Roots & Wings Podcast

Yele Bademosi is a founder, investor, and creative thinker exploring the intersection of culture, capital, and clarity. He’s the Co-Creator and CEO of Onboard, a global financial app designed to help people live radically better lives by expanding access to world-class financial services. Before Onboard, Yele founded Microtraction, one of Africa’s foremost early-stage funds, backing over 80 startu...

Ire Aderinokun is an investor, entrepreneur, and software engineer with a decade of experience building and backing technology ventures in frontier markets. As an invited Google Expert in Web Technologies specialising in the core user interface technologies of HTML, CSS, and Javascript, Ire has authored widely-read technical content and spoken at dozens of conferences around the world. She co-foun...

With a 15-year career in finance, tech, and venture capital, June Angelides, MBE, brings a deep expertise across product development, business strategy, and talent management. As an investor at Samos Investments, she leads early-stage investments in pioneering European startups like Lick, Ruka Hair, and Jude. She also founded Levare Ventures, an African-focused investment syndicate supporting pre-...

About Blessing Abeng Blessing Abeng is a branding and communications expert. She was the CMO and co-founder of Disha, a digital tech startup, that caught the attention of an African Unicorn, Flutterwave, leading to a successful acquisition. She was also the co-founder and Director of Communications at Ingressive for Good, driving the mission of the edtech nonprofit to create and increase the earni...