Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju

Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business

Technology EN ↓ 81 episodes

Stories and analyses of African technology companies

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Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju

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#5: Naspers - How Africa’s largest company went from newspaper publishing to Tencent and Prosus 15.06.2020 58:19

Overview: In this episode, we talk about Naspers - The South African conglomerate, investment group & most valuable company in Africa. We’ll discuss its early history, transition from newspaper publisher to tech investment firm, Tencent investment, broader investment portfolio & Naspers' future outlook.  Companies discussed: Naspers, Prosus, Tencent, PayU, Media24, Takealot, M-Net, Sw...

#4: African Mobility Tech (Uber, Taxify & others) - How ridesharing is changing transportation across Africa 01.06.2020 52:49

Overview: In this episode, we discuss ridesharing in Sub-Saharan Africa. We discuss transportation in major African cities, the entry, impact & business models of ridesharing platforms & end with our views on the future outlook of ridesharing platforms Companies discussed: Uber, Bolt / Taxify & OPay (Opera Pay) Business concepts discussed: Low end disruption, Bottom of the pyramid (BOP...

#3: Transsion (Tecno, Infinix & Itel) - From Shenzhen China to dethroning Samsung & Huawei to become Africa's top phone seller 18.05.2020 49:14

Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Transsion - The Chinese phone manufacturer that has sold the most phones in Africa since 2017. We’ll discuss its early history, entry & success into Africa, progress in other developing markets, eventual 2019 IPO & Transsion's future outlook   Companies discussed: Transsion (Tecno, Infinix and Itel), PalmPay & Jumia   Business concept...

#2: Jumia - From Rocket Internet to Unicorn IPO. What’s next for the ‘Amazon of Africa’? 03.05.2020 47:53

Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Jumia - The largest ecommerce player in Africa. We’ll discuss its founding, seminal points in its history, eventual 2019 IPO & Jumia's future outlook. This episode was recorded on May 3, 2020. Companies discussed: Jumia, Africa Internet Holding (Africa Internet Group), Rocket Internet, Kasuwa, Sabunta, Konga, Naspers, Takealot, Kaymu (Jumia Travel), He...

#1: African Fintech - 2018 to 2020 startup investments funding boom in Africa 20.04.2020 46:58

Overview: This episode covers major recent fintech investments in Africa. We start with some context on why fintech is important, why the majority of Africans are unbanked, discuss the early history of mobile money & then discuss the largest fintech investments in 2018 and 2019 Companies discussed: Cellulant, Migo, Paga, Yoco, Jumo, Flutterwave, Branch, OPay (Opera Pay), Visa, PalmPay (Transsi...

#0: Introduction to Afrobility - What to expect from the podcast 19.04.2020 3:13

Overview: Today we’re going to give an introduction to the podcast, we’ll talk about our backgrounds, why we wanted to make this podcast together and what you can expect from Afrobility in the future We’d love to hear from you. If you have feedback, topics you’d like to hear, or just want to say hello, please email info@afrobility.com Join our mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes &am...