The Bet That Paid Off with Atsu Davoh (Founder of Bitsika)

Atsu Davoh

Quote- “Focus on the process, the destination will eventually come but the process is what gets you there.”

The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropolitans who aren’t afraid to step into the unknown and walk in purpose. With this podcast we hope to empower Africans in the Diaspora to harness their full potential and contribute to the development of a bold and progressive black community.

Our guests will share their working formulas, the hard facts about leaving familiar terrain, embracing the unknown, and staying relevant afterwards.

This episode features Atsu Davoh, the MD of Bitsika, a payment platform that helps people send money across countries.

With several startups under his belt, Atsu has always been determined to build his multi million dollar company and he seems to have achieved that with Bitsika. While in college in the United states Atsu realized school wasn't for him.

Atsu was more interested in building websites, working on small projects, learning HTML and CSS.He eventually dropped out and focused on entrepreneurship full time, a move that has eventually paid off.

Bitsika was a pioneer in afrobeats and fintech collaboration. In 2020, they signed renowned music giant Davido as an official brand ambassador. This partnership was a pivotal moment for the organization as it led to the acquisition of numerous customers.

Listen and enjoy as Atsu talks to us about building Bitsika and future plans.

Atsu reading list
AntiFragile by Nicholas Taleb
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous
Inventing Bitcoin by Yan Pritzker

Show notes:
4:55 How Atsu scales ideas as a software engineer and technical founder.

8:25 How Bitsika plans to accommodate the central bank of Nigeria's regulation on crypto companies.

16:36 The process of engaging Davido as a brand ambassador and the results after the campaign was launched.

30:10 challenges with hiring and maintaining talent as a startup in Africa.

37:39 The promise of crypto and decentralization.

42:28 Atsu’s entrepreneurial mind set.

48:37 First experience with failure and lesson learnt.

1:02:03 What does being Afropolitan mean to Atsu

1:03:45 Mission behind the social tokens and what it represents in the crypto ecosystem.


The Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan.
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