Ex–Silicon Valley Engineer: The Brutal Truth About African Fintech They Don’t Want You To Know
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Why 82% of YouTube Creators Will Never Make Real Money
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He Left Johns Hopkins to Transform Africa’s Healthcare & Built a $243M Empire
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Dr. Julius Oni, orthopedic surgeon, investor, and co-founder of Excite Capital, joins The Afropolita...
David Oyelowo: We’re Not Asking to Be Seen, We’re Taking the Camera
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David Oyelowo, award-winning British actor, producer, and founder of Mansa, the streaming platform r...
How Banke Kuku Built a Global Fashion Brand From Lagos Worn by Gabrielle Union
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Banke Kuku, founder and creative director of Banke Kuku Textiles, reveals how she built one of Afric...
Austin Okere (CWG Founder)/ The $35,000 Decision That Built a $90 Million Company!
29 Oct 2025
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Austin Okere, the founder of Computer Warehouse Group (CWG), Nigeria’s first technology company to...
Vusi Thembekwayo: The Truth About Money, His Traumas, and Building Africa’s Future
22 Oct 2025
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Guest: Vusi Thembekwayo - Investor, Speaker, Founder of MyGrowthFund & Executive Chairman of Thembek...
Simi Williams, Ex-Banker: How Burnout at 26 Forced Me to ALL Start Over again
15 Oct 2025
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From Burnout To Beyond: The Untold Story Of Building Africa’s Leading Wellness Brand Guest: Simi ...
Founder Who Lost $3.9M Reveals The Hard Truth About Money And Freedom
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Yele Bademosi is a founder, investor, and creative thinker at the intersection of culture, capital, ...
From Losing $1.5M Overnight To Raising Millions The Brutal Reality Of Fundraising With Chika & Eche
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From $0 To $2.4M In 3 Weeks The Brutal Truth About Startup Fundraising Guests: Chika & Eche Founde...
The Business Behind Afrobeat Festivals And Why "Detty December" Became Africa's Summer Sensation
24 Sep 2025
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Darey On LiveSpot, Dirty December, Cardi B, And The Business Of African Entertainment Guest: Darey ...
The Harsh Truth About Nigeria’s Music Industry Fame Betrayal And Building Billion Naira Businesses
16 Sep 2025
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AI Startups Unicorns And The Harsh Truth About Building In Africa
10 Sep 2025
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03 Sep 2025
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🎙️ Guest: Femi Kuti, Afrobeat Pioneer & Son of Fela Kuti What does it mean to carry a legacy i...
How One Contrarian Bet On MTN Created Generational Wealth And Transformed Africa’s Telecom Industry
27 Aug 2025
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From Harvard To MTN: How One Man Built Africa’s First Billion-Dollar Private Equity Firm Okechuk...
How I Negotiate Multi-Million Dollar Deals Without Giving Up Ownership
20 Aug 2025
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“How I Negotiate Multi-Million Dollar Deals Without Giving Up Ownership” Amy Oraefo: The Enterta...
How I Learned That Passion Alone Will Keep You Broke
13 Aug 2025
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Chopstix: The Grammy-Winning Producer Behind Burna Boy’s “Last Last” & Chris Brown’s “Nigh...
The Advice That Made Him a Billionaire Chef
06 Aug 2025
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From Lagos Kitchens to Hollywood Tables: Chef Tolu Eros on Building Africa’s Culinary Future | Afr...
How the Creative Industry Became the Hardest Hustle No One Talks About
30 Jul 2025
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The Man Who Built Afrobeats' Visual Empire Just Revealed How Africa Can Own Its Future 🎬 Clarenc...
The Business Expert: How I Made Millions By Investing in People
23 Jul 2025
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The Future of African Investment: Olu Oyinsan on Betting Early & Building Bold | Afropolitan Podcast...
What Every Young Creator Needs to Know
16 Jul 2025
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Falz—artist, actor, lawyer, and cultural force—sits down with us for one of his most honest and ...
How Fearless Personal Style Is the Ultimate Business Strategy
09 Jul 2025
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Ugo Mozie: The African Stylist Redefining Global Fashion | Afropolitan Podcast In this powerful, in...
How Companies That Built Community Before Product Are Now Worth Millions
02 Jul 2025
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What does it take to shape culture from behind the scenes, without chasing the spotlight? In this po...
The Power of Porn: Why Men Can’t Stop Going Back
25 Jun 2025
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What happens when we stop centering shame in conversations about sex? In this deeply vulnerable and ...
How To Build a Success Mindset Through the Power of Belief
18 Jun 2025
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From Ikorodu to Times Square: Tunde Onakoya on Pain, Purpose & Breaking World Records Twice | Afropo...
How Breaking a World Record Led to a Million Dollar Business
11 Jun 2025
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How Breaking a World Record Led to a Million-Dollar Business In this powerful episode of the *Afrop...
How This Chef is Building a Multi-Million Dollar Nigerian Empire
04 Jun 2025
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What does it take to build a culinary empire in Nigeria, from scratch? In this powerful episode of ...
How Gen Z Will Build the Next Billion Dollar Companies
02 Jun 2025
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How Gen Z Will Build the Next Billion-Dollar CompaniesDayo Ayoade has quietly shaped the products, p...
How He Built a $350 Million Real Estate Empire Before 35
21 May 2025
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How He Built a $350 Million Real Estate Empire Before 35In this powerful episode of the Afropolitan ...
How to Rebrand Your Life, Building Confidence, and the Cost of Success
15 May 2025
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On this episode of @Afropolitan Podcast, media personality and filmmaker Bolanle Olukanni opens up ...
From 0 to Millions: How to Stop Doubting Yourself and Change Everything
07 May 2025
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In this conversation, Arresa Ugwu, the bestselling author of 'The Smart Money Woman', shar...
The Wire Star Reveals Hollywood's Dark Secret: Only 3% of Actors Can Pay Their Bills
30 Apr 2025
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Subscribe to @Afropolitan In this powerful episode of *The Afropolitan Podcast*, Gbenga Akinnagb...
How To Build The Afrobeats Industry from Nothing
29 Apr 2025
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Subscribe to @afropolitan for more powerful conversations on identity, legacyWhat if we told you t...
How He Built Two Billion Dollar Companies Before Turning 30
18 Apr 2025
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What does it really mean to build a legacy—from billion-dollar companies to your own home?In this ...
What WOMEN Don't Understand About the Modern Man
18 Apr 2025
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In this solo episode, Chika and Eche dive into one of the most uncomfortable but necessary conversat...
How To Build Unshakable Confidence And Self Esteem Today With Nicole Chikwe
18 Apr 2025
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We know Nicole Chikwe as the confident beauty entrepreneur, influencer, and founder of The Mummy Sum...
How To Reinvent Your Life Starting Today With MI Abaga
16 Apr 2025
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Subscribe to @Afropolitan for more podcasts like thisWhat does it *really* take to reinvent your ...
Shaping the Future of African Commerce Through Vertical Integration With Daniel Yu (Founder & CEO of Wasoko)
17 May 2023
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Scaling Impact with Obinna Ukwuani (Chief Digital Officer, Bank of Kigali Plc)
22 Mar 2023
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Quote: "Don't approach entrepreneurship from a position ofdesperation; instead, build and ...
Being A Conduit For Resources and Information With Kyle Maloney (Co-Founder of Tech Beach)
22 Feb 2023
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Quote - “Founders need to realise that investors love founders thathave failed before because it i...
Breaking Boundaries Beyond Africa With Hanu Agbodje (Founder & CEO of PATRICIA)
15 Feb 2023
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Quote - “There is no joy to be found in playing small and dimming your lights.”The Afropolitan P...
Changing Lives Through Chess With Tunde Onakoya (Founder of Chess In Slums Africa)
08 Feb 2023
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Quote - “This frail body will house the greatest spirit humanity willever know.”The Afropolitan ...
Venture Capitalist Investing Insights With Yida Gao (Managing General Partner of Shima Capital)
01 Feb 2023
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Yida GaoQuote - “Talent is everything for an early stage company and thepeople they hire early on ...
Delivering Data-Driven Insights On Africa With Fadekemi Abiru (Head Of Insights at Stears)
24 Nov 2022
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Improving Financial Literacy in Africa With Arese Ugwu (Founder of Smart Money Africa)
16 Nov 2022
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Arese UgwuQuote - “Afropolitan means showcasing the brilliance of Africa on aglobal stage.”The A...
Transforming Home Management With Nadayar Enegesi (CEO and Co-Founder of Eden Life Inc.)
09 Nov 2022
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Quote - “What I like the most about building in Africa and buildingfor Africa is that everything i...
Changing The Fashion Industry Through Tech With Ibi Cookey (Co-Founder of Fitted)
02 Nov 2022
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Quote - “Afropolitan means remembering who we were in the lastthousand years at scale”The Afropo...
Building a Media Empire With Morgan DeBaun (Founder/CEO of Blavity Inc.)
26 Oct 2022
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Quote - “As a founder of a startup, we have to get to the end goal -to liquidity and huge wealth g...
Angel Investing in Africa With Biola Alabi (Co-Founder of Atika Ventures)
19 Oct 2022
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Quote - “Technology is bringing us back all together.”The Afropolitan Podcast spotlights Afropol...
Navigating the Crypto Space With Zeneca (Founder/CEO of ZenAcademy)
12 Oct 2022
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Quote - “Think of all unfortunate experiences as learning experiences.”The Afropolitan Podcast s...
Transparency and Entrepreneurship With Ngozi Dozie (Co-Founder of Carbon)
05 Oct 2022
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Quote - “If you want something really badly, the whole universeconspires to help you get it.”The...
Creating Your Own Destiny Through Entrepreneurship With Fatima Dicko (Founder & CEO at Sugar)
28 Sep 2022
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Quote - “Great ideas happen when two old ideas meet for the first time.”The Afropolitan Podcast ...
How To Conquer The Digital Artspace With Anthony Azekwoh (Digital Artist)
21 Sep 2022
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Quote- “Your environment directly impacts your health and your ability to succeed.”The Afropolit...
Tapping Into DNA Science To Expand Access With Lyona Carter (Founder Of Clinical Data Geek)
14 Sep 2022
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Quote- “One of the things the CDC taught me back in the 90s was to collect data, understand the da...
How To Take Risks With Michael Ugwu (MD Of Freeme Digital)
07 Sep 2022
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How To Fund Startups with Elizabeth Yin (Co-founder And GP Of Hustle Fund)
31 Aug 2022
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“This world is small, the more you pitch, the more you'll get to those with a pool of money.”...
How To Create A Brand With Your Community: Denis Asamoah (Co-founder Of FORVR Mood)
24 Aug 2022
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Quote -“Trying to cater and impress social media is only going to lead to disappointments”The Af...
How Bitcoin Can Revolutionize Africa With Ray Youssef (CEO of Paxful)
17 Aug 2022
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Quote- “You don't have to raise funds to get validation. A lot of people will raise funds ju...
How To Build A Decentralized Future with Adeniyi Abiodun (Co-founder and CPO, Mystenlabs)
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Building A Legacy That Transcends with Naithan Jones (Former A16z Partner & Head Of Growth, Royal)
03 Aug 2022
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Naithan Jones Quote - “There's a fundamental misunderstanding of how success actually happen...
How Fintech Is Shaping The Future Of Banking With Tayo Oviosu (CEO OF Paga)
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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Understanding NFTs with Deeze (Director of Vibes at Fractional)
20 Jul 2022
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Deeze's Quote"Don't enjoy to the point where you're not doing hard work again an...
Investing with Empathy With Mercedes Bent (Partner at LightSpeed Ventures)
13 Jul 2022
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MERCEDES BENTQuote - “one of the biggest, most profound realization I've had is there is no l...
The Bet That Paid Off with Atsu Davoh (Founder of Bitsika)
06 Jul 2022
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Hard Work is King with Gossy Ukanwoke (Managing Director of Betking)
29 Jun 2022
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We Rise By Lifting Others With Eke Eleanya Urum (Founder And CEO Of Risevest)
22 Jun 2022
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The Power Of Connectivity With Adia Sowho (CMO Of MTN Nigeria)
15 Jun 2022
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Quote:“I often say to people that you want to be careful how you challenge yourself. You don'...
Introducing Afropolitan: A Digital Nation With Eche Emole & Chika Uwazie.
08 Jun 2022
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Afropolitan is creating a digital nation to enable Africans and the diaspora to build abundant lives...
Introducing: Afropolitan Season 2
01 Jun 2022
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Hi I'm Eche, co-founder of Afropolitan and host of the Afropolitan Podcast, In this new season ...
Folasanwo Olatunji - Building Curiosity In African Start Up
28 Nov 2021
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Today we chat with Fola Olatunji David, the co-founder of Kickoff Africa; a startup focused on inve...
The Future of Trucking with Tobenna Arodiogbu of CloudTrucks
05 Nov 2021
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In this episode, our guest is Tobenna Arodiogbu. He is the Co-founder and CEO of CloudTrucks. His in...
Sodiq Onifade - Finding your voice with Wurld
29 Oct 2021
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In this episode, our guest is Sadiq Onifade popularly known as Wurld. He is a Nigerian singer and so...
Odun Eweniyi - a Co-Founder To A Venture Capitalist
22 Oct 2021
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Episode 1 of the bonus episodes of the Afropolitan Podcast. In this episode, our guest is Odun Eweny...
Building an African Unicorn - Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
24 Sep 2021
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji Today, we chat with Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji, a Nigerian entrepreneur. He is a co-...
Affiong Williams - Driving agribusiness in Nigeria
17 Sep 2021
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Today, we chat with Affiong Williams also known as Affisuparstar, the CEO/ Founder of ReelFruit the ...
Obi Asika - The Mogul
09 Sep 2021
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Today we chat with Obi Asika a Nigerian creative industries entrepreneur. He is known for his involv...
Dayo Koleowo - Investing In Africa
03 Sep 2021
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Today, we chat with Dayo Koleowo, Managing Partner at Microtraction, a venture capital firm backing ...
Bizzle Osikoya - Plugging African Talent
27 Aug 2021
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Today we chat with Abiodun Osikoya, also known as Bizzle Osikoya. Bizzle is a man in constant demand...
The Art of Reinvention with Mawuli Gavor
20 Aug 2021
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Today we chat with Mawuli Gavor a Ghanaian accountant turned actor, model, TV presenter, entrepreneu...
Measure what matters with Preston Ideh
13 Aug 2021
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Today, we chat with Preston Ideh, the Co-founder and CEO of Stears, a digital information start-up b...
Disrupting The African Music Industry - Asa Asika
06 Aug 2021
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Today, we chat with Asa Asika, a Nigerian entertainment consultant. He is the manager of the popular...
Building For The Future - Yele Bademosi
30 Jul 2021
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Today, we chat with Yele Bademosi, CEO at Bundle Africa, the Africa-focused social payments app for ...
Afropolitan - The Journey Of Dénola Grey
23 Jul 2021
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Today, we chat with Adenola Adepetun, known as Dénola Grey. Denola is a fashion consultant, actor, ...
Afropolitan - The Evolution of M.I
16 Jul 2021
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Today, we chat with Jude Abaga better known as M.I, one of Africa’s greatest rappers. In this epis...
Trailer
30 Jun 2021
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