With more that one billion people, Africa is a continent with many opportunities and challenges. Sub-saharan Africa’s healthcare systems remains inaccessible to most African citizens despite billions of dollars in funding. An Israeli startup, Key Africa, has decided to tackle this issue and in this episode we had the privilege to
Growth! The Holy Grail of any startup, We all want to grow faster, higher, and better. Is there a secret ingredient to growth? What should entrepreneur be aware on their growth journey? Those are a few questions and topics we dive into with our guest today, Sandiso Ncube. Sandiso comes back
Leyla’s story, like the one of many entrepreneurs, is paved with good intentions and hardships. Having worked in nonprofits and being a born activist, she naturally joined her accounting and finance skills with social endeavours by creating YourY Network, a global community of social entrepreneurs and changemakers. Leyla’s is one
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
Health is one of our most precious human asset. Being able to give birth in the best and secure possible way is almost a given in developed countries, but unfortunately, it’s not the case in emerging economies, particularly in rural areas. Teheca is a startup that provides alternative dedicated patient care
Imali Pay is an African fintech start-up that is disrupting the African gig economy landscape. Imali Pay recently raised a pre-seed funding from a consortium of VCs. The pre-seed funding was led by the Australia based venture capital fund TEN13. In this episode, we welcome Sanmi Akinmusire, co-founder of Imaly Pay,
Funding is a requirement for any company. But how do you get beyond the triple Fs, Family, Friends and Fools, without giving equity to a business angel or a VC? In this episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Michelle McKenzie who spent her career providing funding to startups and
3D printing is changing many industries and will continue in the future: from spare parts to building, almost everything can be printed. Before you can print anything in 3D, you need to prepare the part you want to print. And this forces you to think in 3D. With her experience
Whatever you want to launch, you’ll need money. But raising capital is not as easy as it seems. We touched this topic with a few business angels and venture capitalists (Impact Investing – With Marie Espitalier Noël, Discovering the African Funding Ecosystem – With Eric Osiakwan, Angel Investors – with Abu Cassim, How to