Entrepreneurs Talk Africa: Uncovering the Stories of Africa's Rising Business Stars
159 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -"Entrepreneurs Talk Africa" is a captivating podcast dedicated to exploring the dynamic landscape of African entrepreneurship. The show offers listeners an opportunity to learn from the experiences, challenges, and successes of African entrepreneurs and start-up founders, as well as gain valuable insights and practical tips for their own ventures.Hosted by Gerald Ami, Jason Delorie and Marc Israel, seasoned entrepreneurs and business experts with a passion for African innovation, the podcast features weekly in-depth interviews with a diverse range of entrepreneurs and start-up founders from various sectors across the continent and African founders across the world. With each episode, "Entrepreneurs Talk Africa" aims to uncover the unique stories of these trailblazers, celebrate their achievements, and provide a platform for knowledge-sharing and inspiration.
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The Power of Entrepreneurship - With Heather Dannyelle Thompson and Tanyi Franç-Martial
November 08, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this kind-of-special episode, Gerald meets two team members of Enpact, Heather Dannyelle Thompson and Tanyi Franç-Martial to talk about entrepreneurship in Africa and the launch of their magazine. Go grab a copy as soon as you've listened to this episode. Enjoy!
Debrief - The 7 Principles of People Power - With James Van Der Westhuizen
October 22, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.88 MB10 minutes of your time will make you discover a shot of insight of what success can be about, from my conversation with James Van Der Westhuizen. For the full episode, go here.
The 7 Principles of People Power - With James Van Der Westhuizen
October 18, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBThis week's guest is not the typical startuper. He's a more seasoned entrepreneur, fascinated as we are by Africa and entrepreneurial growth. We are happy to introduce James Van Der Westhuizen, founder and CEO of Knowhouse. In this show, we go over the 7 Principles of People Power, entrepreneurship, Africa rising, and many more topics. Here are the books we talk about in the episode: Creating Confidence, by Tom and David Kelley The Category Pirates series of Christopher Lochhead Enjoy th...
Debrief - Concept Development in Africa - With Ancel Ochino
October 15, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.07 MBIf you want the core of concept development in less than 10 minutes, this debrief episode is for you. If you have another 30 minutes, jump there and get the full episode!
Concept Development in Africa - With Ancel Ochino
October 11, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBEver heard about Concept Development ? I had not until we got Ancel Ochino on the line. In this episode, Jason exchanges with Ancel about concept development and a, not so uncommon among entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial journey. Jack of all trade, renaissance man, or man of many talents, Ancel walks us in his entrepreneurial life. Founder and CEO of Ancywax, a concept development company, Ancel Ochino explains in detail what tailored services are about. Enjoy this first episode of the heigth ...
Debrief - Reimagining Insurance in Africa - With Ashley Gauzere
October 08, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 7.74 MBDo you want to have a view of what the future of insurance is in Africa? This debrief episode is for you. 10 minutes of distilled wisdom. For the full episode, listen here.
Reimagining Insurance in Africa - With Ashley Gauzere
October 04, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBFintech is one of those buzzwords that span many industries and topics. Although we tend to think bank and payment, Connekt4, a company founded in Reunion and based in Côte d'Ivoire has launched Hub2, a solution to provide payment technologies in 10 African countries, with a mission to reimagine insurance in Africa. In this episode, Gerald welcomes Ashley Gauzere, founder and CEO of Hub2. Ashley explains what FinInsurTech is all about, its challenges and opportunities, but also how you move...
Angel Fair Africa Special Edition
September 27, 2021 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThis year the 9th edition of Angel Fair Africa will take place in person in Mauritius. With James Mwangi, CEO of Equity Group, and Esther Dyson, Chairwoman of EDventure Holding, as keynote speakers, this edition will group some of the most active African investors as well as top promising startups. Set on the 25th of November 2021, Angel Fair Africa is the event to attend if you want to know more about startup investment in Africa. In this episode, we talk to the founder of AFA, Eric Osiakw...
Debrief - Community Empowerment - With Ifrah Arab
September 24, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 6.06 MBHere's the debrief for Jason's conversation with Ifrah Arab about Community Empowerment. If you have less than 10 minutes, this is the ideal format to get your entrepreneurial wisdom. If you have around 30 minutes then listen to the full episode here.
Debrief - Community Empowerment - With Ifrah Arab
September 24, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 6.06 MBHere's the debrief for Jason's conversation with Ifrah Arab about Community Empowerment. If you have less than 10 minutes, this is the ideal format to get your entrepreneurial wisdom. If you have around 30 minutes then listen to the full episode here.
Community Empowerment - With Ifrah Arab
September 20, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, we focus on everything it takes to change and empower a community. It’s very easy to sit and talk about how change and improvements can be made in any situation, but it is a completely different thing to take the steps to make that change and actually have that change be a source of empowerment for a community. Our guest today, Ifrah Arab, has not only done that, she has also been garnering a lot of recognition across the African continent for a variety of entrepreneurial e...
Top Pick - Number 1 - Solutions to Food Waste – With Rebecca Espitalier-Noël
September 10, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBAt the top of our picks, we find not only a dynamic women, but a social entrepreneur for a very worthy cause. Rebecca Espitalier-Noël graces us with some of her wisdom from Foodwise on how to solve the big issue of food waste. Prepare to be surprised!
Top Pick - Number 2 - African Startups and Big Tech – With Yvonne Bettkober
September 09, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBIn this second place of our Top Picks, we meet Yvonne Bettkober, GM of AWS Switzerland. She distils her wisdom to all entrepreneurs: Think Big, Invent and Simplify, Start from the Customer.
Top Pick - Number 2 - African Startups and Big Tech – With Yvonne Bettkober
September 09, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBIn this second place of our Top Picks, we meet Yvonne Bettkober, GM of AWS Switzerland. She distils her wisdom to all entrepreneurs: Think Big, Invent and Simplify, Start from the Customer.
Top Pick - Number 3 - African Diaspora – With Stephano Rose
September 08, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBStephano Rose takes the third place in our Top 5 Picks. He walks us into his journey and how the African diaspora can spread the word with ideas and give back.
Top Pick - Number 4 - Are You a Multipotentialite – With Natacha Emilien
September 07, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBNumber 4 of our Top 5 Picks from Entrepreneurs Talk Africa goes to Natacha Emilien, from Red Dot. She talks about multipotentiality and how to deal with it.
Top Pick - Number 4 - Are you a multipotentialite – With Natacha Emilien
September 07, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBNumber 4 of our Top 5 Picks from Entrepreneurs Talk Africa goes to Natacha Emilien, from Red Dot. She talks about multipotentiality and how to deal with it.
Most Listened To Episode #5: African Products with Madvee Muthu.
September 06, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWe start with number 5 of the top 5 most listened to episodes on the Entrepreneurs Talk Africa podcast. Madvee Muthu, from Bees with Stories, talks about the incredible potential of African products!
Top Pick - Number 5 - African Products with Madvee Muthu.
September 06, 2021 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBWe start with number 5 of the top 5 most listened to episodes on the Entrepreneurs Talk Africa podcast. Madvee Muthu, from Bees with Stories, talks about the incredible potential of African products!
Debrief - Healthcare in Africa - With Elisha Kuchar and Marcel Kadoche
September 03, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 8.02 MBJason and Marc share their insights about Elisha and Marcel discussion on Key Africa and its initiatives to transform primary healthcare on the African continent. 10 minutes of shared wisdom if you are in a hurry, or jump to the full episode here.
Healthcare in Africa - With Elisha Kuchar and Marcel Kadoche
August 30, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBWith more that one billion people, Africa is a continent with many opportunities and challenges. Sub-saharan Africa’s healthcare systems remains inaccessible to most African citizens despite billions of dollars in funding. An Israeli startup, Key Africa, has decided to tackle this issue and in this episode we had the privilege to discuss with their co-founders Elisha Kuchar and Marcel Kadoche. Elisha and Marcel walk us through the genesis of the project and why it matters to them and to the...
Debrief - From Idea to Startup - With Chris Rey
August 27, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.57 MBThe brilliant stuff about successful founders is their interviews is full of key insights. This is the case about Chris Rey's interview. Gerald, Jason and Marc come back on their key takeaways and distill some wisdom in 10 minutes. If you want to listen to the full interview, click here.
From Idea to Startup - With Chris Rey
August 23, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBTake young graduates working a successful corporate life in a big and famous company. Take the same young graduates looking at opportunities unfolding in the new mobility space. Shake a little, add some sleepless sights and a shot of risk, and you end up with Apollo Scooters, one of the top leading brands of electric scooters in North America. In this episode, we have the privilege to interview Chris Rey, Mauritius-born co-founder, of Apollo Scooters. We drill down the creation of the compa...
Debrief - SME Growth Facilitator - With Sandiso Ncube
August 20, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 7.61 MBIn their conversation, Gerald, Jason and Marc come back on Sandiso's interview and share their key insights and takeways. your ten minutes of entrepreneurship wisdom. For the full episode, click here.
SME Growth Facilitator - With Sandiso Ncube
August 16, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBGrowth! The Holy Grail of any startup, We all want to grow faster, higher, and better. Is there a secret ingredient to growth? What should entrepreneur be aware on their growth journey? Those are a few questions and topics we dive into with our guest today, Sandiso Ncube. Sandiso comes back on how he fell into entrepreneurship after some shining debut in finance. We also speak about his step-by-step approach to successful entrepreneurship that made the basis of the 10-Minute Guide to Start...
Debrief - Social Impact Ecosystem Builder - With Leyla Karaha
August 13, 2021 13:00 - 10 minutes - 7.01 MBIn this episode, Gerald, Jason and Marc share their insights about social impact and Marc's conversation with Leyla Karaha, founder of YourY Network. The perfect 10-minute for a quick bite, or jump into the full episode to get the full flavor.
Social Impact Ecosystem Builder - With Leyla Karaha
August 09, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBLeyla’s story, like the one of many entrepreneurs, is paved with good intentions and hardships. Having worked in nonprofits and being a born activist, she naturally joined her accounting and finance skills with social endeavours by creating YourY Network, a global community of social entrepreneurs and changemakers. Leyla's is one of the of the organisers of the Techstars Startup Week that takes place in Dar es Salaam from 9th to 13th of August. Due to the pandemic, the Dar Startup Week is a...
Debrief - Pan African Ecosystems - With Mareme Dieng
August 06, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 6.23 MBGerald, Jason and Marc share their insights about Mareme's interview. If you have only 10 minutes to get your daily shot of entrepreneurship knowledge, this is it. For the whole experience, listen to the full episode.
Pan African Ecosystems - With Mareme Dieng
August 02, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode, we have the pleasure to have a discussion with Mareme Dieng, the lead of Innovation and Strategy at 500 Startups. 500 Startups mission is to uplift people and economies through entrepreneurship. Merge Africa, Entrepreneurship and yes, talking, here we come! Mareme was born in Senegal and clearly advocates pan africanism. She believes in the power of bridging anglophone and francophone Africa to get the best resources and opportunities where they are. Dive in a non-conventi...
Debrief - Societal Innovation - With Thomas Berman
July 30, 2021 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.55 MBGerald, Jason and Marc come back on Thomas' interview about societal innovation and regeneration Mauritius. A new format . when you only have 10 minutes of key takeaways. If you want to rip all the benefits, listen to the full episode to get the whole of them.
Societal Innovation - With Thomas Berman
July 26, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode, we bring Impact forward as a key topic with Thomas Berman, the Innovation Director at Impact Katapult Mauritius, a founding member of Regeneration Mauritius, Regeneration Mauritius is a partnership for people, communities and companies who aim to make Mauritius a regional hub for sustainable innovation in food systems. Thomas walks us in the genesis of Regeneration Mauritius, and why Katapult, an early stage impact investment and accelerator based in Oslo, is being involv...
Debrief - Solutions to food waste - With Rebecca Espitalier-Noël
July 23, 2021 13:00 - 11 minutes - 7.91 MBAs usual, Gerald, Jason and Marc share their insights and key takeaways from Rebecca Espitalier-Noël's interview. If you are in a hurry, listen to this bonus episode, but spare some time to listen to the full episode. Enjoy!
Solutions to food waste - With Rebecca Espitalier-Noël
July 19, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBSaving more than 500 tons of food from wastage, distributing more than 2 millions meals and working towards the goal that no food should go to landfill, are the "raison d'être" of Foodwise. In this episode, you will meet Rebecca Espitalier-Noël, the co-founder and CEO of Foodwise. Rebecca walks us in the scary numbers of food waste, brings Foodwise story to life and provides a glimpse of her projects. As a young and dynamic social entrepreneur, Rebecca gives bright and fresh insight about ...
Debrief - African Healthtech - with Asha Namugambe
July 15, 2021 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBGerald, Jason and Marc comes back on their key learnings of Asha Namugambe's interview. 15 minutes of insights that you will want to extend by listening to the full episode.
African Healthtech - with Asha Namugambe
July 12, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBHealth is one of our most precious human asset. Being able to give birth in the best and secure possible way is almost a given in developed countries, but unfortunately, it's not the case in emerging economies, particularly in rural areas. Teheca is a startup that provides alternative dedicated patient care to expectant and new mothers through the recruitment and training of qualified care assistants. Today, we have the pleasure to host Asha Namugambe, co-founder of Teheca. Asha comes back...
First Year Learnings and Second Year Request for Ideas and Suggestions - Founders Series
July 05, 2021 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBEntrepreneurs Talk Africa first episode was released on June 4, 2020. A lot has happened since then, starting with over 60 podcast episodes! Following the typical format of the debriefs, Gerald, Jason, and Marc come back on their learnings and key takeaways of this first year. And they go a little bit further by sharing their challenges and ideas for the year ahead. Taking the classic approach now of "sharing is caring", they request for help. So if you have any ideas, suggestions and best...
Debrief - Fintech and Funding – With Sanmi Akinmusire
July 02, 2021 13:00 - 10 minutes - 7.48 MBJason and Gerald debrief about the interview of Sanmi Akinmusire, co-founder of Imali Pay. You can listen to the full episode here.
Fintech and Funding - With Sanmi Akinmusire
June 28, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBImali Pay is an African fintech start-up that is disrupting the African gig economy landscape. Imali Pay recently raised a pre-seed funding from a consortium of VCs. The pre-seed funding was led by the Australia based venture capital fund TEN13. In this episode, we welcome Sanmi Akinmusire, co-founder of Imaly Pay, who walks us throught the genesis of his venture and particularly his ability to get pre-seed funding, which is a rare event, particularly on the African continent. Once again, a...
Debrief - Social Impact - With Claire Murigande
June 25, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 8.04 MBGerald, Jason and Marc discuss social impact and their key points about Claire Murigande's episode (available here).
Social Impact - With Claire Murigande
June 21, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBIt's always interesting to hear from an entrepreneur who did not think about becoming entrepreneur. Rwandese, living in Switzerland, biologist by education and training with degrees from the universities of Geneva (BSc & MSc) and Basel (PhD), Claire has been professionally active in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry for the last 12 years. She developed expertise, including leading roles, within Medical Affairs – a key function between Research & Development and the commercial organizat...
Debrief - Creating New Markets Through Innovation - with Bradley Britter
June 18, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBJason, Gerald and Marc share their insights about Bradley Britter's interview. A short and condensed view about the interview you can still listen here.
Creating New Markets Through Innovation - with Bradley Britter
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBAs it happens, Bradley did know what to purchase as a gift for a birthday. The solution? Create a company that would bring a solution. The idea of Gift.mu was born. In this episode, Bradley Britter, CEO and founder of Gift.mu walks us in the creation process of Gift.mu. He shares his failures, his successes and the future of the company. Lots of learning along the way, great insights for anybody who wants to start a business. From bad investments to pivots, from moving an idea to reality, ...
Debrief - Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - With Shubhda Gujadhur
June 10, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 8.23 MBJason, Gerald and Marc go back to their key takeaways from Shubdha Gujadhur's interview on the entrepreneurial ecosystem. A great way to get the key elements in a "de"brief way. But, we recommend you also listen to the complete episode, just go there.
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - With Shubhda Gujadhur
June 07, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBAs per Wikipedia, a startup ecosystem is formed by people, startups in their various stages and various types of organizations in a location (physical or virtual), interacting as a system to create and scale new startup companies. When you create a company, you quickly realize the importance of a vibrant business ecosystem. In this episode, we welcome a startup ecosystem builder, Shubhda Gujadhur, who shares with us her experience of ecosystem building and its importance. Without a proper e...
Debrief - Where's The Funding - With Michelle McKenzie
June 03, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBWhere Jason, Gerald and I come back on Michelle's episode about Where's the Funding podcast and the aGazella web site for entrepreneurs. For the full interview episode, just go there.
Where's The Funding - With Michelle McKenzie
May 31, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBFunding is a requirement for any company. But how do you get beyond the triple Fs, Family, Friends and Fools, without giving equity to a business angel or a VC? In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Michelle McKenzie who spent her career providing funding to startups and SMEs. Michelle started the Where's the funding podcast to share funding experiences with entrepreneurs. Her idea and success led to founding aGazella, a platform aimed at providing resources and training to entr...
Debrief Episode - The 3D printing opportunity in Africa, and many others - with Petra Rees
May 27, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBWhere Jason, Gerald and I come back on Petra's episode about 3D printing opportunities, pivoting and keeping you ears open for new opportunities. For the full interview episode, just go there.
The 3D printing opportunity in Africa, and many others - with Petra Rees
May 24, 2021 03:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB3D printing is changing many industries and will continue in the future: from spare parts to building, almost everything can be printed. Before you can print anything in 3D, you need to prepare the part you want to print. And this forces you to think in 3D. With her experience as a mother who was always looking for that tiny part of a toy for her kids, Petra Rees decided to found WhyToyz, a company aimed at "inspiring children to become innovative thinkers and creators." In this episode, P...
Debrief Episode - Are you a multipotentialite - With Natacha Emilien
May 20, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.87 MBWhere Jason, Gerald and I come back on Natacha's episode about multipotentialites. For the full interview episode, just go there.
Are you a multipotentialite - With Natacha Emilien
May 17, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIf you have no idea of what multipotentiality is about, then this episode has been recorded for you. Natacha Emilien, the MD of Red Dot is one of those people, called multipotentialite. We can think they are jack-of-all-trades, however, it's wrong. As the saying goes, Jack of all trades, master of none! Multipotentialites are masters of many. Unfortunately they are often misjudged and may not fit in the corporate world, where hyperspecialization make them uncomfortable. By listening to Nat...