The African Enterprise

The African Enterprise

By KelvinBusiness
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The African Enterprise episodes

  • with Felix Imafidon - Building reQuid, the amazon of safe investment.
    Felix Imafidon, Cofounder and CEO of investment aggregator platform reQuid, also known as the amazon of safe investment discusses the four-pronged problem around investment opportunities they set out to solve, his work and experiences building the company that profiles and aggregates investment opportunities, making them available in smaller units to expand access.
    31 min
  • With Travel Entrepreneur Funmi Oyatogun, current digital trends in experience design, and adapting to the current state of tourism.

    Kelvin (@kelvinobazz), discusses with experience designer, tourism strategist, and travel entrepreneur Funmi Oyatogun (@Funmioyatogun) — Founder and CEO of TVP adventures -- about current digital trends in experience design to keep people connected, and stimulated; adapting her company’s  offering in light of current international travel restrictions due to the Covid-19, curation for her YouTube channel where “curiosity meets learning” and what goes into designing fulfilling travel experiences. Find full hand edited transcripts at kelvinobazz.com/podcast, and follow on Twitter at Podcast_africa. 





    39 min
  • with Technology Entrepreneur and Internet Strategist Brian Longwe, Building the Internet in Africa, and driving Interconnectedness.

    Co-founder and CEO of Malawian fixed wireless broadband operator -- Brian Munyao Longwe, chats with Kelvin (@Kelvinobazz) about starting and running a technology company working to connect more homes and people to the internet. He is a technology entrepreneur and Internet strategist with over 25 years of experience including in the earliest days of internet adoption in Africa. He talks about a major flaw in the evolution of the Internet and the distribution networks in Africa, Content delivery networks ( CDNs), and limitations to improved interconnectedness across Africa. Notes on Kelvinobazz.com/podcast.

    40 min
  • With Ugo Iwuchukwu. Building a winning communications strategy, thoughts on Nigerian History, and journalism.
    Ugo Iwuchukwu (@ugotalksalot), communications professional at Helium health — the largest health tech provider in west Africa for healthcare providers, and Bamboo talks to Kelvin (@kelvinobazz) about his journey into the communications space, and shares insights on building a winning communications strategy in a detailed and continuing 5 step process. The conversation also includes thoughts on History and Journalism in Nigeria. Find show notes at Kelvinobazz.com/podcast, follow on twitter @podcast_africa.
    55 min
  • with Aisha Owolabi - The content marketing journey
    Content marketer, storyteller, and brand manager Aisha Owolabi (@sheistheaisha) talks to Kelvin (@kelvinobazz) about her not so straightforward path to content marketing starting from a desire to study medicine to creating magic with exciting African brands. She talks about her creative process with insights into navigating this process to produce the best possible content, dealing with and surpassing creative blocks, and the community she’s building for budding marketers to learn faster and smarter.
    36 min
  • with Dr Tayo Oyedeji - career decision making, tribemaking, and the overwood story.
    Dr. Tayo Oyedeji (@Tayooye), founder and CEO of Investment firm @overwoodng, talks about making career decisions, tribe making - creating, sustaining, and harnessing the power of corporate tribes, the story behind overwood, the experiences leading up to the overwood launch, and snippets on the African tech scene. He is an Oxford educated professor, entrepreneur, and business leader with over 18 years of corporate and academic experience in Finance, marketing, and marketing consulting in Africa, Europe, and North America. Show notes : kelvinobazz.com/podcast.
    40 min
  • with Yemi Johnson - From Agriculture to tech, climbing the corporate ladder, and his thoughts on the Internet and Entrepreneurship in Africa.
    Read show notes here (kelvinobazz.com/podcast), and follow us on twitter (@podcast_africa) to be kept in the loop. Kelvin (@kelvinobazz) interviews Yemi Johnson(@yemi_uc), Entrepreneur, and ex-coo at hotels.ng - an online travel agency with over 30 million visitors. Yemi is a business leader with a focus on scaling innovative business models into big businesses. Today’s topics include : His experience building and scaling his first Internet venture, climbing up the ranks from user retention specialist to COO in 2 years, transition from agriculture to tech, and thoughts on the Internet and entrepreneurship in Africa.
    26 min
  • with Wiza Jalakasi. Navigating entrepreneurship in less than ideal African environments, the evolution of mobile money in Africa, and financial inclusion.

    Wiza Jalakasi discusses entrepreneurship in less than ideal African environments with his experience building an API company in one of the poorest countries in Africa, and how it impacts his work as a VP scout for early-stage funds. He also discusses the evolution of mobile money in Africa from text based to smartphone native -- based on his essays on the same topic; banks, telcos, and financial inclusion in Africa. Wiza’s essays are available on medium @wizaj. You can find more info on the podcast kelvinobazz.com/podcast. Twitter @Podcast_Africa. Dive in!!



    34 min
  • Scaling African businesses without scaring customers with co-founder of tech company Spydar.
    What's the reality of building a tech-driven, forward-thinking business in Africa? what is peculiar about the African entrepreneurial climate? how should founders approach selling their products without scaring their customers? how important is culture to scale?. Samuel Akinosho, co-founder of African tech company - Spydar, talks about his experiences building and scaling his business, and answers these questions in this insightful episode. Dive in!!
    40 min

About The African Enterprise

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Every Journey has a story, every success has a Journey. This podcast is about conversing with creators and Entrepreneurs across Africa. In these conversations, they share their stories, their…