Maxima is the founder and CEO of Livara; a shea butter cosmetics brand in Uganda. Each one of their lotions and creams are an entirely unique experience, addressing different skin needs with fresh, nourishing organic ingredients and beautiful essential oils. In this episode, Maxima shares her entrepreneurial journey right from quitting her well paying job to starting her own company, along with the business lessons shes's learnt, and an inside look into the workings of an all natural cosmetics brand.

Nero is the founder and CEO of T-Shirt Factory; a Nigerian T-shirt production company. With a combined experience of more than 15 years from providing customised T-shirts for individuals the company has grown to provide all T-shirt solutions from sourcing Quality Fabric from overseas to sewing and printing. In this episode, Nero shares his passion for entrepreneurship as well as how he built his company, and expanded it to Ghana.

Peninah is the founder of The Moisture Well, a skin & hair care business in Uganda, with emphasis on natural, chemical-free products. In this episode, Peninah shares how she made the transition from employment in the Telecommunications industry to starting her own Skin & Hair care business. We also discuss some of the challenges startups face such as logistics and finding the right price for their products and services. 

Jide is the founder of The Comic Republic, a comic book startup based in Lagos, Nigeria. In this episode, Jide shares the steps taken to create a comic book right from character creation all the way to publishing the finished comic book online. He also shares the various ways in which The Comic Republic is able to generate income despite publishing their comics for free. We also discuss his favorite superheroes growing up and the comic book movies he's most excited about this year.

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Modupe is the founder and CEO of Capital Square, a co-working space in Lagos. Capital Square is a place for entrepreneurs and start-ups to have a physical presence and get their start without a lot of the hassle usually involved. Capital Square provides a managed shared work space with internet, uninterrupted power, meeting rooms, lockers, printers, more or less everything a person needs in their office, at an affordable cost. Capital Square is about building a community of professionals from every area of business, who like, support, and want to learn from one another, and it’s a great place to network and grow your business. In this episode, Modupe shares her experience at Capital Square as well as the lessons she has learnt so far.

Joycee is the founder and CEO of ORÍKÌ; a luxury skincare brand that fuses natural ingredients & scientific research to create extraordinary personal care products. They create effective and luxurious beauty and grooming products utilizing raw materials and all natural resources discovered around the world. ORÍKÌ is for the sophisticated, health-conscious woman and man who want to look effortlessly sharp with intent and purpose. In this episode, Joycee and I discuss her experience at ORÍKÌ as well as the importance of having a business plan, and finding the right partner for your business.

Maci is the founder and CEO of On Second Thought. After sending an embarrassing message that went wrong due to auto correct, Maci decided to create an app "On Second Thought" that would help users quickly retrieve their text messages that were accidentally sent. On Second Thought helps in scenarios whereby when you send a text that you wish you hadn’t, you either swipe left to recall and edit it or you swipe right to completely delete it. In this episode, Maci shares her journey as an entrepreneur, as well as some helpful lessons that she's learnt along the way.

Suzie is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Suzie Beauty. One of her major clients throughout her artistry career has been MNet, through which SuzieBeauty’s work has been seen on various TV Shows like IDOLS, The Patricia Show, Catwalk Africa, Face of Africa, and Coke Studio. She has led SuzieBeauty backstage through 4 seasons of the biggest regional TV Show, Tusker Project Fame. In this episode, Suzie shares her inspiration for starting the first Kenyan cosmetic company, how she strikes a balance with work and family, as well as tips for aspiring make-up artists.

SafeBoda is a company in Kampala that offers a new business model for Uganda's motorbike taxi industry. Uganda's road deaths are about twice the average of its African peers that results in losses of 2.9% of its GDP (WHO, 2013). SafeBoda is trying to solve this problem by prioritizing safety for both its drivers and passengers. In this episode, I chat with two of the three co-founders of SafeBoda; Maxime Dieudonne and Alastair Sussock. We discuss the impact of SafeBoda in Kampala thus far, challenges in the current Ugandan transport service, as well as how SafeBoda tries to differentiate itself from the current motorbike taxis.