Startup Couches

Soham has one of the most amazing journeys on the couch with one of the strongest customer bases with almost 100% loyalty, he tells us how he used an innovative idea to succeed through the pandemic and keep all his customers in the car hire business and all about future plans.

Ehab takes us on a journey through organic products for making pesticides and herbicides and how the Government is mandating farms to go organic, providing a big scaling opportunity for Chitosan. He also talks about the power of great leadership and the right team, enjoy!

Ben, head of product at YouSaver talking about financial responsibility and how the product helps you make great financial decisions like savings, they also have partnerships with merchants where their customers can pay-in-installments for products you would like to buy in Nigeria.

Tola the CEO at CitonHub talks about how the product is enabling developers to create and manage their developer communities and his experience building CitonHub. He also sheds light on a few lessons he has learned around customer acquisition and retention.

Girish Head of customer acquisition at Starlly talks to us about how they power digital transformation for small businesses, they have a product Spectra for businesses who use machines helping them monitor devices like cold chains, storage rooms, and other big machines used in cloud kitchens and breweries.

Jered COO of OnePitch takes us on a journey of how OnePitch helps startups end bad pitches and start telling great stories, communicating effectively to all their stakeholders.

Faheem, co-founder at Keemut talks about how they offer value to people in the business of car importation and sales in Africa. Seeing that over 70% of cars used in Africa are imported after use, Keemut addresses a huge market

Azeez takes us on a learning journey of students in Africa, their major challenges, and how SimbiBot addresses all those problems with its unique and end-to-end value proposition which is now being strongly validated with their growth and customer testimonials

Ezz who is head of product takes us on a journey of their YC experience and how Dayra is helping bank the unbanked working population in Egypt through employer-partnership and then providing employees under them financial services that they would not ordinarily have gotten.

Nono is on the couch today and talking about helping a host of businesses take care of their marketing needs by matching them to marketers who fit right into the needs of their businesses.

On the couch today Sabry CTO at one of the newest YC-backed startups in the MENA region tells us about this salary-advance product that is changing the way employees get paid and making it flexible for everyone and even about his YC experience.

Lanre talks to us about the best way for any African to get into crypto and how he started building FluidCoins, he highlights the benefits of dollar-cost-averaging and how it is such a great way to save and invest in any asset especially cryptocurrency. The FluidCoins app is available for download today on your app store

Ahmed here talks about how Raseedi is a massive money-saving app for people across the MENA region especially in Egypt, with the dialer feature which also rewards you for calling your friends and helps you find the best deals and discounts on things like food and other household supplies.

Ahmed talks about Denta Carts how they are offering the biggest marketplace for dental products and services in the MENA region, focusing on the entire dental service delivery value chain.

Phebeon talks about a product that ensures that we all stay online and connected in public places and how Opencharge is becoming a big infrastructure on which other valuable services for better customer experience can be built for restaurants and other public places.

Samer takes us on a journey around the ESports sector in the MENA region and how GB Arena has been catering to both gamers and sponsors with entertainment and tournaments in the space.

Joseph takes us on his journey in the gaming industry in the MENA region, with a lot of games hosted with millions of downloads and revenue growth year-on-year. Play 3arabi is currently raising money to scale this successful game publishing business model.

Mustafa the co-founder of EYouth tells us how they prepare young people in low-income areas in Egypt for the labor market and even get them into paid employment through strategic partnerships they have secured and the challenges that come with it all.

In this episode Kyle CEO of Vollar talks to us about finding your true north and how he found volunteering services and is now building a business out of it, he talks about challenges and how important a support system is for uncertain times.

Antoine takes on his journey of building Finchatbot, helping financial institutions like insurance companies and banks to bring product offerings, customer support, and even onboarding through this conversational chatbot product powered by AI.

Wynand led an interesting conversation on the couch today about one of the most promising outdoor reservation businesses in all of South Africa, selling thousands of bed spaces and making over $1m pre-covid, and currently raising funds.

On the couch, today Erabose, Co-founder of the Read Group talks about the challenges of the haulage and logistics space from the Philippines and China to West Africa and the credit landscape for businesses in that region.

On the couch today we have Kailas co-founder at Plentify where they are solving the peak demand problem while building the largest Giant Virtual battery in Africa through products like HotBot focused on smarter and cleaner energy for all home appliances.

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On the couch, today is Fady CEO of Vetwork talking about building startups in the MENA region and how difficult it can be, but how believing in a vision and a great team can make all the difference.