Founders Connect

Meet Kemi Olawoye, the Founder and CEO of BabyMigo, a Nigerian femtech startup founded in 2017, which is increasing the amount of access families have to to quality information surrounding pregnancy and parenthood. They have amassed over 250,000 users on their platform, and are steadily growing. In this interview, Kemi shares her story. Growing up in a family of loving parents, studying physiotherapy, starting BabyMigo and the road to adoption. There is so much to learn from her, so sit tight and enjoy!

Erika Brodnock is an award-winning entrepreneur, philanthropist, angel investor, and keynote speaker. She is the founder of Kami, an app that provides support and counseling for working parents. Before Kami, she founded Karisma Kidz, a company focused on producing games and toys for kids. She is also the Co-founder and Head of Research for Extend Ventures, a company committed to reducing bias in the early stage of businesses and diversifying financial access and support for this scalable businesses.   Outside of her companies, she is very passionate about inclusion, diversity and political sciences and works on several different projects along these lines. 

In this episode of Founders Connect, we will learn more about Erika, her interesting life journey, her companies, motivations and more!

Bradley Want is the VP of Growth at Kuda, a fintech company operating in Nigeria and expanding to other countries which has over 3 million customers worldwide and is valued at $500 million as at August 2021. In this episode of Founders  Connect, we discuss diverse areas of mobile company growth, Bradley’s experience working at Kuda, growth stacks and channels, team structure and more!   

To learn more about Kuda, check out their website and download the Kuda app: https://www.kuda.com/

Meet Kemi Olawoye, the Founder and CEO of BabyMigo, a Nigerian femtech startup founded in 2017, which is increasing the amount of access families have to to quality information surrounding pregnancy and parenthood. They have amassed over 250,000 users on their platform, and are steadily growing. In this interview, Kemi shares her story. Growing up in a family of loving parents, studying physiotherapy, starting BabyMigo and the road to adoption. There is so much to learn from her, so sit tight and enjoy!  

To learn more about BabyMigo, check here: https://babymigo.com/

Peter Bunor Jr. is the Co-founder and Growth Lead at Field Intelligence, a pharmaceutical supply chain that helps governments and businesses grant access to healthcare in the fastest-growing parts of the world.   He shares his life journey with us in this episode of Founders Connect. From being born into the family of a Nollywood veteran actor to becoming a child actor himself, and gradually finding his way in life, to discovering a passion for business and helping others. Throughout the interview, his willingness to try new things and his growth mindset stand out as key takeaways.

Mariam Jimoh is the founder and CEO of Oja, a one-stop shop for cultural foods. Oja’s mission is to radically reshape groceries and make foods from all cultures accessible from anywhere in the world. Mariam was recognised in the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 Technology list, and her company also recently raised 3.4 million dollars in funding. In this interview, Mariam shares her life and journey with us. From being born to Nigerian parents to learning all the useful skills that helped her in her entrepreneurship journey along to way, to founding a food startup that connects Afrocarribean people in the diaspora with ingredients to help them cook beloved meals from their home countries.

Ijeoma Akwiwu is the Chief Operations Officer and CO-Founder of Pivo, a digital bank for trade in Africa. Before Pivo, she studied law at Lagos State University, then worked for several years as a firm lawyer, before getting into corporate practice as an In-house lawyer at Gilmor Engineering. After a few years of practice,  she attended the University of Glasgow to get a Master's degree in software development.  

In this episode of Founders Connect, we will get to know more about Ijeoma, her journey, and what she's building at Pivo.

Preston Timeyin Ideh is Co-founder and CEO of Stears, an Intelligence startup providing data and insights on local (and global) affairs for enterprises and individuals. Stears' mission is to become the world's most trusted source of African data, insight and data collection tools for businesses, financial and policy professionals.  

Before founding Stears, Preston worked as a corporate lawyer for several years, and co-founded LSE Africa Summit, an annual conference that highlights business developments in Africa.   

In this interview, Preston shares his journey, from Secondary school in Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, to building a Startup that has raised a seed investment of $600,000 and has been selected for Google’s Black Founders Fund cohort II.  You will love it!

Moe "Moechievous" Odele, is the Founding Partner at Vazi Legal and the founder of Scale My Hustle. Vazi Legal is a foremost tech-focused law firm with practices in Nigeria and the United States. They provide legal services to tech startups, venture capital funds, and other organisations. Scale My Hustle is a social enterprise focused on helping entrepreneurs build better-structured businesses by providing educational content and an online community for current and aspiring entrepreneurs.   

In this interview, Moe shares her life and her career journey. From her experience growing up in a polygamous family to studying Law, delving into tech law, and being a human rights advocate.

Tomilola Majekodunmi is the Founder and CEO of Bankly, a Nigerian fintech startup digitizing cash for the unbanked. She has over ten years of experience in the finance industry, having worked as an investment banker and analyst for the majority of her career. In this Interview, Tomilola shares her journey with us, from studying physiology at the University to closing $2 million dollar seed rounds for a product set to improve the lives of Nigerians nationwide.