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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Conditions that enable your people to deliver success - An interview with Mark Fritz
August 24, 2020 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBMark Fritz is a leadership specialist… has taught in MBA and executive education courses in business schools throughout Europe, mentors executives from across the world, and runs leadership programs for executive teams and their leaders of the future. With the experience of leading enterprise change and virtual organizations throughout the world, Mark shares the mindsets and habits that enable your teams to OWN the results. In this episode, Mark shares his wisdom and experience about how t...
Opportunities for New African Solutions - With Paul Kukubo
August 17, 2020 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBEntrepreneurs Talk Africa had the pleasure of hosting our first guest in the official launch of Season One after our initial MVP (Minimal Viable Product) season 0. We were honored to have Paul Kukubo, founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya ICT Board (now ICT Authority), where he is credited for developing key international and local partnerships that fostered Kenya’s rise as a technology innovation hub. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Konza Techno City,...
Opportunities for New African Solutions - An Interview with Paul Kukubo
August 17, 2020 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBEntrepreneurs Talk Africa had the pleasure of hosting our first guest in the official launch of Season One after our initial MVP (Minimal Viable Product) season 0. We were honored to have Paul Kukubo, founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya ICT Board (now ICT Authority), where he is credited for developing key international and local partnerships that fostered Kenya’s rise as a technology innovation hub. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Konza Techno City,...
What happens if I fail?
August 10, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBWhat if I fail? What if my business fails? We want to tackle the biggest fear of any upcoming entrepreneur and startuper: failure! The discussion in the podcast analyses what happens when you fail as en entrepreneur. Education has mostly taught us that failure was bad. A bad grade at school was generally frowned upon by our educators and parents. It was only the good ones that bring praise. We need to switch our point of view when it comes to failure. We have to rethink the way we consider...
What Does It Take To Be An Entrepreneur.
August 03, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBFor the 5th episode, we wanted to take a break from the technicalities, the buzzwords, and talk about the human aspect of entrepreneurship, about What Does It Take To Be An Entrepreneur. Something I personally feel is overlooked. I hear many many times other people saying “ah working for yourself, you are your own boss and it’s so great that you can make your own decisions and have this type of lifestyle!” They see the glamorous side of entrepreneurship but definitely not the full picture: ...
The Business Model
July 27, 2020 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBThis is what Wikipedia tells us about business model: "A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value, in economic, social, cultural or other contexts. The process of business model construction and modification is also called business model innovation and forms a part of business strategy. In theory and practice, the term business model is used for a broad range of informal and formal descriptions to represent core aspects of a business...
Finding your customers
July 14, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBIn the previous two episodes we walked you through the launch of an idea and the concept of MVP. This episode focuses on what I may consider the most important aspect of any startup : your target customers. You may have the best idea of the world, the smartest service or the brightest product, if you have no customer, you have nothing but an empty shell. But although we could speak hours about customer engagement, and I know we will, one of the key questions about customer is how to define t...
The MVP
July 03, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBWhenever you are a seasoned entrepreneur, intrapreneur or just have an idea, we go through the important phase of "mvp'ing" your idea, transforming it into a Minimum Viable Product. This episode is all about our MVP journey with the podcast and our other ventures. Right from entrepreneurs who lived through the MVP process!
The Launch
June 04, 2020 05:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBWe were not sure if it should be an episode or not, so we decided to do it, no matter our questions. It's all about moving from having an idea to launching an idea, and making this idea that was born in a cell brain into a real product or service that people can enjoy! So, this is our first of the first, season 1, episode 1, all about launching your idea. How to do it, successfully!