We thought we'd give you a taster of what's still to come. 

We're still talking to the best and brightest Africans and finding out the surprising ways they're working with American business, tech and creative talent to be the best they can be. 

Because Africa is the future. And Americans - and Africans - know that.

So tune in for the rest of Limitless Africa, Season 3.

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"We're only now coming around to fully cracking what it takes to reach the African consumer."

Jean-Claude Homawoo is the CEO of logistics firm Lori Systems. Founded in 2017, the company has now managed over 20,000 trucks across 12 African countries, moving goods worth more than $10 billion. Jean-Claude is an entrepreneur finding solutions to really practical problems: transport across Africa and across national borders... And that means potholes, border police, and variable road networks.

Plus: Why 'Buy Now Pay Later' is key to success in Africa

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

2:51 How to transport $10 billion-worth of goods across Africa

7:17 From Harvard back to Africa

11:35 What Lori's done so far

13:45 American money

14:46 Eight and a half years without profit

19:01 The number one problem for founders

23:51 Financing your customer

27:06 Why resilience matters

29:17 Why Africa should prize diversity

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"We're only now coming around to fully cracking what it takes to reach the African consumer."

"Resilience... It is something that is truly pretty quintessentially American. And it is also very African."

"If you come to the continent, and you speak to a dozen founders, I suspect that 10 of them will tell you that one of the biggest challenges they face is financing working capital."

"Keeping the lights on as a CEO is your number one job, period"

"What built Silicon Valley was diversity. It was diversity of thinking."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

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How to stop food waste in Africa https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/how-i-made-it-the-entrepreneur-bringing-refrigeration-to-africa/

Adam Grant on the skills needed for African entrepreneurs to succeed https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-how-to-rethink-africas-hidden-potential/

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Limitless Africa is sponsored by the US Department of State and the Seenfire Foundation.

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"Every Clark Kent can become Superman"

Owusu Akoto is the Ghanaian entrepreneur tackling one of Africa’s most overlooked problems: cold chain logistics. In this episode of Limitless Africa, host Claude Grunitzky speak with Owusu about how his company, Freezelink, is solving food and medicine waste by building Africa’s temperature-controlled transport and storage network from the ground up. Owusu shares what African entrepreneurs need to succeed and why Africa’s uncultivated land may be its most powerful untapped asset. He also breaks down the mindset shift needed to embrace failure, build legacy, and scale solutions across the continent. Whether you're interested in agribusiness, logistics, entrepreneurship or building the future of food in Africa, this episode offers grounded insights from the frontlines.

Plus: Why failure can be the best teacher.

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:40 The problems of mango farmers

3:26 The story of farmer Eric

6:19 The two things needed for success

9:12 The American mindset

11:59 The importance of the African mindset

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"Every Clark Kent can become Superman"

"America is the biggest advert in history for how success compounds."

"Africa contains the most amount of uncultivated arable land in the world."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

➕ WANT MORE?

Adam Grant on the skills African entrepreneurs need to succeed https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-on-the-skills-that-african-entrepreneurs-need-to-succeed/

Has foreign aid fuelled corruption, dependence, weak governance? Interview with investor Maya Horgan Famodu https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/foreign-aid-has-fuelled-corruption-dependence-weak-governance/

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"The NBA's on the continent. NFL was just here in Cairo, and you also have Formula One thinking about coming."

Ibrahim Sagna is a Senegalese businessman and chairman of Silverbacks Holdings, the Mauritius-based private investments firm. It focuses on start-ups in tech, sports entertainment and the creative economy. These include businesses we featured on Limitless Africa, businesses like the FinTech payment system Flutterwave and the online marketplace ANKA. Silverbacks has also invested in the African Warriors Fighting Championship, a martial arts entertainment brand.

Plus: How Ibrahim secured the Hollywood film producer Sandy Kleiman as an AWFC investor and advisor. Kleiman has worked with the Oscar-winning Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s a perfect example of how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity.

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

2:36 Why African wrestling is the next big thing

4:20 Why Dambe is popular in Brazil

6:09 The size of the African sports market

8:40 The UFC trouble with Africa

12:30 The African companies serving other continents

15:19 Getting Hollywood producers on board

19:29 The one principle guiding Ibrahim's career

27:06 What Rwanda and Singapore have in common

29:47 What people get wrong about Africa

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"When quality manifests itself, capital follows."

"Capital is very very selfish: it just looks at quality and sustainability."

"No continent that is perfect. Continents make themselves look perfect."

"If you look at the data, even the last 50 years, the most profitable companies in Africa are all exporters."

"You have this continent that tends to be presented as a dark continent  that's just doubling at all metrics."

"We've always contributed, but it just was never recognized."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

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Why Hollywood moguls are investing in African wrestling https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/how-hollywood-moguls-are-investing-in-african-wrestling/

How Africa is basketball’s next big business move https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/why-nba-africa-means-business/

Michael Finley - "If the infrastructure for basketball was anywhere near what it's like in America, Africans would dominate the NBA." https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/if-the-infrastructure-for-basketball-was-anywhere-near-what-its-like-in-america-africans-would-dominate-the-nba/

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"I take your Hulk Hogan and I raise you Coronavirus, one of our best fighters"

Imagine a combat sport so ancient its moves were once used in spear and shield warfare. Now imagine it on a global stage. In this episode of Limitless Africa, we interview Maxwell Kalu, founder of African Warriors Fighting Championship. He’s on a mission to build Africa’s UFC, taking Nigeria’s traditional Dambe boxing from dusty marketplaces to packed stadiums and global broadcasts. Discover why fighters like “Coronavirus” are becoming local legends, how American investors from Hollywood are backing African combat sports, and why Maxwell believes Africa’s cultural power is its greatest strength.

Plus:

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:28 What is dambe?

5:08 Dambe fans around the world

6:05 The origins of Coronavirus

9:14 Getting funding from the US

12:42 Why African culture is so popular

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"So he took the name Coronavirus because he came to prominence during COVID. And the fans nicknamed him that because his style was deadly."

"We featured the first ever international white Dambe fighter, a guy called Luke Leyland, brought him all the way over from sunny Liverpool and he competed in front of 10,000 people in Katsina, Northern Nigeria."

"We have an outsized level of cultural power."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

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Building a basketball industry in Africa https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/why-nba-africa-means-business/

How Africans can build their own NBA with the man leading it in Kenya https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/if-the-infrastructure-for-basketball-was-anywhere-near-what-its-like-in-america-africans-would-dominate-the-nba/

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"How do we continue to grow the pie for us and for everybody?"

Chris Maurice runs Yellow Card, Africa's most funded cryptocurrency exchange. It operates in 20 African countries, working with approximately 30,000 businesses. This year alone, they've traded more than $3 billion dollars worth of crypto so far. He goes into what it takes to build a successful business in Africa and why there's no substitute for being on the ground.

Plus: Chris's classified sections for Nigerian men.

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

2:25 An unusual start in the industry

4:33 DMs full of Nigerian men

6:51 Defining crypto

12:18 Bigger than Nigeria

14:54 419 fraud

20:43 The need for Stablecoin

26:00 Avoiding fraud

34:42 Advice for American entrepreneurs

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"Nigerians are the most convincing people on the face of this planet."

"What blockchain technology unlocks for the world is the ability to settle transactions with 100% confidence without a third party intermediary."

"We wanted to make sure that this technology is available to anybody that needs it, no matter where they are, no matter, you know, what country they were born in, what currency they were born into."

"I think that sometimes people over-index for innovation."

"You just need to understand the local context and be able to apply that in a smart way to business models that work."

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Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

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Adam Grant on the skills African entrepreneurs need to succeed https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-on-the-skills-that-african-entrepreneurs-need-to-succeed/

How crypto bypasses extortionate bank transfer fees https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/how-crypto-is-making-sending-money-cheaper-in-africa/

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"I just became obsessed with this problem"

Africa is rewriting the rules of global finance, not with aid, but with code. In this episode of Limitless Africa, we unpack how crypto is changing the way millions move money across borders. From Ghana to Nigeria, people are turning to Bitcoin and stablecoins to bypass high fees, long delays, and complex banking systems. Claude Grunitzky is joined by three voices at the heart of this shift: Chris Maurice, the co-founder of Yellow Card, a crypto exchange operating in over 20 African countries; Peter Peregbakumo, a Nigerian entrepreneur who relies on peer-to-peer platforms to run his business and support his family; and Frank Eleanya, a tech journalist tracking the rise of digital currencies at TechCabal.

Plus: How to stay safe using crypto.

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:06 From Alabama to Africa

1:55 The difficulties of transferring money

6:30 Why blockchain matters

8:29 Using crypto IRL

9:38 The growth of crypto on the continent

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"Crypto is booming across Africa."

"Nigerians are the most convincing people on the face of this planet."

"What blockchain technology unlocks for the world is the ability to settle transactions with 100% confidence without a third party intermediary."

"Because of the anonymity of the cryptocurrency market, it tends to attract people of shady characters."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

The podcast that asks how Africans and Americans can work together for shared prosperity

Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

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Adam Grant's tips for African entrepreneurs https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-how-to-rethink-africas-hidden-potential/

“Foreign aid has fuelled corruption, dependence, weak governance” - we speak to Maya Horgan Famodu https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/foreign-aid-has-fuelled-corruption-dependence-weak-governance/

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"The financial impact of African creativity is not just realized on the continent, but it's also felt in the diaspora."

Molly Jensen is the CEO of Afripods, a Kenya-based podcasting platform that focuses on the African market and has more than 3,000 podcasts on its platform. She's the expert on podcasting in Africa. She tells us why media is key to the continent's development.

Plus: Molly's favourite African true crime podcasts

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:46 All about Afripods

2:55 Challenges of podcasting across the continent

5:38 Podcasts VS radio

7:54 Switch to video

9:52 True crime favourites

14:04 Most popular genres by country

16:46 From NYC to Accra and Nairobi

19:51 East African tech scene

25:59 Don't forget the diaspora

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"Curated, intentional audio content that people choose to listen to and develop a relationship with the host has really exponentially kind of exploded over the last couple of years."

"It's all unseen and unknown as to how big this is. But what it seems like is that it's going to be massive."

"The financial impact of what's being created in Africa should also be realized on the continent and not just in the diaspora."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

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Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

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How to make money from your creativity in Africa https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/how-can-african-creatives-make-money-from-their-art/

Adam Grant on the skills African entrepreneurs need to succeed https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/adam-grant-on-the-skills-that-african-entrepreneurs-need-to-succeed/

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"The beauty of podcasting in Africa is that it has enabled people to take ownership of narratives."

From Lagos to Los Angeles, creators are building ecosystems and stories that reflect a fuller picture of Africa, one rooted in culture, innovation, and optimism. Podcasts aren’t just changing how we listen, they’re changing how we see Africa. In this episode of Limitless Africa, Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu explore how podcasters across the continent are taking control of the narrative, amplifying underrepresented voices, and collaborating with global platforms to shape the future of audio media. Guests include Rutendo Nyamuda, founder of The Podcast Sessions, and Terser Adamu of the Unlocking Africa podcast, alongside insights from Justin Norman of The Flip. Together, they show how collaboration between African talent and American platforms like Spotify and Apple is turning podcasting into a tool for shared prosperity.

Plus: The best podcasts in Africa at the moment

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

3:44 Media as a colonial legacy

6:02 The typical way African stories are told

7:42 How media affects business in Africa

8:23 What Africans can learn from the US ecosystem of podcasting

11:29 The latest generation fighting Westernization

12:50 Best African podcasts - do you agree?

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"I don't really want to tell African stories. I want to tell stories about Africa"

"Although they are modernizing, they're not Westernizing."

"What I do think that the US has done really well, is created the ecosystem of podcasting."

🌍 ABOUT LIMITLESS AFRICA

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Every Monday: 15-minute episodes that dive into an issue that matters to Africans

Every Thursday: extended interview with someone unlocking Africa's limitless potential

➕ WANT MORE?

Listen to Unlocking Africa with Terser Adamu https://unlockingafricapodcast.buzzsprout.com/

Listen to The Flip with Justin Norman https://theflip.africa/

Make sure your creativity pays https://trueafrica.co/article/podcast/how-can-african-creatives-make-money-from-their-art/

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"The researchers in Africa constantly think of low power AI. They're becoming the world's experts in how to build AI models that are tiny."

From Benin City to Silicon Valley, Alexander Tsado is designing your future. He’s known as an AI architect. He’s worked for the world’s biggest tech companies. He’s advised governments. And now he’s going to tell us how Africa can power ahead in the AI race.

Plus: How you can root AI in ubuntu

🌟 IN THIS EPISODE:

1:47 How the history of Benin City inspires the next technologists

2:57 Why Nvidia went from gaming to processing chips

5:15 From Benin City to New York City

8:41 Why Africa interested Nvidia

10:32 What's missing in Africa when it comes to AI

14:19 Why the common man on the street should care about AI

16:48 How Africa supplies the raw materials for AI

19:17 How the spirit of ubuntu could develop AI

22:43 Investors need to look to Africa for more than minerals

25:33 The secret Alex doesn't want you to know

25:50 What Alex would do as the dictator of a small African country

28:16 Why the world will be looking to Africa for homegrown AI solutions

💬 QUOTES TO REMEMBER:

"If you go back and look at the history of Benin City, you would see that it was one of the cities that was renowned for its level of progress."

"I could literally see us building the future of the planet."

"If we built our own homegrown AI solutions, we would build them in in in different ways."

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How video gaming studios are building different models in Africa https://shows.acast.com/limitless-africa/episodes/olivier-madiba-we-dont-have-huge-numbers-but-we-have-huge-pr

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