Limitless Africa

"It is important to present DRC and Angola in the way it should be presented." On Limitless Africa, we look at the ways in which Africans can fulfill their limitless potential. And we also look at how partnerships with allies like the United States can help that happen. That's why we're talking to Ziad Dalloul, the founder, president and CEO of AfriCell, the only U.S.-owned mobile network operator...

"A thriving Africa is better for the world than the Africa that we have today" Season 3 comes to a close, and this time, the hosts are in the hot seat. In this finale episode of Limitless Africa, Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu reflect on the conversations that defined the season, from Tomiwa Aladekomo on Africa's next chapter to Jean-Claude Homawoo on building Africa's own Silicon Valley, from...

"Ghana, South Africa… they just went there to complete the numbers." Join the banter - The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost here, and for the first time ever, 48 teams will compete across the US, Mexico, and Canada. Nine African nations have qualified, and the stakes have never been higher. In this extended episode of Limitless Africa, host Esther Appiah-Fei brings together three voices from across t...

"Ghana, South Africa… they just went there to complete the numbers." Join the banter - The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost here, and for the first time ever, 48 teams will compete across the US, Mexico, and Canada. Nine African nations have qualified, and the stakes have never been higher. In this episode of Limitless Africa, host Esther Appiah-Fei brings together three voices from across the Africa...

"Talent is global but opportunity sadly isn't." This week on the Limitless Africa podcast, we look at something young Africans care about: work! How work is changing, how you can get hired, how you can upskill, and what kind of work is out there - in fact these days more and more jobs can be done remotely, parrticularly in tech. For us, for young Africans, this shift matters. It allows talent...

"I was able to take my younger brother through university" Young Africans care about work because work is now the clearest route to mobility. In this episode of Limitless Africa, Claude Grunitzky explores how American tech platforms are transforming opportunity across the continent through remote work, AI upskilling, and online networking. Nicola Lyons explains how Andela evolved from a Lagos foun...

"We ultimately are trying to level the playing field for independent brands to be able to sell into big major retailers." On this episode of Limitless Africa, we’re looking at how African businesses can sell to US customers. If you’re a homeware brand in Togo, or a clean beauty maker in South Africa or a jewelry manufacturer in Kenya, how can you get your product to American customers, those consu...

"I became extremely fascinated with Mansa Musa's story." Why would an African-founded luxury brand choose to build its headquarters in the United States? In this episode of Limitless Africa , host Claude Grunitzky speaks with Armando Cabral , founder of Armando Cabral Footwear , who was born in Guinea-Bissau and now runs his brand from New York . Cabral explains how his African heritage shapes his...

"One thing that I really was not as aware of as perhaps I should have been, was the deep and abiding Congolese sense of having a long term relationship with the United States." Ambassador Tamlyn has spent much of her career working across Africa, from Sudan and the Central African Republic to Mozambique, Chad, and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC has Africa’s fourth-largest popula...

"If we stop mining, we stop our way of life." The Lobito Corridor is more than just a railway; it is a strategic lifeline connecting the Atlantic port of Lobito in Angola to the mineral rich Copperbelt in the DRC and Zambia. In this episode, host Claude Grunitzky sits down with explorer and presenter Dwayne Fields and Sam Williams , Head of Communications at Africell , to discuss the revival of th...

"Ambition is often loud and fast" Limitless Africa host Claude Grunitzky is in the hot seat this episode. Claude has founded, built and sold businesses you will have heard of - he founded Trace, a global hip hop magazine. Trace eventually became the TV channel and he then raised $15million in funding from the investment bank Goldman Sachs in 2003. Now he spends his time as an investor and tea...

"Every Clark Kent can become Superman, every Diana Price can become Wonder Woman." The American mindset has produced some of the greatest entrepreneurs the world has ever seen… from Henry Ford to Oprah Winfrey. What can Africans learn from their success? Our host Claude Grunitzky talks to entrepreneurs from all over the continent. Plus: Why Ubuntu is global 🌟 IN THIS EPISODE: 3:24 Silicon Valley,...

“Africa has an opportunity over the next half a generation to really rise as an industrial superpower.” Ben Kincaid spent the first half of his career as a US diplomat. Much of his time was spent in Africa, specializing in national security issues. Today, and that's why we're so keen to speak with him, he's the CEO of ReElement Technologies Africa, One of their missions is to help African nations...

“Processing on the continent: you can do that in Africa.” Africa holds some of the world’s most important mineral resources, from cobalt and lithium to platinum and rare earths. Yet for decades, these materials have largely been extracted on the continent, processed elsewhere, and sold back to the global market at far greater value. In this episode of Limitless Africa, hosts Dimpho Lekgeu and Clau...

"Whenever you have leaders who have vision and can back the vision with execution, amazing things will happen." The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative, also known as YALI . Since 2014, the Mandela Washington Fellowship has brought nearly 6,500 young leaders from every country in Sub-Saharan Afric...

"Should I happen have a one-on-one business talk with President Donald Trump, definitely would tell him that, look, sir, you have the market, I have the the produce." In this episode of Limitless Africa , we explore the transformative power of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) . Host Dimpho Lekgeu and Claude Grunitzky speak with alumni from across the continent who are taking their busin...

"We're going to hire tons of engineers in Rwanda who are Rwandan to build this technology shoulder to shoulder with our American engineers." American foreign policy is experiencing a profound shift. It’s now about trade not aid. But we’ve been waiting to understand what that means in practice. That's why an announcement by the US Department of State last November was so significant. The U.S. commi...

"They were tired of losing women in childbirth." Last year, one of the US’s top diplomats said that Africa is the world’s largest untapped market… and Africa should be among the US’s largest trading partners. This time, it’s not just about aid. It’s about business . And we were wondering what that might mean in practice. In November last year, the US Department of State made an important announcem...

"There is a specific type of risk-taking that is always rewarded" Mikael Hajjar runs P1 Ventures. P1 Ventures has raised its first $50 million dollars fund at the beginning of 2025. But what’s particularly interesting is that half of the fund will be invested in Francophone Africa. He tells Claude why Francophone Africa is the next investment hotspot. Plus: The biggest start-ups in Francophone Afr...

"What is this country with good roads and electricity and water?" Francophone Africa is home to some of the continent’s fastest-growing economies, yet it continues to receive a disproportionately small share of global venture capital and startup investment. In this episode of Limitless Africa , hosts Dimpho Lekgeu and Claude Grunitzky speak with Lina Kacyem , Investment Manager at Launch Africa Ve...

"That's where I think we've missed a trick. And that's really where I have focused my entrepreneurship and energy and time and talent" Bame Pule is the chief executive of private equity firm Africa Lighthouse Capital, based in Botswana. He is a graduate of Pomona College in California and received his MBA degree from Harvard Business School. He worked at Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, so...

"Big companies are waking up to this opportunity and are moving in." Today, we’re talking about something that shapes everything from jobs to education to healthcare… internet access. And Africa, we have a problem! Only a fifth of our population have access to the internet... compare that to the global average of about 70%. Africa is lagging behind. We wanted to find out why. And what ca...

"We haven't provided the market with a clear proposition from a confidence standpoint." Welcome to our extended episode with Hugo Obi - the founder of Maliyo Games. It's a gaming studio based in Lagos, Nigeria. They design, develop, and distribute games to mobile audiences on the continent. And in 2024, they partnered with the US company Disney to launch a mobile game. Nigeria has the largest gami...

"Gaming saved my life." In this episode of Limitless Africa, Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu explore the rise of African e-sports with two of Kenya’s most compelling voices. Brian Diang’a , known as Brian The Beast , one of East Africa’s first professional e-sports athletes, and Shirley Adema , also known as Dark Willow , a competitive Dota player and co-founder of Tunza E-sports. Through their...

Welcome to our extended episode with G. N. L. Zamba, a Ugandan hip-hop artist who lives between Kampala and Los Angeles. He's the founder and CEO of the independent hip-hop record label Baboon Forest Entertainment. He's been credited with popularizing Lungaflow - a blend of Afrobeats and Luganda, the most widely spoken of Uganda's 40 languages. In this extended episode, he talks to Claude about wh...