Conversations with builders
Conversations with builders showcases a series of interviews with the most interesting do-ers. These may be entrepreneurs, researchers, athletes and so on.
Each episode tells a story of the guest’s experience and how it informs their worldview.
LATEST EPISODE
Ifeyinwa Frederick: We Built the world’s first Nigerian Tapas Restaurant!
Ifey and her brother, Emeka, have built Chuku's - the world's first Nigerian Tapas restaurant. The restaurant has hosted the likes of Gabrielle Union, Burna Boy and attracted investment from Beyonce.
We chat education and early career choices, managing a restaurant business during COVID, investment from Beyonce and expansion plans.
Interviews
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Isaac Aboah
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, MELO
Building Africa’s next Billion Dollar Commerce and Finance Enterprise.
Isaac is a large-scale thinker. He and his team have been building the future of commerce and finance in Africa. In the episode, we speak about Isaac’s early experiments with entrepreneurship and technology, the importance of digitising the African continent and the power of A.I in mapping consumer behaviour. -
Tola Adesanmi
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, SPLEET
Solving the rental market across Africa and globally.
In Nigeria and Dubai, tenants must pay landlords 12 months rent upfront. Tola is on a mission to solve this. His company Spleet Africa have built a property management platform, allowing landlords to find tenants and tenants to request loans for rent. In the episode, we speak about real estate infrastructure in Nigeria, Tola’s plans for Spleet’s growth and how he leads his organisation.
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Peace Itimi
FOUNDER, FOUNDERS CONNECT
Africa’s Tech ecosystem today and in the next 100 years.
Peace is a YouTuber/Marketer/Founder. Having built Founders Connect to tens of thousands to document the stories, journeys and ideologies of leading and emerging African entrepreneurs and operators. We speak about Peace’s journey in tech and what the world can expect Africa in the coming decades.
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Kiiru Muhoya
CO-FOUNDER & CEO, FINGO AFRICA
Kiiru headed into a traditional Kenyan bank to set up a new account, when he was dismissed as another young person with no money. This is what began his journey to building Fingo, Africa's first digital bank for youth. We get to learn a little bit more about his journey, what it's really like to be the CEO at an early stage startup, entering Y Combinator, raising $4 million and what ambition looks like.
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Simmy Dhillon
FOUNDER, SIMMER EATS
Simmy found it hard to find out what work he wanted to do, before he stumbled into entrepreneurship. Today, Simmer Eats is one of the fastest growing and biggest meal prep companies in the UK.
We chat about growing food prep service from a £10 investment to £1 million in recurring revenue. Finding work best suited to himself, and what he’s learnt along the way.