The Booming Boomer

Episode 13 of The Booming Boomer Podcast, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai speaks with Nadine Ibrahim, a Nigerian filmmaker and founder of Naila Media. Nadine is known for telling stories from Northern Nigeria and spotlighting women, identity, and underrepresented voices through film. Her work includes Through Her Eyes, Marked, Tolu, and I Am Not Corrupt. Through Her Eyes was nominated in the short film categ...

In this episode of The Booming Boomer Podcast, hosted by Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, Dr. Jamila Aliyu Dikko joins the conversation to discuss headaches, migraines, and the importance of patient education. Dr. Jamila is a medical doctor and Adult Headache and Migraine Specialist in Nigeria. She is the lead at The Headache Doc Nigeria, a clinic focused on helping people understand and manage headache and...

In Episode 9 of The Booming Boomer Podcast, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai speaks with Dan Bello (Bello Galadanchi), an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker. Through his work, Dan Bello uses storytelling and visual media to examine governance, raise awareness, and highlight issues affecting communities. In this conversation, he shares his approach to content creation, the responsibility that c...

In Episode 8 of The Booming Boomer Podcast, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai sits down with Surayyah Ahmad, Founding Partner at Sabou Capital and Taskmaster for the YEIB Investment Funds. Surayyah works at the intersection of venture capital and entrepreneurship, helping build investment pathways for founders and youth-led businesses across Africa. In this conversation, she shares insights on early-stage inve...

In Episode 7 of The Booming Boomer Podcast, Hadiza Isma El-Rufai sits down with Lola Shoneyin, Nigerian author, poet, and founder of the Aké Arts & Book Festival. Known for her novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, Lola has played a central role in shaping contemporary African literary conversation. In this episode, we discuss writing, cultural leadership, institution-building, and what...

In  Episode 6  of  The Boomin Boomer Podcast , we sit down with  Maryam Bukar Hassan , also known as  Alhanislam . In this episode, Maryam talks about her journey as a spoken-word poet, how her work moved from private expression to public life, and what changes when your voice begins to carry weight beyond yourself. We discuss visibility, responsibility, pressure, and the realities of being listen...

In episode 5 of The Booming Boomer Podcast, we sit down with Hafsah Jumare, Founder and CEO of CoAmana, an agri-tech company operating across Nigeria and Kenya to strengthen and digitize traditional and informal agricultural markets. Hafsah breaks down how informal markets really function, why farmers lose produce when buyers and pricing are unclear, and how CoAmana supports market leadership and...