Unicorn

With 9/10 start-ups failing globally, it is almost mandatory for founders to have to build, fail, and build again in order to create the right start-up to lead to a Unicorn. In the final Episode of Season 2, our hosts reflect on their journey as founders and what it means to be a 2nd-time founder.

A dilemma that a lot of African founders in the technology industry face is the idea that living abroad makes one a much more attractive prospect. Is that the case, and if it is- why? In this episode, our hosts explore how having that “International Stint” could make you a more alluring bet for investment, and how that affects the African Technology ecosystem.

When creating a tech startup, it’s important to know the audience that you want to serve. Do you supply services to individual customers (B2C) or do you go for other businesses (B2B)? In this episode, our hosts take us through the opportunities and difficulties each business model comes with, and how to navigate the two models.

Building a Unicorn requires a company to have a large amount of users on a consistent basis, and in Africa, there aren’t many countries that can offer such a large population on their own. In this episode, we find out why that is and we take a look at Rapid Expansion of tech companies in Africa, as we figure out a way to maneuver the market and how it is structured.

In the first episode of Season, we take a look at Super Apps in Africa. Thulani, Kopano and Bubu take us through the rise of a trend in digital solutions on the continent as we figure out whether this is the path to building Africa’s next Unicorn.

Your 3 favourite podcasters are back with a new season of Unicorn! In this season, we’ll take a deeper look into what it takes to build a Unicorn in Africa. With topics like “The Rise of Super Apps” & “Rapid Expansion”- Thulani, Kopano and Bubu will showcase the latest trends in African technology and whether or not these will lead us to our next Unicorn.

In this bonus episode we invited Karidas Tshintsholo the CEO and Co-Founder of Khula!, a leading B2B agri-tech company based in South Africa. The company has built a tech ecosystem servicing farmers, food buyers, agri-input suppliers, funders and other key role players.

We cover the journey that Karidas took in building Khula, the importance of co-founders, a few food puns and the toughest challenges one faces when trying to build a startup within South Africa

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We took a trip around the world on a tractor and we’re finally circling back to where we started. This season we looked at Food Insecurity, a billion-dollar opportunity in Africa. If there was ever a crash course on agri & agri-tech, this season of Unicorn would definitely be it.

In the final episode of the season, we reflect on our learnings and the conversations we’ve had with extraordinary entrepreneurs, idealists & innovators.

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In this episode, we talk to the stupendous Sean and Kristi Rennie. This power couple were the brains behind a startup called Stockman.

This episode goes to a whole load of different places, from chatting around global warming and what effect grazing has on that, to alternatives to veganism to whether the impossible burger is good for you or not!

We also cover some really poignant lessons on what being a part of an early-stage startup is like and how to make tough decisions.

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In this episode we talk to exceptional women in agriculture, Palesa Motaung and Bonolo Molewa. They take us on a rapid learning curve on the incredibly vast and interesting agri field. From the value chain of farming to identifying some of the biggest problems that face smallholder farmers and possible solutions that could go a long way in addressing our food insecurity problems.

Bonolo is a seed forecast planner at Bayer Crop Science and Palesa holds her masters degree in soil science and is a soil scientist and researcher.