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BYOB: Build Your Own Business

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Welcome to the BYOB podcast! Brought to you by Oze—the number one growth partner for small businesses across Africa. On the Build Your Own Business podcast, we bring you honest, unfiltered conversations with entrepreneurs from across the continent about how they’ve built their businesses—the challenges they’ve faced, the lessons they’ve learned, and the strategies that helped them grow. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale, this podcast gives you the insights and inspiration to take your business to the next level.

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Episodes

How My Face Built My Business - Big Samps Market (Adwoa Agblobloshie) 20.02.2026 38:24

In this episode of Build Your Own Business, Winnie and Dave sit down with Elselund Ewudzie-Sampson also known as Adwoa  Agblobloshie, the founder of Big Samps Market, one of Ghana’s leading grocery delivery services. What started in a small kitchen with national service savings and a dream has grown into a brand that helps busy households shop smarter and cook faster by bringing fresh groceries to...

BYOB Podcast Season 1 06.02.2026 0:47

Get ready to be inspired! Build Your Own Business is the podcast that brings you real stories from African entrepreneurs — the wins, the mistakes, and the lessons that can help you grow your own business. Hosted by Hachi, BYOB dives into the journeys of Nigerian entrepreneurs, uncovering how side hustles became thriving businesses, the pivots that made all the difference, and the strategies that a...

How a Marketing Guy Built One of Nigeria’s Coolest Furniture Brands (The Guy Behind the Tobi Table) - Boho Studios 13.10.2025 42:16

In this episode of Build Your Own Business , Hachi speaks with Solomon Akinsanya, founder of Boho, one of Nigeria’s coolest young furniture brands making stylish, functional designs affordable. Solomon never imagined himself as an entrepreneur. He started out as a marketing professional and stumbled into furniture after working at a furniture company. With his eye for design and marketing know-how...

How This Banker Quit Her 9–5 to Build a Fashion Brand (Getting startup capital from her husband, surviving tailor drama & going viral by modeling her own designs) - Mode by Tantish 03.10.2025 33:38

In this episode of Build Your Own Business , Hachi sits down with Tayo Owoeye, CEO of Mode by Tantish , a ready-to-wear fashion brand known for chic, African-print inspired dresses. Tayo’s journey is a powerful story of reinvention. After years of working at Access Bank, she walked away from the security of a 9–5 job to pursue her true passion: fashion. What started with selling clothes and access...

How Social Media Turned Her ₦16,000 Side Hustle Into a Real Company (From posting daily on Instagram to Lagos Supermarket Shelves) - Papuna Foods 29.09.2025 44:24

In this episode of Build Your Own Business , Hachi sits down with Adaobi, CEO & Founder of Papuna Foods, to unpack how she transformed a side hustle into a thriving food brand with the power of social media. Starting with just ₦16,000, Adaobi turned her passion for nourishing her child into a business that now produces fruit and nut-infused pap for families across Nigeria. She shares raw lesso...

How a Don Jazzy Shoutout Changed Her Business Forever (The unexpected journey from side hustle to procurement expert) — Mobolahub 12.09.2025 31:01

In this first episode of Build Your Own Business Podcast , Hachi talks with Omobolanle (Mobolahub), a procurement expert whose entrepreneurial journey went from selling jelly shoes in university to surviving debt and getting an unexpected boost from Nigerian music legend Don Jazzy. That one shoutout turned her struggling small business into a viral success — but Omobolanle didn’t stop there. She p...

He Put Suya in a Burger… and Built a Lagos Food Brand (The Food Business Lessons on Staff Theft, Inventory, and Resilience) 15.08.2025 51:47

In this episode of Build Your Own Business , Hachi sits down with Feranmi Ajetomobi, co-founder of Ni Fries, the Lagos-based food brand famous for its suya burgers. Feranmi’s story is one of grit, reinvention, and tough lessons. He dropped out of university in 2013 to start a food business with akara burgers, only to face financial collapse and theft. Years later, during the COVID lockdowns, he ex...