Konnected Minds Podcast with Derrick Abaitey

He built a multimillion cedi medical empire from selling pen drives in primary school, and he says the biggest breakthrough of his life came when COVID-19 hit and everyone else was panicking while he was praying for the lockdown to be extended because he had 200 boxes of nose masks sitting in East Legon that nobody wanted. In this episode, Sami Medical Landlord breaks down how he went from selling...

He built a thriving dessert empire with 12 employees and three branches across Kumasi before most people his age even think about starting a business, and he says the biggest lie young Ghanaians believe is that you're too young to make money in your 20s. In this episode, Kobby Owusu-Bright breaks down how he and his business partner built Favory from selling popcorn and ice cream on the KNUST camp...

He turned two popcorn machines on campus into a thriving dessert empire with 12 employees, three branches, and expansion plans to Accra before most people his age even think about starting a business. In this episode, Kobe breaks down how he and his business partner built Favory from selling popcorn at campus events into a multi-branch operation serving popcorn, ice cream, boba, waffles, milkshake...

He started selling popcorn on campus for 10 cedis with a cost price of 2.50 cedis, moved a thousand pieces a day, and built it into a multi-branch dessert empire before most people his age even think about starting a business. In this episode, Kobe Krabina Owusu-Bright breaks down how he and his business partner Joshua turned two popcorn machines into Favory, a thriving popcorn, ice cream, and bob...

He's been to 30 countries, built startups in Ghana and Nigeria, and sold two companies before 25 - and he says the biggest lie Africans believe is that leaving will fix their lives. In this episode, Chidi Nwaogu breaks down why 90% of your situation is on you, not the government. He shares the story nobody tells about the japa dream: the uncle with a master's degree who moved to the US and became...

"I don't have option B. I believe that anytime you have an option B, the option A is not that sharp. Subconsciously, you know that even if it doesn't work, I have a job. So I didn't even do national service. I had made up my mind that at worst, you give me underwear, I will sell it." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with Sami Medical Landlord, a pharmacy entrep...

"I was only praying for the lockdown to be extended and extended and extended. I was happy anytime they called a state of the nation address. My heart would be beeping because I don't know what else is coming." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with a young entrepreneur who turned the chaos of COVID-19 into a multimillion cedi empire before turning 20, to unpack...

"Marriage to a Ghanaian does not qualify you to maximum number of years interest in a property. You have to go through the process of becoming a Ghanaian citizen first before you can have the maximum number of years." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with a real estate and legal expert who unpacks the raw, unfiltered truth about land ownership in Ghana, why 78%...

"If you get your human management, the people you are working with, their management, if you get it right, you have solved 80% of the problems you have in your business in scaling up from very small to upstairs. So employee welfare is one thing I really prioritize." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with Sami Medical Landlord, a pharmacy entrepreneur who built m...

"When you are a mentee to someone, you don't need capital. They can help you unlock capital. They can give you their property as collateral. They can give you their connection. Just one call can lead you. Someone to put his reputation there for you, you have to be at a position you should have justified beyond every reasonable doubt." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we si...

"When you are a mentee to someone, you don't need capital. They can help you unlock capital. They can give you their property as collateral. They can give you their connection. Just one call can lead you. Someone to put his reputation there for you, you have to be at a position you should have justified beyond every reasonable doubt." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we si...

In this episode, Ghana's Import Queen breaks down exactly how to start an importation business in Ghana with as little as ₵7,000 - including the real numbers: TVs bought for $35 in China, landed for ₵800, sold for ₵2,000. She reveals the Top 5 best-selling imported products in Ghana right now, how to do private labeling and white labeling, and we build a brand from scratch live in the studio - Kon...

"People's perspective about who I am doesn't matter. I know who I am. I know what I've been doing. I know the work I've put in. When I was a student picking up ice cream machines, selling popcorn, doing that, doing this, they weren't there to see it. But now they see progress and you're trying to pull me down." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with Kobe, a youn...

"Money makes you happy. But impact has made me happier than money ever could. Because people buy from me not because the product is good, but because of the kind of person I am." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with Ayo Akidipe, a real estate entrepreneur who built a multimillion dollar empire before turning 30, to unpack the raw, unfiltered truth about happin...

"There's no failure, my brother. There's no failure. There is only lessons. When you see a warrior that is crowned as a warrior, what does his back look like? Do you think there's a warrior without marks and bruises?" In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with a real estate entrepreneur who went from sleeping on a couch and in parks to building a multimillion dollar...

"There's no failure, my brother. There's no failure. There is only lessons. When you see a warrior that is crowned as a warrior, what does his back look like? Do you think there's a warrior without marks and bruises?" In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with Ayo Akidipe, a real estate entrepreneur who built a multimillion dollar empire before turning 30, to unpack...

"I think purpose is just a word used to confuse people. Finding something worth doing and doing it well is what matters." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with Ayo Akidipe, a real estate entrepreneur who built a multimillion dollar empire before turning 30, to unpack the raw, unfiltered truth about real estate in Nigeria, why the industry is set to hit 2.4 tril...

Why does the CEO of West Africa's biggest fast food chain run 300+ restaurants in Nigeria but only ONE in Ghana? In this episode, I sit down with Kofi Abunu, CEO of Food Concepts - the company behind Chicken Republic and PieXpress with over 300 outlets across West Africa. After 15 years at McDonald's in the UK, he came home and built an empire. And he's holding nothing back. We get into the real r...

"The fact that there's at least one person or two people who have got out of poverty in your lineage is proof enough that you can." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we dive into one of the most powerful truths about personal development and societal change: that willpower alone is not enough, that your environment will war against your mentality if you don't upgrade it con...

"There is time and there is no time. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we dive into one of the most controversial and misunderstood truths about entrepreneurship: that 80% of small businesses fail within the first five years, that only 4% remain standing after 10 years, and why the glamorization of...

"Who you are today is not by reason of what you have consciously emitted, but more for what you have unconsciously heard." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we dive into one of the most powerful and overlooked truths about human development: that 95% of your belief system was formed before the age of seven, that your mind keeps record of everything you've heard, seen, and s...

"There is no time, but there's still time. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now." In this deeply transformative episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with Olu Shola to unpack the paradox that every ambitious person must master: the tension between urgency and patience, between moving fast and giving your seeds time to grow, and why understanding this balance...

"There is no such thing as the prosperity gospel in and of itself. The gospel is good news about salvation, not about making men rich." In this deeply convicting episode of Konnected Minds, we dive into one of the most polarizing and misunderstood topics in modern Christianity: the so-called prosperity gospel, what the Bible actually teaches about wealth, and why 98% of viewers demanded this conve...

"98% of church members are broke. You don't have to be Christian to be rich." In this deeply thought provoking episode of Konnected Minds, we sit down with a guest who challenges everything we've been taught about faith, prosperity, and Africa's future. This isn't just a conversation about religion or economics; it's a raw examination of the dangerous intersection between belief systems and povert...

"Ghana is more mine than it is yours - because I do more for this country than you do." Diallo Sumbry doesn't hold back. He's the President and CEO of The Adinkra Group - the company that has helped over 1,000 African-Americans relocate to Africa - and after 10 years living in Ghana, he's exposing the truth nobody tells you about leaving America. In this conversation, we go deep: why Black America...