African Business Stories

On this weeks episode, I chat with serial entrepreneur Nkemdilim Uwaje Begho Founder & CEO Futuresoft Nigeria  a leading digital & technology solutions company, Co-Founder SkillupAfrica focused on training and helping Africans launch their tech careers and Co-Founder of Alwaysme a children's clothing and lifestyle brand. We talk about how she went from bio technology to providing digi...

On this weeks episode,  I chat  with award winning entrepreneur, Jumoke Dada the Founder, CEO and Creative Director of Taeillo a tech enabled business that leverages mixed reality to sell furniture in Nigeria.  We talk about how her love for the creative process led her away from architecture to furniture design. How she has distinguished herself in the market using technology  and the path to bui...

On this weeks's episode, I chat with Hetty Boachie-Yiadom, an award winning entrepreneur and Co-Founder of P&H Boutique, South Africa's largest African print retail brand. While working for a leading South African bank, Hetty and her husband Papa started a fashion retail business. They would eventually leave their day jobs and scale P&H Boutique from their home to 7 stores across...

On this weeks's episode, I chat with Fatmata Binta - popularly known as  Chef Binta.  She was born and raised in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Fulani parents of Guinean descent. Binta is the Founder of Fulani Kitchen -  the first African nomadic pop-up dining experience in Ghana. A dining experience that is both a culinary and cultural journey. Chef Binta describes herself as a modern nomadic ch...

On this weeks's episode, I chat with Emalohi Iruobe Founder of Tribe XX Lab the first and only co-working, wellness and incubator space exclusively dedicated to female entrepreneurs and female led startups and companies in Lagos - a place where women are able to present a professional front for their business as well as network, get training, access to funding opportunities and help each othe...

On this week's episode, I chat with Lucia Bakulumpaji-Wamala Founder & CEO Bakulu Power a renewable energy company in Uganda.  Born in Kenya to Ugandan parents who fled during the Luwero War, she grew up mostly in Canada. The idea for her company first emerged during a trip to visit family in Uganda. Lucia was named in Forbes Afrique, Forbes Magazine as one of the 30 Most Promising Young...

To celebrate International Women's Day , I chat with one of my mentors Temitope  Ilyuemi. Tope is Senior Director, Global Government Relations for Africa at Procter and Gamble (P&G), she rose from a graduate entry position to become one of the most senior leaders in P&G in Africa. She champions women, advocating for gender equality and works tirelessly to see SMEs in Africa grow by he...

On this week's episode, I chat with award winning entrepreneur Chidinma  Emodi Chukwuemeka, Co-Founder of The Footwear Academy in Nigeria.  Chidinma was named Network Start-Up Woman of the Year 2019 and  received the Star of Business & Entrepreneurship Award at the YALI West Africa Nigeria Cohort 4. She is currently a YALI RLC Entrepreneurship Mentor and a pioneer member of the administra...

On this week's episode, I chat with  award winning chef and restauranteur, Siba Mtongana CEO & Co-Founder of The Siba Co, a food solutions and innovations company in South Africa. From aspiring home cook in the semi-rural Eastern Cape to restaurateur in one of the most prestigious hotel venues on the African continent, Siba has had an amazing culinary career. Through her TV show Siba’s Ta...

Welcome to Season 2 of the African Business Stories podcast! African Business Stories is your insight into female innovators and entrepreneurs building and running businesses in Africa. In this new season, we will continue our journey across the continent learning more about the experiences of female founders in different African countries.  Another goal for the season is to go beyond the stories...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Gbenga Oyebode is a co-founder and the chairman of the Nigerian law firm Aluko & Oyebode,...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Daniel Ngwepe is a Senior Director at Visa, and looks after the company’s relations with gove...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Gyude Moore is a senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development. He previously ser...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Henry Kasonde Musoma’s roots are in Zambia, Southern Africa. He spread his wings as a young a...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Gori is the MD/Chief Investment Officer at Ascension Asset Management – a private equity firm...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviews some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons which have shaped the men they have become and also on how these lessons have influenced how they parent or wish to parent. About my Guest: Dr Nuno Alves is a senior energy professional with 19 years of experience at BP....

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Mohammed N. Mijindadi is the Managing Director of GE Gas Power Systems (GPS) Nigeria & An...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Ejike Egbuagu is lawyer turned banker. He is the CEO on Moneda Investment Company a financial...

This episode is part of a special series recorded to celebrate Father’s Day. For the series I interviewed some friends and mentors. I asked them to reflect on the greatest lessons that shaped the men they have become and also to reflect on how these lessons have influenced them as parents. About my Guest: Dr. Kingsley Moghalu is the President and CEO of Sogato Strategies LLC, a global risk advisor...

We made it to the end of season 1! Yay!!! In Season 1, i interviewed 20 incredible female entrepreneurs from 10 different African Countries and in this final episode i reflect on my 3 main takeaways: why women start businesses, building a legacy business and the challenge of access to finance. I also reference some episodes to highlight my points. In addition, i talk about the special series we ra...

Aisha Ayensu is the Founder, CEO and Creative Director of Christie Brown a fashion house based out of Accra, Ghana. An award winning fashion designer, Aisha started Christie Brown in 2008, in her final year of university, naming the company after her grand mother who was a seamstress and her inspiration. Christie Brown has grown to become an internationally recognized fashion brand manufacturing w...

Barkue  is the Founder and CEO of MBL International Group - a boutique International consulting and creative agency. The grand-daughter of the late President Williams V.S Tubman Liberia’s longest serving President, she left Liberia for the United States following a coup. Between 1997 and 2007,  Barkue, working in a male dominated industry, set up and ran one of the few female led artist management...

Nokwazi Mzobe is the founder and lead consultant at Matoyana , an entrepreneurship & sustainability focused consulting firm in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also an author, coach and adjunct lecturer. Her first book, The Small Business Handbook, is a guide created for start-up and early stage businesses. It is available in English and isiZulu.  She also creates content for her business bl...

Ehime  started making her own frozen yogurt when she realized most available brands weren’t as healthy as they claimed and created her clean-label recipe which brought about the birth of Sweetkiwi in 2011. This journey took her from Texas to Nigeria, where she opened 3 physical store locations.  She has created flavors for and led partnerships with many exciting brands such as Moet & Chandon,...

Joycee Awosika is the Founder and CEO of ORÍKÌ .  In pursuit of purpose, Joycee  left her job with Constellation Energy, a Fortune 100 company in New York and moved to Nigeria in 2011.  She held a few roles in the power sector including serving as the Technical Adviser on Research, Analysis and Informatics (Performance Monitoring) to the Honorable Minister of Power. Working in the public sector wa...