Doers Within Us Podcast-Celebrating Builders of Tomorrow!

Funto Boroffice|Builders of Africa's Future Awardees 2023| ADN


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This 4th episode for Builders of Africa's Future Cohort 2023 series with our partnership with African Diaspora Network features ⁠Funto Boroffice ⁠is the founder/CEO of award winning ⁠Chanja Datti Ltd⁠, a waste collection & recycling social enterprise. Chanja Datti Ltd is dedicated to transforming the waste in her environment in Abuja, Nigeria into value by creating jobs and Quidroo, a fintech startup that provides access to working capital for Nigeria SMEs, especially women-owned SMEs. In the last 8+ years, her organization has successfully diverted almost 6,200 tons of waste from uncontrolled landfills, and empowered 600+ women and at-risk youth. Her organization currently has 200 employees.


Job Alert:

She is currently in search of a COO for her fintech startup, Quidroo, preferably a woman based in Nigeria who is also passionate about providing this opportunity of providing loans to SMEs in Nigeria and across Africa. Most importantly, she hopes this candidate's values aligns with hers.

You can directly reach out to her on her LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/olufunto-boroffice/) or via the host, Jacob Fohtung's LinkedIn page at [email protected].


Book Recommendations from Funto:

1. What Got You Here Won'T Get You There By Marshall Goldsmith

2. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't by Jim Collins and HarperAudio

3. Jewish Wisdom for Business Success: Lessons for the Torah and Other Ancient Textsby Levi Brackman and Sam Jaffe


We want to apologize that we're currently still working on the 2nd episode that we had with Sr. Josephine Nabulya. Sister belongs to the Institute of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Reparatrix- Ggogonya in Kampala, Uganda. Sr. Josephine is an accountant by profession, from Uganda Martyrs University Nkozi and holds a Masters Degree in Administration and Management. This episode will release will be released as soon as possible.


This year consists of incredible entrepreneurs spanning five countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. You can learn more about this year's cohort ⁠⁠here⁠⁠


The BAF program seeks to recognize and support early-stage African entrepreneurs who significantly impact their communities. The sixth cohort of the BAF comprises ten entrepreneurs from Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. All participating organizations in the cohort are 100% African-led and owned, operating in the Education, Recycling, Health Tech & Innovation, Poultry Farming, FinTech, Green Energy, and Coffee Farming sectors.

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Doers Within Us Podcast-Celebrating Builders of Tomorrow!By Jacob Fohtung