Kurious K

By the end of the century, (2100) Lagos is forecasted to have a population of 0ver 80 million people, Dar Es Salaam over 70m. Emmanuel Adegboye as the Africa Strategy Lead for Utopia is working to make sure we have better cities across Africa as the population grows exponentially. In this podcast, we discussed  Emmanuel's Journey into being an ecosystem leader, from being the Entrepreneurship Cent...

In this episode, the host of the kurious k podcast  (Kolapo) took the time out to distil lessons from the first 9 episodes.

In this episode, we had a great conversation with Confidence Odioinye, the founder and president of Beatdrone. Beatdrone was one of the pioneering businesses in the drone sector in Nigeria in 2017. Initially, in 2014, he started his journey as the first cohort of Passion Incubator with an idea of building a traffic management system and he later pivoted to using drones.  The company currently prov...

In 2014 –Just before her 19th birthday – Blessing Kwomo launched De Rehoboth Therapeutic Studio, which offers a holistic approach to healthcare. The Company extends home-based health care through tailored family action plans for treating illness and addressing root causes to empower families to live healthier within the context of their surroundings/circumstances. We met in 2018 during a Slush Glo...

Andrew is a veteran entrepreneur in the Nigeria tech ecosystem who started building startups since his university days. In 2015 he co-founded ogaVenue, Nigeria's Largest online event venue booking portal with operation in 6  African countries which at its peak, before COVID 19 was doing 7 figures USD in Gross Merchandise Value. The platform was designed to make it easy for an event host to search,...

In this episode, we took a quick stop at Tanzania where I had an amazing conversation with Ng'winula Kingamkono. Ng’ winula has been building software solutions and startups for the past 10 years and recently launched Tunzaa which is a fintech startup that uses technology to transform the financial habits of consumers and connects businesses to buyers. During the podcast, we discussed Why he start...

Bankole Oloruntoba is one of the most respected leaders in the Nigerian Tech Ecosystem. He is the CEO of the Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC) a World Bank and Federal Government of Nigeria assisted innovation centre and the Honorary Consul of Finland in Nigeria and interestingly the youngest individual to occupy such a position in Finland embassy since its creation in 2012. In 2014, Bankol...

Dr Ebi has been a medical doctor for over 19 years. At a point in his career, he realized he had to do things differently after his Dad Suffered stroke two times in a year. This led to the establishment of Gerocare. With GeroCare, you can provide healthcare for your parents wherever you are in the world. One of the SDG's (Sustainable developments goal) is to ensure health and well-being for all an...

Paul Kelvin Founded Gas Monkey to solve the problem of "household air pollution" (HAP) in Nigeria mostly as a result of dirty cooking fuel (burning of firewood), which leads to the death of over 140,000 children under the age of 5 every year. His Company is also working to transform the real estate industry by pioneering a reticulated gas system in buildings that eliminate each apartment owning a...

In our first episode, we are excited to host Hakeem Disu, Founder of Koinwa- A peer to peer Bitcoin trading platform in Nigeria. Hakeem founded Koinwa in 2019 and recently launched its mobile and web application and it has done impressive numbers in transactions ( 6 figures in USD). We will discuss the impact of government regulations on cryptocurrency in Nigeria, how he started and his plans for...

Hello guys, welcome to Kurious K podcast. My name is Kolapo and I am excited to announce that I will be launching my podcast where I will be meeting some of the most amazing startup founders in Nigeria and across Africa and everyone playing in the space to make entrepreneurship thrive. We will be exploring how they see opportunities and taking the first step to launch their business. Based on Worl...