The Open Africa Podcast

On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about some of the recent raises in the Ecosystem– BigCabal's $2.3 million seed funding, Dash's $32.8 million seed funding, Moove's $105 million series B funding – and finally take a deep dive into the B2B supply chain businesses in the African startup scene. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in...

On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss some of the latest happenings in the Nigerian Tech Ecosystem – Earnipay's launch and what they do, Reliance's $40M raise led by General Atlantic, Flutterwave 3.0 and it's implications for the startup scene in Africa. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. S...

On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have Gbenga – big time fan of the podcast and blockchain engineer – to give insights on what exactly Web3 is, why it exists, and if we should be interested in it. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing y...

On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about the Payment Service Bank (PSB) License, how the license can be obtained and what the license does. We also considered MTN's existing mobile money network in countries across Africa, how it works, and what an expansion would look like. _ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast....

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa, following the recent trends in the Finance and Technology industry talk about compliance and Risk management; what the Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) controls do, why they exist, and who they apply to. _ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa consider some of the recent raises by companies in the Ecosystem, what they do and the impact of these raises – Mono raising $15M, Stitch's $2M seed extension and expansion to Nigeria, Sparkle's seed round raise of $3.1M, Brass' $1.7M raise, Moove and MFS Africa. _ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on A...

We apologize for this episode's quality. Something broke during recording and we didn't catch it until after. We thought about scrapping it several times, but it is such a fun and insightful conversation that we decided not to. Please bear with us. _ On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a conversation with Nadayar - CEO/Cofounder at Edenlife; a tech company in Lagos bringing the convenience...

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa (yes, it's just us today) discuss Some African startups that got into YC's Summer 2021 cohort, the new regulations by the CBN, and Opay's recent raise and becoming a unicorn. _ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find u...

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined in the studio (actually, Zoom call) by Jude Dike and Temitope Ekundayo – CEO and Head of Growth at GetEquity; a private marketplace enabling retail purchase of equity. They talk all about Tokenised Equity, creating an ecosystem around Venture Capital, their recent pre-seed fund raise, and challenges so far. _ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and...

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined in the studio by Folayemi Agusto – Co-founder and CEO of tix.africa; a self-service ticketing platform for event creators. They consider tix.africa's recent six-figure pre-seed round, the company's plans for expansion into Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Egypt in H2 of 2021, and Tix Pro; a subscription based service launched recently. _ Follow us @OpenAf...

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss notable events that happened in the Tech and Finance ecosystem this July – FairMoney raising 42 million dollars during their Series B raises, Cowrywise getting the SEC Fund/Portfolio Management license, Carbon's partnership with Visa and what it means for their customers, ULesson's physical centres launch, and TeamApt raising an undisclosed amount of...

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss the payments business in Nigeria; players, licensing schemes, and attempt to contextualize common misconceptions about payments. _ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@ope...

On this episode 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss Telda; an Egyptian neobank that raised $5 million pre-seed funding, Chipper Cash's $100 million Series C raise, Paga's latest milestones; hitting 1 trillion Naira in 15 months, and the CBN's plan to launch their own digital currency. _ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

On this episode Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss Buycoins' new app, the SEC Sub Broker Licence, Abeg becoming the Headline Sponsor for the Big Brother Naija show, and Paystack in South Africa. — Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and I...

On this episode Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have guests! They have a conversation with Vanessa (Head of communications) and Bisola (Analyst) from Ingressive Capital about the role of investors in the tech ecosystem, Ingressive's role, portfolio, fundraising and selection process. — Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

On this episode Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss Twitter setting up an office in Ghana, AppZone's recent $10 million raise during their series A after 11 years and their plan to expand across more African countries, and what the NIBBS and SEC regulatory directives on BVN and foreign trading respectively mean. — Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations! Hosted...

On this episode Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss Kuda's recent $25 million raise and their plan to expand into England, Jumia's plan to raise $400 million, and Startups across Africa that got into YC's class of W2021. __ Follow us @OpenAfricaPod on Twitter and Instagram and tag us in your conversations! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find...

On this episode Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss Fibre, the housing problem in Lagos, Rubies, and the top finance apps on the Android and iOS app stores in Nigeria and Kenya. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

We had some technical issues while recording, the audio quality is not our best work but the content is worth your time. On this episode Laolu, Furo, Nosa discuss the activities around cryptocurrencies in Nigeria, the CBNs recent circular and press statement, why CBN may have fears and the impact on attracting investors within the Nigerian technology ecosystem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

On this episode, 'Furo, Nosa, and 'Laolu discuss Simple's closure, Chaka's tangle with the SEC, cryptocurrency, and make predictions for 2021 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode Laolu, Furo, Nosa discuss some exciting products that have launched in Nigeria in 2020. Paystack Storefront vs Flutterwave Store, Bento, Switch by Sterling and Brass and Propsa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See a...

On this episode Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss some significant fundraising efforts that have happened in H2 2020; Kudabank's $10 million raise, Paystack's $200 million acquisition, Credpal's $1.5 million raise, Autocheck's $3.4 million raise, and Chipper Cash's $30 million raise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOA...

On this episode Laolu, Furo, Nosa discuss Monos fund raising, Patricia, Prospa's business banking proposition and Rwandas move away from ATMs to Agency Banking Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

On this episode we have a guest, Tomisin Adeshiyan Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Vesicash. We discussed Union54 and their ambitious goals for their platform across Africa, Visas move to incorporate cryptocurrency in their payment networks, the proposed CBN Tiering model for Fintechs and We spent time discussing the business of trust and the role of escrow services in the African com...

On this episode we discuss startups in the Lagos technology ecosystem. Muney a personal financial management tool, Vesicash and Listbuy providing escrow services, the impact of the CBN GSI directive and the persistent FX scarcity in Nigeria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. _ We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag...