Startup Couches

Dominic is creating ways for children content creators to get excited, a content marketplace for children content, text, audio and video.

A multi-channel messaging platform for businesses in Africa, CRM, and APIs for businesses to engage their customers. Onboarding, engaging, support, and retention through texts, voices, WhatsApp

An experimental studio, building immersive shopping experiences, product visualization, immersive merchandising, virtual try-ons etc. Plan is to get more engagements and get user feedback. Some of the amazing works from the labs include AR business cards, Tailo’s virtual showroom, Orange Culture’ Virtual 3D-models. Derrick also talks about how building in public is really helping with Sales and pr...

A neobank for SMEs in Nigeria: credit, payments, and other services related to your business. All our customers are importers and informal. Cargo insurance, logistics, and customs clearance support from china to your store in Nigeria. $36bn trade deficit. Trade financing

Mollie is on the couch to talk about Crew, a group-based coaching program, helping people coaching, millennial professionals, and career re-design needs. Executive coaches in the pipeline, other professionals who have something to teach and mentor.

Ben is on the couch today to talk about a mobile app that allows people to send money from one region to another, Flux

Philip is on the couch today and we spoke about Opontia and how it enables founders to realize the value of the e-commerce brands that they built, businesses can face an inability to grow further or scale. Above $10k in rev, no reseller, few categories exempt like fast fashion, consumer electronics. Kitchenware, bathroom, sports, gathering, cosmetics.

Ismail is on the couch today talking about WAFR, a mobile payment smartphone app that gives discounts to its users when they pay through the app. Closed-loop mobile wallet, you pay less when using and the businesses earn more while using it, for FMCG, grocers to grow their markets. A great loyalty program. We go to FMCGs and ask for discounts and show them how it can become profitable. 10% of the...

Silas is on the couch today talking about Catlog, a set of tools to help buyers and sellers transact better online. Making buying and selling very smooth, a lot of transactions going on today on social media but there are a lot of problems. First, we started with a basic way for sellers to list all their products, buyers can see, select, buy, and check out to the seller's WhatsApp. It is tedious t...

Ayo was on the couch and we spoke about Gen, a global banking platform created for Africans. From personal to business to the best-in-class global digital banking products. Gen is a cross-border digital banking solution, that empowers Africans, to move, work and do business globally. A lot of people are becoming global, working and being a part of the global economy. A talent marketplace founder,...

I had Clinton on the couch and he talked about Accrue a product that helps you simplify & automate your investments. With minimal effort, you are able to create a promising financial future. Gentlest intro to investing, simplest way to hedge wealth over time. Currency devaluation is happening USD Savings, stock tokens, crypto. DCA: investing a small amounts over time. Targeting young people. S...

Chatting with Kam CEO of Cyclic, a product that lets you deploy full-stack apps to a globally distributed serverless way. The infrastructure to power your application, all serverless, on-ramp launch quickly. They are starting with individuals, no need to be an expert. Kam was in a fintech startup that got acquired, companies wasting resources with infrastructure setups.

Divine is on the couch today, building RunTransfer a platform that helps businesses accept and verify bank transfers. The platform helps businesses verify and accept bank transfers, POS is not working, transfers take a while. The money leaves and network issues happen. One core function: alert confirmations instantly. Built by an all-student team, a must-listen

Deborah sat on the couch with me and we talked about the AFEN project, a cutting-edge NFT project dedicated to the development of user-friendly blockchain solutions in real estate and education, arts & entertainment, and decentralized finance. The AFEN ecosystem is multi-chain, powered by the $AFEN token, and prioritizes the user's experience. AFEN as a platform is leveraging blockchain tech t...

Habib is on the couch today and we talked about Smileys, your go-to place for exciting and comfortable athleisure products. They make socks available for upwardly mobile Nigerians, especially those in major cities across the country. Smileys is for people who love to exercise, have a fun time with friends and family, show up to meetings looking sharp and are beacons of hope in the different sphere...

Rumbidzai sat on the couch with me and we talked about BRYT Knowledge a multifaceted online educational platform that connects students with subject matter experts using technology. In countries where the BRYT app and web platform are available, students can request a 1-1 personalized lesson with a tutor on any subject matter, within their own set budget, and at a time convenient for them. She is...

Jude of GetEquity is on the couch today talking about the platform that allows investors to find, create, and diversify investment portfolios by accessing new investment opportunities, trade-in digital security assets, investing in local SMEs, and improving liquidity. Allows anyone to invest in startups with as little as $10, using an SPV. This is a must-listen

David is on the couch and we talk about Kiwano a platform that gives you control over how you can send money to your friends, family, or an organization without revealing your real identity to the recipients.

I and Timi talk about Trakka, a personal fiancée app, millennials are terrible at managing finances, allows you to sync all your accounts together. Students in Universities, young earners and just going into the workforce. Personal experience of having too many bank accounts and fintech apps. Started as 300levels, a team of 6 students, complete genz team. Real-time budgeting feature and alerts, fi...

Exciting conversation with Pleasant a GenZ founder of ZeddPay a web app payment solution for the unbanked, people without access to people without financial services using mobile credits. 56% of Nigerian adults are unbanked and this is different from internet penetration. Targeting genZ people, the bank limitations for young people under the age of 19 is a huge problem. Shoutout to GB of FlutterWa...

Bankole and I had a very insightful conversation about a platform to provide infra for underrepresented founders in Africa and Canada, first a media outfit for telling founder and operator stories and an all-in-one platform to get founder resources, business tools discount access, access to mentors, community and Masterclasses and library of templates and learning resources. Vision: connecting fou...

Joseph is on the couch today to talk about Savecoins app that helps you simplify your crypto investments, periodic savings which DCA app for beginners and enthusiasts. For people who want to save and invest, there is a loan feature also. Launching in March 2022

I spoke with Mohammed on the couch today about how SMBs and online sellers do not have enough infrastructure and what his team is doing to help

I spoke with Racine about ShopMeAway a very important service for people who want to buy products from Amazon, Walmart, or Alibaba. Servicing drop shippers, middle-class people who get top quality products, in Senegal

I sat on the couch with Maher of Anamehani, we spoke about the smart on-demand home services platform helping people find professional service workers nearby, carpenters, plumbers, interior designers, etc