Foundality Africa Antonia Lorenz

Art may not be the first sector to think about as an entrepreneur, but art is not just a way to reach a lot of people and to change society, but it can also be a great business. Our guest on this week’s episode, Charlene Chikezie, is the founder and curator of forme feminee art, an art studio in Nigeria which aims to redefine African art of the feminine form.Charlene will tell us, how she brought her business to life and how she came up with her very own business model combining the arts...

Africa is the least industrialized continent in the world and most things that have to be manufactured are imported.Our guest on today’s episode, Mutoba Ngoma, Founder of Tapera industries, is an advocate of industrialization in Africa. He has built a company focused o biodiesel- and soap production in his home country Zambia and has been honored with titles like Forbes 30 under 30.Mutoba will tell us about his journey, his advice about building a manufacturing business in Africa, and why tha...

African startups are often confronted with the same standards and expectations as startups in Silicon Valley. But how do African companies react when working under the same circumstances?In today’s episode, we hear from Emmanuel Gbolade, Co-founder and CEO at Temii, a Nigerian communication platform for SME's. Termii was part of the last YC cohort, arguably the most prestigious Accelerator in Silicon Valley. Emmanuel will tell us all about his experiences at YC, his advice for African entrepr...

Entrepreneurship is the future of Africa. This is why this podcast exists and why our guest on today’s show, Kitawa Wemo, founder of MAMA ventures in Kenya, is developing a venture builder for African startups.In this episode, we will hear Kitawa’s journey of becoming an entrepreneur, how she learned to be independent of an early age, and how this independence accompanied her to date. We will also hear Kitawas advice for young female entrepreneurs on how to succeed.

Even though entrepreneurs naturally have built their companies from the ground up, most of them at least had a good education. Our guest on today’s show really started from nothing and co-founded a company that transformed the lives of thousands. This exceptional person is Ricky Rapa Thomson, co-founder of Safeboda, the Ugandan Boda Boda riding app.Ricky will take us on a journey through his childhood to where he is now. He will tell us the importance of relationships and how he built those. ...

Africa is a very unique space to start a business, with its very unique challenges and opportunities. And many people like to compare it to China a few decades ago because it shows what crazy things are possible to create.Harriet Kariuki has studied and lived in different countries around the world, including China. But now, she is a young entrepreneur in her home country Kenya, and therefore, she combines deep knowledge on economies around the world, with very rooted advice on how to start a...