In this episode, we have the pleasure to have a discussion with Mareme Dieng, the lead of Innovation and Strategy at 500 Startups. 500 Startups mission is to uplift people and economies through entrepreneurship. Merge Africa, Entrepreneurship and yes, talking, here we come! Mareme was born in Senegal and clearly advocates pan
In this episode, we bring Impact forward as a key topic with Thomas Berman, the Innovation Director at Impact Katapult Mauritius, a founding member of Regeneration Mauritius, Regeneration Mauritius is a partnership for people, communities and companies who aim to make Mauritius a regional hub for sustainable innovation in food systems. Thomas
It’s always interesting to hear from an entrepreneur who did not think about becoming entrepreneur. Rwandese, living in Switzerland, biologist by education and training with degrees from the universities of Geneva (BSc & MSc) and Basel (PhD), Claire has been professionally active in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry for the
As it happens, Bradley did know what to purchase as a gift for a birthday. The solution? Create a company that would bring a solution. The idea of Gift.mu was born. In this episode, Bradley Britter, CEO and founder of Gift.mu walks us in the creation process of Gift.mu. He shares his failures, his successes
Can you launch in one African country and expand quickly in others without spending a fortune? To many, this is an almost impossible achievement. But for Gabriel Delerue, being almost impossible means there’s still a chance it’s possible. And he and his team did it with Fleeti, the company he founded, a
Taking challenges and calculated risks have been life choices made by Stephano Rose, our guest in this episode. With no HSC, he managed to enter college and get an engineering degree. With no money, he managed to create Nexavenu and become a successful entrepreneur. But not in his home country, but in the
Originally from Zimbabwe, Guy Daines is an ex-banker turned entrepreneur and coach. In this episode, Guy shares his years of experience as an entrepreneur and business strategist. From early stage ventures to long-term strategies, from simple successes to failures, Guy distills his unique wisdom. The life of an entrepreneur is often seen
If you ever had a coach, be it a professional or life one, you probably know how valuable his or her sessions were to you. Generally, most of us are skeptic about coaches until you meet a real life-changing one. Then you become afficionado. Our guest today had a few
One key element of any ecommerce web site is its payment page. One key element of any retailers is its card payment system. But cards are no longer this only digital payment way. Phones are getting ubiquitous in this space. Based on this, MIPS, Multiple Internet Payment Systems, was created
How to have more kids interested by STEM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics? Jade wanted to provide an answer to this question to be able to transmit her passion for STEM. What did she do? She created Katapult, a company aimed at having kids play with STEM to make them love STEM.