings and exposure.

Season two starts next year, and already we have an impressive lineup of entrepreneurs as well as a special series planned

I have given a bit of insight into what you can expect on Buildng The Future Podcast season 2.

I look forward to sharing this journey with you!

This was a live podcast recorded in Abuja!

Tola Onayemi is in the economic team of the office of the Vice President.

He serves as a Special Adviser on the industry, trade and investment cluster by providing technical policy assistance.

Tola is strongly of the opinion that crude oil is not the solution Nigeria desperately craves. He says, “ if we are ever going to take off as an economy, it’s not just oil.”

Michael Simeon is the Co-founder and CEO of VoguePay, a user-friendly online payment system in Nigeria.

Michael believes that to launch a product, it’s essential to research the market. In his words “You have to build something that fits for a purpose.”

VoguePay is a multi-million dollar business that never received any funding or grant.