Resources

Olugbenga 'GB' Agboola: Hard-Earned Lessons Building Flutterwave

September 21, 2023

Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola, Fintech, Nigeria, IPO, Exits, Expansion, Product, Remittances, Infrastructure, Flutterwave,

NFTs at Work with Afropolitan's Eche Emole & Momint's Ahren Posthumus

July 20, 2023

Eche Emole, Ahren Posthumus, Web3, Cryptocurrency, NFTs, Networked State, Digital Assets, Blockchain, Afropolitan, Momint, SunCash,

Why Crypto Needs Africa with Yoseph Ayele

July 6, 2023

Yoseph Ayele, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Web3, Cryptocurrency, Decentralization, Ethereum, Ethereum Foundation,

Global Crypto's Focus on Africa with Visa's Cuy Sheffield & Stellar's Tori Samples

June 22, 2023

Tori Samples, Cuy Sheffield, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Cryptocurrency, Web3, Remittances, Cross-Border Payments, NFTs, Visa, Stellar Development Foundation, MFS Africa,

Wallets & Crypto Adoption with Nestcoin's Yele Bademosi & WalletConnect's Will White

June 8, 2023

Will White, Yele Bademosi, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Cryptocurrency, Decentralization, Wallets, Crypto Wallets, Non-Custodial Wallets, Web3, WalletConnect, Onboard, Nestcoin,

Inside the Lazerpay Shutdown: A Conversation with Njoku Emmanuel

May 25, 2023

Njoku Emmanuel, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Cryptocurrency, Stablecoins, Failure, Venture Capital, Fundraising, Lazerpay,

Bringing DeFi Lending to the Real World

May 11, 2023

Cheng Cheng, George Mosomi, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Decentralized Finance, Credit, Protocols, Cryptocurrency, Stablecoins, Jia, Safi Protocol, Africa DeFi Alliance,

Africa's Peer-to-Peer Story

April 25, 2023

Michael Kimani, Emmanuel Babalola, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Cryptocurrency, P2P Payments, Peer-to-Peer, Fonbnk, Bundle,

The Future of Work Won't Look Like a Job

April 13, 2023

Chris Maclay, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Cynthia Ponera, Future of Work, Jobtech, Platforms, JobTech Alliance, Kandua,

In Centralised Exchanges We Trust?

April 11, 2023

Chris Maurice, Ruth Iselema, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Cryptocurrency, Centralized Exchanges, Yellow Card, Bitmama,

The Role of Big Tech in the Future of Work

April 6, 2023

Nitin Gajria, Catherine Muraga, Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Talent, Big Tech, Ecosystem Building, Compensation, Google, Microsoft,

Stablecoins: Africa's Killer Crypto App

March 30, 2023

Joao Reginatto, Ngozi Dozie, Cryptocurrency, Stablecoins, USDC, Cross-Border Payments, Circle, Carbon,

Gwera Kiwana, Justin Norman, Cryptocurrency, Stablecoins, Decentralized Finance, Regulation, crypto@scale,

Introducing crypto@scale

March 28, 2023

The Future of Work is Standardization

March 23, 2023

Gregory Rockson, Peter Njonjo, Marlon Chigwende, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Informal Markets, Standardization, Conversion Franchising, Vertical SaaS, B2B Commerce, SMEs, Formalization, Pharma, Twiga Foods, mPharma,

The Future of Work is Vertical Platforms

March 16, 2023

Chris Maclay, Sayo Folawiyo, Njavwa Mutambo, Louise Fox, Degbola Abudu, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Vertical SaaS, Platforms, Jobtech, Embedded Finance, JobTech Alliance, Mercy Corps, Kandua, Caantin,

The Future of Work Needs Training

March 9, 2023

Adewale Yusuf, Carlin Henikoff , Chris Quintero, Ope Bukola, Ali Ouedraogo, Tolu Agunbiade, Sharmi Surianarain, Mark Schoeman, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Edtech, Skills Building, Education, AltSchool Africa, TalentQL, Stack Shift, Kibo School,

The Future of Work is Matching

March 2, 2023

Jeremy Johnson, Hilda Kragha, Mona Mourshed, Mxolisi Msutwana, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Workforce Programs, Job Matching, Demand-Led, The African Talent Company, Generation: You Employed, Kandua,

Building Africa's Outsourcing Industry - A Case Study

February 26, 2023

Mark Schoeman, Sharmi Surianarain, Funmi Dele-Giwa, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Global Business Services, Talent, Genesis Analytics, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, MFS Africa, Kandua,

The Future of Work is Remote

February 23, 2023

Jeremy Johnson, Fred Swaniker, Paul Breloff, Tolu Agunbiade, Christian Bwakira, Future of Work, Remote Work, Andela for X, Andela, African Leadership Group, Shortlist, Caret,

The Future of Work is Local Jobs - A Case Study

February 19, 2023

Carolina Pan, Paul Breloff, Rashi Gupta, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Decentralized Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Off-Grid Solar, Climate, Power for All,

The Future of Work Starts with Farming

February 16, 2023

Louise Fox, Jerry Parkes, Dare Okoudjou, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Future of Work, Agritech, Agriprocessing, Private Equity, Agriculture, Brookings Institution, Injaro Investments,

Introducing The Flip Season Four: The Future of Work

February 9, 2023

Jeremy Johnson, Hilda Kragha, Fred Swaniker, Louise Fox, Future of Work, Andela, The African Talent Company, African Leadership Group, Brookings Institution,

S3E9: The Ownership Economy

February 17, 2022

Cuy Sheffield, Luke Kyohere, Mr Eazi, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Seyi Taylor, Web3, NFTs, Cryptocurrency, Decentralization, Ownership, Visa, emPawa Africa,

S3E8: The Creator Economy

February 10, 2022

Boniswa Sidwaba, Mr Eazi, Jason Njoku, Zamandlovu Ndlovu, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Tayo Aina, Music, Creator Economy, 1000 True Fans, Aggregators, TikTok, emPawa Africa, Iroko, YouTube,

Affiong Williams, Ikenna Nzewi, Jacobus Els, William Luyinda, Sayo Folawiyo, Justin Norman, Agritech, Agriprocessing, ReelFruit, Releaf, Revolute Systems, EzyAgric,

S3E7: From Farm to Table

November 25, 2021

Value, or Lack Thereof (TFN #49)

April 18, 2021

, Venture Capital, Smiling Curve, Tiger Global

Thinking About Risk (TFN #50)

April 25, 2021

, Risk, Infrastructure, Compounding,

The Next Billion What? (TFN #51)

May 2, 2021

, Next Billion,

Building a Creator Economy (TFN #52)

May 9, 2021

, Creator Economy,

A Media Entrepreneur's Reflections

July 17, 2021

Osarumen Osamuyi, Media, The Flip

, Fintech, Protocols, Credit Cards, Digital Payments, Visa

Lessons from Visa

July 10, 2021

Telcos Rising, Investing to Learn, & Sales-Led Orgs (TFN #53)

May 16, 2021

, Mobile Network Operators, Mobile Money, Corporate Venture Capital, Sales-Led Organizations, Product-Led Organizations, Airtel, MTN, MFS Africa

Nonconsumption & Incredulity

July 3, 2021

, Nonconsumption, Market Size, Valuations, Brazil,

An Immovable Object Meets an Unstoppable Force

June 26, 2021

, Togo, CFA Franc, Cross-Border Payments, Cryptocurrency,

Non-Consensus and Podcasting (TFN #58)

June 20, 2021

, Media, Non-Consensus, The Flip

A Global (South) Competition with Cash (TFN #54)

May 23, 2021

, Latin America, Cash, Digital Payments,

On Growth & The Rules of The Game (TFN #55)

May 30, 2021

, Growth, China, Growth-at-all-Costs, OPay

How much fintech is too much fintech? (TFN #56)

June 6, 2021

, Fintech, Fundraising,

Contextually Relevant (TFN #57)

June 13, 2021

, Digital Payments, Peer-to-Peer, Social Commerce, Stripe, Paystack

What is the Value of African Art? NFTs and Web3 Experimentation

February 16, 2022

Linda Dounia, NFTs, Web3, Generative Art, Creator Economy, Ownership, African Art,

Where are the flying cars?

January 21, 2021

Chris Williamson, Form vs. Function, Progress, Analog, Digitization, Mobile Money, M-Pesa

Marchetti's Motorcycles Redux - Pricing for price-sensitive markets (TFN #35)

December 13, 2020

Osarumen Osamuyi, Babajide Duroshola, Ride Hailing, Pricing Strategy, Double-Sided Marketplace, Customer Acquisition, Lifetime Value, SafeBoda

If you build it, nonconsumers will come (TFN #34)

December 6, 2020

Shola Akinlade, API Infrastructure, China, Digital Payments, Fintech, Market Size, Market-Creating Innovations, Nonconsumption, Paystack, Stripe

Are we selling angel investing wrong? (TFN #33)

November 29, 2020

, Angel Investing, Silicon Valley, Blended Finance,

Rally Cap and smart capital (TFN #32)

November 22, 2020

, Venture Capital, Investment Communities, Rally Cap Ventures

Is now the right time? (TFN #31)

November 15, 2020

, Market Size, Strategy, Time Horizons, Facebook, NfX

Empathy and early-stage investing (TFN #30)

November 8, 2020

Sayo Folawiyo, Venture Capital, VC4A

An open banking primer (TFN #29)

November 1, 2020

, API Infrastructure, Fintech, Open Banking,

How the Stripe acquisition of Paystack will supercharge the African tech ecosystem (TFN #27)

October 18, 2020

, Exits, Mergers & Acquisitions, Fintech, Paystack, Stripe

Delta40 Studio, Co-founder & Managing Director, , S8E: Africa's Venture Builders

Lyndsay Holley Handler

Co-founder & Managing Director, Delta40 Studio

Co-founder & Managing Director

Africa Climate Ventures, Founder & CEO, , Africa's Venture Builders

James Mwangi

Founder & CEO, Africa Climate Ventures

Founder & CEO

Moniepoint, Senior ViceP Distribution Network Sales, , S7E: How Moniepoint Powers Millions of Businesses Across Nigeria

Ezekiel Sanni

Senior ViceP Distribution Network Sales, Moniepoint

Senior ViceP Distribution Network Sales

Wave, Head of Business, , S7E: An African Tech Exit - Selling Sendwave for $500 Million

Sidharth Sridhar

Head of Business, Wave

Head of Business

Carbon, Co-Founder & CEO, , S7E: Tackling Africa’s $330 billion credit gap

Chijioke Dozie

Co-Founder & CEO, Carbon

Co-Founder & CEO

Fitted, Co-Founder at Fitted, , S7E: African Small Businesses Have Many Challenges. Can These Platforms Help?

Ibi Cookey

Co-Founder at Fitted, Fitted

Co-Founder at Fitted

GTXN, Co-founder & CEO, , S7E: Why Are Cross-Border Payments So Hard?

Dan Kleinbaum

Co-founder & CEO, GTXN

Co-founder & CEO

FairMoney, CEO, , "S7E: Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney", "S7E: Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moniepoint, Kuda, FairMoney"

Laurin Hainy

CEO, FairMoney

CEO

Kuda, Founder & CEO, , "S7E: Nigerian Neobank Roundtable: Moneypoint, Kuda, FairMoney"

Babs Ogundeyi

Founder & CEO, Kuda

Founder & CEO

Uber, Head of East Africa, , S7E: The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped

Imran Manji

Head of East Africa, Uber

Head of East Africa

African Youth Action Network, Jobtech Lead, , S7E: The Future of Work Will Be Bootstrapped

Shalom Ishimwe

Jobtech Lead, African Youth Action Network

Jobtech Lead

Paystack, Startup Partner, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Dapo Awobokun

Startup Partner, Paystack

Startup Partner

Financial Times, West & Central Africa Correspondent, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Aanu Adeoye

West & Central Africa Correspondent, Financial Times

West & Central Africa Correspondent

TechCabal, Newsroom Editor, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega

Newsroom Editor, TechCabal

Newsroom Editor

TechCrunch, Technology Journalist, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Tage Kene-Okafor

Technology Journalist, TechCrunch

Technology Journalist

Stears Business, Senior Fintech Analyst, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Nchedolisa Akuma

Senior Fintech Analyst, Stears Business

Senior Fintech Analyst

Moniepoint, VP, Brand, Communications & PR, , "S7E: Much Ado About the Media, Live from Lagos"

Edidiong Uwemakpan

VP, Brand, Communications & PR, Moniepoint

VP, Brand, Communications & PR

Peak Investment Capital, Partner, , S7E: Investing in Africa's Development Through Sports & Entertainment

Tuyee Yeboah

Partner, Peak Investment Capital

Partner

NBA Africa, CEO, , S7E: Investing in Africa's Development Through Sports & Entertainment

Clare Akamanzi

CEO, NBA Africa

CEO

AfroFuture, Founder & CEO, , S7E: Investing in Africa's Development Through Sports & Entertainment

Abdul Karim Abdullah

Founder & CEO, AfroFuture

Founder & CEO

Tendo, Co-founder & CEO, , What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa

Felix Manford

Co-founder & CEO, Tendo

Co-founder & CEO

JobTech Alliance, Gender Lead, , What We Get Wrong About Jobs in Africa

Janet Wandia

Gender Lead, JobTech Alliance

Gender Lead

2X Global, CEO, , S6E5: Unlocking Gender-Smart Capital At Scale

Jessica Espinoza

CEO, 2X Global

CEO

Mastercard Foundation African Growth Fund, Managing Director, , S6E4: Mastercard Foundation is Investing $150 Million into 20 Gender Lens Funds

Samuel Akyianu

Managing Director, Mastercard Foundation African Growth Fund

Managing Director