Limitless Africa

"I would compare it to a wildebeest migration" Hip-hop is one of America’s most influential cultural exports. But what happens when African artists reclaim it through language, ancestry and community? In this episode of Limitless Africa , host Claude Grunitzky speaks with GNL Zamba , a Ugandan hip-hop artist, filmmaker and creative entrepreneur, about how African languages, independent systems and...

"Why do we all dream of going to America today? Because we've seen movies our entire life portraying America as the but as the best place in the world. We want to go to Beverly Hills. But we need to create these same stories for ourselves." Déborah Mutund is a rising star in Francophone TV and the host of the reality TV show called Who Wants to Marry My Son? She talks to Claude Grunitzky about rea...

"Women like this really do exist." The Real Housewives reality TV franchise has become one of America's biggest cultural exports. But what happens when this franchise lands in Africa? In this episode of Limitless Africa, hosts Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu speak with Portia Hlubi, producer of The Real Housewives of Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Lagos, and Eugene Mbugua, executive produc...

 "There's more change that can be made, more impact, more positive impact in people's lives through this kind of work, and plenty of money to be made." On this episode of Limitless Africa, we speak to Luni Libes, CEO and founder of agriculture investment company Africa Eats.  As of December 2024, Africa Eats was listed on the Mauritius Stock exchange. Luni Libes is an intrepid inves...

"The VC model is just fundamentally the wrong fit for Africa." In this episode of Limitless Africa, Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu speak with American investor Luni Libes, founder of Africa Eats and Fledge, and Tanzanian entrepreneur Haika Mtei, CEO of Golden Pot. Together, they explore how long-term thinking, patient capital, and culturally adapted funding models are reshaping business across...

We thought we'd give you a taster of what's still to come.  We're still talking to the best and brightest Africans and finding out the surprising ways they're working with American business, tech and creative talent to be the best they can be.  Because Africa is the future. And Americans - and Africans - know that. So tune in for the rest of Limitless Africa, Season 3. Hosted on Acast. S...

"We're only now coming around to fully cracking what it takes to reach the African consumer." Jean-Claude Homawoo is the CEO of logistics firm Lori Systems. Founded in 2017, the company has now managed over 20,000 trucks across 12 African countries, moving goods worth more than $10 billion. Jean-Claude is an entrepreneur finding solutions to really practical problems: transport across Africa...

"Every Clark Kent can become Superman" Owusu Akoto is the Ghanaian entrepreneur tackling one of Africa’s most overlooked problems: cold chain logistics. In this episode of Limitless Africa, host Claude Grunitzky speak with Owusu about how his company, Freezelink, is solving food and medicine waste by building Africa’s temperature-controlled transport and storage network from the ground up. Ow...

"The NBA's on the continent. NFL was just here in Cairo, and you also have Formula One thinking about coming." Ibrahim Sagna is a Senegalese businessman and chairman of Silverbacks Holdings, the Mauritius-based private investments firm. It focuses on start-ups in tech, sports entertainment and the creative economy. These include businesses we featured on Limitless Africa, businesses like the FinTe...

"I take your Hulk Hogan and I raise you Coronavirus, one of our best fighters" Imagine a combat sport so ancient its moves were once used in spear and shield warfare. Now imagine it on a global stage. In this episode of Limitless Africa, we interview Maxwell Kalu, founder of African Warriors Fighting Championship. He’s on a mission to build Africa’s UFC, taking Nigeria’s traditional Dambe boxing f...

"How do we continue to grow the pie for us and for everybody?" Chris Maurice runs Yellow Card, Africa's most funded cryptocurrency exchange. It operates in 20 African countries, working with approximately 30,000 businesses. This year alone, they've traded more than $3 billion dollars worth of crypto so far. He goes into what it takes to build a successful business in Africa and why there's no subs...

"I just became obsessed with this problem" Africa is rewriting the rules of global finance, not with aid, but with code. In this episode of Limitless Africa, we unpack how crypto is changing the way millions move money across borders. From Ghana to Nigeria, people are turning to Bitcoin and stablecoins to bypass high fees, long delays, and complex banking systems. Claude Grunitzky is joined by thr...

"The financial impact of African creativity is not just realized on the continent, but it's also felt in the diaspora." Molly Jensen is the CEO of Afripods, a Kenya-based podcasting platform that focuses on the African market and has more than 3,000 podcasts on its platform. She's the expert on podcasting in Africa. She tells us why media is key to the continent's development. Plus: Molly's favour...

"The beauty of podcasting in Africa is that it has enabled people to take ownership of narratives." From Lagos to Los Angeles, creators are building ecosystems and stories that reflect a fuller picture of Africa, one rooted in culture, innovation, and optimism. Podcasts aren’t just changing how we listen, they’re changing how we see Africa. In this episode of Limitless Africa , Claude Grunitzky an...

"The researchers in Africa constantly think of low power AI. They're becoming the world's experts in how to build AI models that are tiny." From Benin City to Silicon Valley, Alexander Tsado is designing your future. He’s known as an AI architect. He’s worked for the world’s biggest tech companies. He’s advised governments. And now he’s going to tell us how Africa can power ahead in the AI race. P...

"Whoever controls AI controls the world." In this episode of Limitless Africa , we explore how Africa is adapting to and innovating with artificial intelligence, from flood-resistant crops to life-saving medical imaging tools. Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu speak to AI leaders on the continent who are not just training models, but training people. We meet innovators like Darlington Akogo, who...

"The content is fire." Taiye Selasi, the brilliant mind behind the best-selling novel Ghana Must Go , represents the future of African storytelling. She’s now bringing African narratives to the screen as part of her TV and film production studio Cocoa Content. In this episode, she discusses why African culture is now attracting global attention and why Hollywood producers are starting to catch on....

"We are talking about explosively popular content, explosively sellable, bankable product." Afrobeats is topping global charts. Nollywood is Nigeria’s second largest employer. African fashion is inspiring runways from Paris to New York. But who really benefits when African creativity goes global? In this episode of Limitless Africa , hosts Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu speak to Taiye Selasi ,...

“Vision without execution is hallucination.” In this episode of Limitless Africa, Claude Grunitzky speaks with Adam Grant, bestselling author and organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, about why character skills like discipline and initiative matter more than we think. They unpack surprising research from West Africa showing that entrepreneurs who deve...

"You're a poster child for personal initiative." In this episode of Limitless Africa, Claude Grunitzky speaks with Adam Grant, bestselling author and organizational psychologist at the Wharton School  of the University of Pennsylvania, about why character skills like discipline and initiative matter more than we think. They unpack surprising research from West Africa showing that entrepreneurs wh...

"You cannot do it in the US. You cannot do it in Europe. It's too saturated, but you can still do it in Africa." Olivier Madiba is the founder of Kiro'o Games, the first video game studio in Cameroon and the first Africa-based studio to release a game on Xbox. He tells Claude why Africans have different ideas of success and what that means for video games; how low revenue doesn't necessa...

"One of the greatest challenges we face as African gamers has always been the right representation." The video game industry in the United States is bigger than Hollywood and the music industry combined. But Africa? Africa is the fastest-growing gaming market in the world, six times the global average. In this episode of Limitless Africa , hosts Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu meet with African...

"It's a sin that basketball is a multi-billion dollar business across the globe... everywhere except where the largest talent base exists." Michael Finley is senior director and country operations lead for the NBA in Kenya. He's part of the team behind the Basketball Africa League (BAL) a professional league based on the continent. The league's fifth season featured 156 players from a record 28 co...

"Africa is the largest talent pool on this planet for basketball." Africa is rising as a new powerhouse for global basketball — not just for talent, but for business. In this episode of Limitless Africa, hosts Claude Grunitzky and Dimpho Lekgeu explore how the NBA and African investors are building an entire sports economy from the ground up. From the success of the Basketball Africa League to the...

"Either leave Africa alone or come with a sustainable business model in mind." Maya Horgan Famodu is the founder and CEO of Ingressive Capital, a venture capital fund focused on Africa. She raised over $10 million dollars for her first fund in 2020 and has since gone on to raise over $50 million for Fund 2. Maya wrote an article earlier this year called "The Hidden Benefits of Trump's Aid Policy f...