Podcast
Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business
Episodes — page 4
- #20: Paystack - How the FinTech payments platform went from Y Combinator to a $200M Stripe exit in 5 years
Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Paystack - the African payments infrastructure company that was acquired by Stripe in 2020 October. We’ll give some context of the Nigeri…
- #19: Africa Tech - 2021 & Beyond
Overview: Today, we’re going to discuss the future of the African tech ecosystem. We’ll discuss our hopes for African entrepreneurs, startups, investors & tech businesses in 2021 a…
- #18: Flutterwave - From Y Combinator to becoming one of Africa’s largest FinTech platforms
Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Flutterwave - the African payments infrastructure company - we’ll give some context of the Nigerian payments sector before 2014, Flutterw…
- #17: Interswitch - How the pioneering Nigerian FinTech & payments platform became one of the most valuable private companies in Africa
Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Interswitch, the African fintech payments company. We'll discuss its founding, early history, growth, place in the broader African fintec…
#16: Iroko TV - How the Nollywood video platform is overcoming challenges to deliver African entertainment around the worldOverview: Today, we’re going to talk about IROKO TV, the Nollywood video platform, we'll give some background on the Nigerian cinema industry, talk about IROKO's founding, early hi…
- #15: Orange - How the former French monopoly telco entered & expanded in Francophone Africa
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Orange - The 2nd largest telco in Africa, we’ll discuss its French founding, global expansion, success in Africa, non-telco businesses & e…
- #14: African HealthTech - Emerging opportunities for technology to provide better, faster & cheaper health care across Africa
Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about the opportunity for technology to make a difference in African healthcare. We'll start with the context of health in Africa, deepdive int…
- #13: Airtel - How the world's second largest telco expanded from India to Africa
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Airtel - The third largest telco in Africa (& second largest telco in the world), we’ll discuss its founding, early history, success in In…
- #12: Innovation Hubs (CcHub, iHub & others) - How African incubators, accelerators & co-working spaces are nurturing entrepreneurship and building the tech ecosystem
Overview: Today, we discuss how African innovation hubs are nurturing entrepreneurship, the history of CCHub / iHub & end with our views on the future outlook of African innovation…
- #11: African EdTech & lessons from Byju's - The story of the world's most valuable EdTech company & the emerging opportunities for technology to scale education across Africa
Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Byju's & Edtech in Africa. We'll start with some context about African education, discuss Byju's success in India as a reference point, m…
- #10: MTN - How Africa's largest Telco grew to dominate Africa and expand to other emerging markets
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about MTN - The largest telco in Africa, we’ll discuss its founding, early history, success in Africa, global expansion, diversification into no…
- #9: OPay (Opera Pay) - From Web Browser & Fintech to blitzscaling and building Africa's Super App
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about OPay - The African Payments startup, we’ll discuss its early history, initial focus on African payments, blitzscale attempt to become Afri…
- #8: Reliance Jio - How India's largest company enabled a mobile revolution & how Africa can also have a "Jio Moment"
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about the potential for a Reliance Jio moment in Africa. We'll start with some context of the Reliance parent group, its telco subsidiary - Reli…
- #7: Internet access & Technology censorship - Why and how African governments are increasing internet restrictions
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about technology & Internet censorship in Africa. We’ll discuss internet access across African countries, how censorship works, examples of cens…
- #6: Safaricom - How Kenya’s largest telco drove M-Pesa to become the most successful mobile financial platform in Africa
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Safaricom - The largest telecom carrier in Kenya. We’ll discuss its early history, M-Pesa launch, M-Pesa success, attempted M-Pesa global…
- #5: Naspers - How Africa’s largest company went from newspaper publishing to Tencent and Prosus
Overview: In this episode, we talk about Naspers - The South African conglomerate, investment group & most valuable company in Africa. We’ll discuss its early history, transition f…
- #4: African Mobility Tech (Uber, Taxify & others) - How ridesharing is changing transportation across Africa
Overview: In this episode, we discuss ridesharing in Sub-Saharan Africa. We discuss transportation in major African cities, the entry, impact & business models of ridesharing platf…
- #3: Transsion (Tecno, Infinix & Itel) - From Shenzhen China to dethroning Samsung & Huawei to become Africa's top phone seller
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Transsion - The Chinese phone manufacturer that has sold the most phones in Africa since 2017. We’ll discuss its early history, entry & su…
- #2: Jumia - From Rocket Internet to Unicorn IPO. What’s next for the ‘Amazon of Africa’?
Overview: Today we’re going to talk about Jumia - The largest ecommerce player in Africa. We’ll discuss its founding, seminal points in its history, eventual 2019 IPO & Jumia's fut…
- #1: African Fintech - 2018 to 2020 startup investments funding boom in Africa
Overview: This episode covers major recent fintech investments in Africa. We start with some context on why fintech is important, why the majority of Africans are unbanked, discuss…
