Tosin Taiwo

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 Connecting Africa & the World: Media, Insights & Market Access | Oxford MBA

Episodes

  1. 1D AGO

    I QUIT My 10-Year Banking Career for a Hobby

    He was a rising star in one of Nigeria's top banks, on a path paved by family legacy. After ten years, he had the promotions, the connections, and the secure future. But during the End SARS protests, a values clash forced a choice between his career and his conscience. In this episode of Growth Through Failure, I sit down with Dare Aderinokun (Bosco), the founder of Quacktails. He shares the unfiltered story of walking away from a guaranteed future, the immense pressure from his family, and how he turned a simple hobby into a trailblazing brand that has sold over 500,000 drinks. This is a powerful story about identity, courage, and what it truly means to define success on your own terms. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:54 The Failure Story 08:16 The Emotional Toll 15:48 Strategies to Overcome 20:25 Maintaining Focus 24:36 Who Helped Him 29:46 Three Key Takeaways 33:43 Rapid Fire Questions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT GROWTH THROUGH FAILURE: Conversations with leaders who turned setbacks into comebacks. Real stories of resilience, reinvention, and growth. New episodes every other Wednesday. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3WYkMTO 📧 Newsletter: https://www.tosinataiwo.com/#subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tosinataiwo/ 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/tosinataiwo #growththroughfailure #entrepreneurship #careerchange #resilience #purpose #business #tosinataiwo

    46 min

  2. FEB 4

    We Spent 18 Months in an Accelerator and Got $0 (Osione & Oroma)

    They were promised $150,000 in a prestigious accelerator. After 18 months of gruelling work, they got nothing. But what if that was the best thing that ever happened to them? In this episode of Growth Through Failure, the founders of This Is Us share their story of turning a crushing rejection into a thriving, self-funded business.   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:45 The Failure Story  09:00 The Emotional Toll 12:36 Strategies to Overcome   16:10 Who Helped Them   25:48 Three Key Takeaways 35:33 Rapid Fire Questions   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   ABOUT GROWTH THROUGH FAILURE:   Conversations with leaders who turned setbacks into comebacks. Real stories of resilience, reinvention, and growth. New episodes every other Wednesday.   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━   🔔 YT Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3WYkMTO 📧 Newsletter: https://www.tosinataiwo.com/#subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tosinataiwo/ 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/tosinataiwo

    46 min

  3. JAN 21

    The Man Building Africa's Amazon: His First Launch Failed (Nnamdi Ekeh) | Growth Through Failure

    His first e-commerce launch was a catastrophe. The site crashed in 5 minutes. The entire marketing budget, wasted. Instead of folding, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh, the man now building the "Amazon of Africa" with Konga, flipped the script. He turned the public failure into a PR win that skyrocketed his brand. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 2:12 The Failure Story  9:48 The Emotional Toll 11:14 Strategies to Overcome Failure   13:21 Who Helped Him  15:21 How Support Helped Him Grow 17:10 Three Key Takeaways 19:46 Rapid Fire Questions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT GROWTH THROUGH FAILURE: Conversations with leaders who turned setbacks into comebacks. Real stories of resilience, reinvention, and growth. New episodes every other Wednesday. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 ΥΤ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3WYkMTO 📧 Newsletter: https://www.tosinataiwo.com/#subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tosinataiwo/ 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/tosinataiwo #princennamdiekeh #growththroughfailure  #nigerianentrepreneurs   #tech  #africanbusiness   #entrepreneurship   #tosintaiwo #africa  #konga

    41 min

  4. JAN 7

    Africa's Top Tech YouTuber: The Betrayal That Almost Ended It All (Fisayo Fosudo)

    His manager stole $100,000 and nearly destroyed his career. This is how Fisayo Fosudo rebuilt everything. Africa's top tech YouTuber shares the painful, untold story of betrayal, police involvement, and the lessons that made him a stronger leader. A masterclass in turning your deepest wound into your greatest strength. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 2:12 The Failure Story  11:10 The Emotional Toll 12:42 How He Maintained Focus 13:37 Strategies to Overcome   14:44 Who Helped Him  19:05 Three Key Takeaways 24:12 Building His Team 29:45 How to Fix Nigeria 39:27 Rapid Fire Questions ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT GROWTH THROUGH FAILURE: Conversations with leaders who turned setbacks into comebacks. Real stories of resilience, reinvention, and growth. New episodes every other Wednesday. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/3WYkMTO 📧 Newsletter: https://www.tosinataiwo.com/#subscribe 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tosinataiwo/ 🐦 X/Twitter: https://x.com/tosinataiwo

    58 min

  5. 12/10/2025

    Her Fashion Brand Died After 10 Years. Here's What She Did Next | Rukky Ladoja of Dye Lab

    After ten years of building one of Nigeria's most beloved fashion brands, Rukky Ladoja of Dye Lab walked away. In this episode of Growth Through Failure, she shares the painful but powerful story of closing her first brand, Grey, and how that "failure" became the foundation for her globally recognized new venture.   We explore: The emotional struggle of giving up on a decade-long dream. Why she had to unlearn everything to build her new, sustainable brand. The critical lessons she learned about business, identity, and resilience.   Follow me on: tosinataiwo across YouTube LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and X. Subscribe to my Newsletter: www.tosinataiwo.com

    50 min

  6. 11/26/2025

    Nigeria's Leading Coder, Google Said No. So She Flipped The Script

    Welcome to the first official episode of Growth Through Failure.   What happens when one of Nigeria's top coders gets rejected by Google? She flips the script. In our debut episode, I sit down with tech entrepreneur and investor Ire Aderinokun (who happens to be my wife!), to discuss her year-long journey of facing rejection from the world's biggest tech companies.   We explore: • The emotional toll of professional rejection. • The power of personal branding to bypass gatekeepers. • Actionable strategies for turning setbacks into career-defining opportunities.   Please share this video and follow for more stories on how leaders turn failure into their greatest strength. Subscribe to my Newsletter: www.tosinataiwo.com

    31 min

  7. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Brand Trailer

    On Monday, I confessed my fears. Today, it's official. This is the official launch of my new brand; a playbook for anyone looking to understand and build in Africa. After a decade of experience, I'm creating a new narrative beyond despair and hype with an authentic, African-led strategic toolkit. In this video, you'll discover my three pillars: • Africa on Monday: Strategic insights on African news. • Growth Through Failure: Real stories of leadership and resilience. • Gateway Africa: Your partner for market access into and out of the continent. Please share this Podcast and Subscribe for weekly insights. 🙏 Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3WYkMTO  ➡️ Subscribe to my Newsletter: www.tosinataiwo.com 📩 Business Inquiries: tosin@tosinataiwo.com

    1 min

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 Connecting Africa & the World: Media, Insights & Market Access | Oxford MBA

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  • Creator
    Tosin Taiwo
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Clean
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