Jesse Moore, the CEO and co-founder of M-KOPA.

M-KOPA, a leading technology startup in Kenya, helps underbanked low-income African households unlock essential products and services that improve their life qualities with fair and flexible financial choices. M-KOPA has built one of the world’s most advanced connected financing platforms, deploying $1 billion in products and credit to 3 million customers. Since 2011, M-KOPA has raised $250 million in equity funding.

In this episode, you will hear about:

💡 What problem is M-KOPA solving?

🚀 The development of M-KOPA – stemmed from the advancements in mobile payment technology in Kenya, M-KOPA’s journey from its first product, solar system with pay-as-you-go capabilities, to smartphones, motorcycles, etc.

💸 How does M-KOPA successfully handle situations when customers can’t keep up with payments?

🌍 Non-profit V.S. Profit Organization:  for-profit beats non-profit organizations in terms of…

🌱 Jesse’s journey that led him to start M-KOPA.

💵 How does M-KOPA navigate through the difficult fundraising environment?

📈 The future of M-KOPA!

✨Jesse’s advice for the young generation on finding careers that drive impact.

Check out more of our previous episodes and our new book INNOVATING THROUGH IMPACT at: https://www.innovator.media/books

Joseph Rehmann is the Founder & Group CEO of Victory Farms. By rebuilding the fish value chain from scratch, Victory Farms drastically reduced the cost of protein in Africa. Through this journey, Joe and his team have built one of the first truly regenerative aquaculture farms in the world: all while improving biodiversity, sinking carbon, and supporting jobs and local communities in Kenya and beyond.

In this episode, you will hear about:

🔍 What is the problem that Victory Farms is solving for Africa: the persistent protein deficit issue and the stagnant aquacultural techniques that have stayed the same for the last 4,000 years.

🌟 What breakthroughs has Victory Farms achieved: recirculatory aquaculture system, large-scale cage system, a full spectrum of talents, etc.

🚀 Starting as an investment banker, how did Joe find himself building one of the most impactful businesses in Africa?

🙌 Joe’s take on what it needs to start a good business:

💡 Joe’s advice to the young generation!

Daniel Yu is the Founder and CEO of Wasoko. Wasoko aims to unleash African commerce from various aspects. Using Wasoko’s services, shopkeepers and suppliers are more efficiently connected. By simply ordering products via the mobile app, shopkeepers can receive deliveries at their doorstep. Additionally, Wasoko has been able to support and finance small retailers. Daniel is also conversant in more than 8 languages and has taken the founder's pledge to transfer 70% of his proceeds to effective interventions in reducing suffering.

In this episode, you will hear about:

💡 Daniel’s inspiring story of how he explored the world at a young age and found his passion: applied to a music major but later changed minds, dropped out of college to start a business in Africa…

🌍 What pain points does Wasoko solve and how does Wasoko address it?

🚀 What is the biggest challenge of building Wasoko in Africa, a developing market, compared to if Wasoko was built in a more developed market?

💼 For-profit enterprises V.S. Nonprofit enterprises, which one is more needed in the developing market?

🎓 Daniel’s advice to the young generations?

Basil Moftah, the General Partner at Nclude, a venture capitalist fund and Fintech innovation engine with a core focus on the Middle East and North Africa. As an influential force in the venture capital space, Basil is at the forefront of the Fintech revolution in Egypt, a country experiencing a quantum leap forward in its Fintech ecosystem.

In this episode, you will learn:

🚀What development phase is the Middle East Fintech market, especially the Egyptian market, in right now?

🌟Why creating a “sandbox for growth” is important for business in the developing Fintech market? 🌾What is the most undervalued sector in the Egyptian economy?

❤️What about being a VC does Basil love the most?

🔍Basil’s advice to the young generation.

Vikas is the Founder & CEO of abillion. abillion is a social media platform focused on helping people create better daily habits and rituals, starting with what they eat and buy. abillion’s mission is to become the definitive global ecosystem for everything sustainable.

In this episode, you will hear about:

💼What’s the motivation for founding abillion?

💡 How did Vikas make plans for his early career path?

🥩 What’s the future of cultivated meat?

🌍 How to pick the right ecosystem for your business?

👨‍🏫 Advice for young entrepreneurs: Start with a big name V.S. Start your own business right away.

Jim Rogers, a well-known investor, author, and financial commentator. He is the co-founder of the Quantum Fund, a hedge fund that achieved an impressive record of returns, and the author of “The Investment Biker”.

In this episode, you will learn:

🎓 Jim’s early life journey from Yale to Oxford

💼 The Quantum Fund – how it beat the S&P by nearly 4200% in 1970s?

📈 Jim’s way of thinking about investments in today’s volatile market

🏍️ What has Jim learned from his travel around the world on his motorcycle?

🌍 How does Jim see the US-China relationship?

💡 One investment advice - How catastrophes can lead to huge opportunities

👨‍🏫 If Jim could only choose one advisor, who would it be?

💰 Jim’s take on the future of cryptocurrency?

📚 Advice for students and the young generations

Pierre Paslier is the co-founder and co-CEO of Notpla, a leader in the sustainable packaging and container manufacturing industry.

In this episode, you will hear about:

Atish Davda is CEO and Co-Founder of EquityZen, a company working on bringing private markets to the public. Atish talks about his journey to starting EquityZen and what this company means to the future of investing in innovation.

The interview is dedicated to PennPAC. PennPAC works with nonprofit organizations to help solve their business challenges through the engagement of Penn alumni who serve as pro bono consultants for short-term projects. (https://pennpac.org/about/)

Irving Fain, the founder and CEO of Bowery Farming. Bowery is the leading vertical farming company in the United States, serving almost 800 grocery stores and major e-commerce platforms, such as Whole Foods, Giant, Walmart, and so on. Join the conversation and learn how technology can play an important role in the Agriculture industry's future and how Bowery brings high-quality products to our table in a more efficient and sustainable way.

This episode is dedicated to the D.C. Central Kitchen, a nationally recognized "community kitchen" that recycles food from around Washington, D.C., and uses it as a tool to train unemployed adults to develop work skills while providing thousands of meals for local service agencies in the process. (https://dccentralkitchen.org/)

Rick Bates, CEO and Co-Founder of RxSense. RxSense is a healthcare technology company that provides advanced cloud-based enterprise solutions. RxSense also contracts with the nation's largest pharmacies (including CVS, Walmart and Walgreens) to deliver consistently low prices directly to consumers on prescription drugs through its SingleCare (www.singlecare.com) prescription savings services.

Tune in to learn how Rick entered the drug industry and what led his way to start his own company, how RxSense improves transparency in the healthcare industry, and his advice on

The episode is dedicated to Heading Home, Boston's leading provider of emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing for low-income families and individuals, (https://www.headinghomeinc.org/).