Disrupt Podcast
Episodes
DP #79: The month in fintech - episode 4
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Produced in partnership with NjiaPay and Africhange, “The month in fintech” is Disrupt Africa’s regular podcast on the African fintech space. Th...
DP #78: The month in VC - episode 22
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the African investment space. Produced in partnership with Novastar Ventures, each episode wraps up ...
DP #77: The month in fintech - episode 3
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Produced in partnership with Africhange, “The month in fintech” is Disrupt Africa’s regular podcast on the African fintech space. This episode c...
DP #76: The month in VC - episode 21
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the African investment space. Produced in partnership with Novastar Ventures, each episode wraps up ...
DP #75: Startup Success Stories and the Impact of NVIDIA Support
22 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Produced in collaboration with NVIDIA, this episode of Disrupt Podcast sees us get inspired by two incredible startups - Per Partners and OORB – tha...
DP #74: The month in fintech - episode 2
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Produced in partnership with Africhange, “The month in fintech” is Disrupt Africa’s regular podcast on the African fintech space. This episode s...
DP #73: A decade of development - a forward-thinking retrospective on 10+ years of African VC
08 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the 10th birthday of Novastar Ventures, one of the largest and most experienced VC firms in Africa, Disrupt Africa's Tom Jackson caught up wit...
DP #72: The month in VC - episode 20
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the African investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, each episode wraps up...
DP #71: The month in VC - episode 19
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, each episode wraps...
DP #70: The month in fintech - episode 1
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
DP #70: The month in fintech - episode 1 - Produced in partnership with Africhange and Onafriq, “The month in fintech” is Disrupt Africa’s new p...
DP #69: The month in VC - episode 18
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, and Goodwell Inves...
DP #68: The month in VC - episode 17
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, and Goodwell Inves...
DP #67: The month in VC - episode 16
13 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, and Goodwell Inves...
DP #66: The month in VC - episode 15
02 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, and Goodwell Inves...
DP #65: The month in VC - episode 14
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Atlantica Ventures, and Goodwell Inves...
DP #64: The month in VC - episode 13
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Hlayisani Capital, Atlantica Ventures,...
DP #63: The month in VC - episode 12
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Hlayisani Capital, At...
DP #62: The month in VC - episode 11
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Hlayisani Capital, At...
DP #61: Learning digitally - how ed-tech is boosting accessibility of education in Africa, episode 3
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has teamed up with eLearn Africa to release a three-part deep-dive into the African ed-tech startup space. In episode three, we're ana...
DP #60: Learning digitally - how ed-tech is boosting accessibility of education in Africa, episode 2
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has teamed up with eLearn Africa to release a three-part deep-dive into the African ed-tech startup space. In episode two, we're diggi...
DP #59: Learning digitally - how ed-tech is boosting accessibility of education in Africa, episode 1
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has teamed up with eLearn Africa to release a three-part deep-dive into the African ed-tech startup space. In episode one, we're diggi...
DP #58: Finnovating for Africa - how African fintechs are solving for inclusion, episode 2
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has teamed up with AZA Finance, Revio, EMURGO Middle East & Africa, and MoneyHash to release a two-part deep-dive into to African finte...
DP #57: The month in VC - episode 10
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Hlayisani Capital, an...
DP #56: Finnovating for Africa - how African fintechs are solving for inclusion, episode 1
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has teamed up with AZA Finance, Revio, EMURGO Middle East & Africa, and MoneyHash to release a two-part deep-dive into to African finte...
DP #55: The month in VC - episode 9
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Hlayisani Capital, AR...
DP #54: Diversity dividend - Female fund managers in Africa - Eloho Omame
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Women have always been underrepresented in the venture capital space worldwide. Some of the earliest research from the US (2018) found that only nine ...
DP #53: The month in VC - episode 8
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Hlayisani Capital, an...
DP #52: Talking the talk - why African tech startups need effective PR, episode 2
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has teamed up with Africa-focused public relations company Talking Drum Communications to discuss the value of PR to African tech start...
DP #51: Talking the talk - why African tech startups need effective PR, episode 1
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has teamed up with Africa-focused public relations company Talking Drum Communications to discuss the value of PR to African tech start...
DP #50: The month in VC - episode 7
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partnership with Katapult Africa, Kalon Venture Partner...
DP #49: High tech health - how African startups are improving healthcare outcomes - episode 3
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Salient Advisory, Curacel and RxAll to put together a three-part podcast series on the African e-health space - the issue...
DP #48: High tech health - how African startups are improving healthcare outcomes - episode 2
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Salient Advisory, Curacel and RxAll to put together a three-part podcast series on the African e-health space - the issue...
DP #47: High tech health - how African startups are improving healthcare outcomes - episode 1
04 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Salient Advisory, Curacel and RxAll to put together a three-part podcast series on the African e-health space - the issue...
DP #46: The month in VC - episode 6
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, “The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partne...
DP #45: Feed the world - empowering African agriculture through tech entrepreneurship - episode 3
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered IQ Logistica to put together a three-part podcast series on the African agri-tech space - where it has come from, where i...
DP #44: Feed the world - empowering African agriculture through tech entrepreneurship - episode 2
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered IQ Logistica to put together a three-part podcast series on the African agri-tech space - where it has come from, where i...
DP #43: Feed the world - empowering African agriculture through tech entrepreneurship - episode 1
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered IQ Logistica to put together a three-part podcast series on the African agri-tech space - where it has come from, where i...
DP #42: The month in VC - episode 5
02 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, “The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partne...
DP #41: Diversity dividend - Digging into Disrupt Africa's report on gender diversity
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has released the first ever publication focused on gender equality in the African tech startup landscape, in partnership with Africa-fo...
DP #40: Diversity dividend - Female fund managers in Africa - The AfricInvest women
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Women have always been underrepresented in the venture capital space worldwide. Some of the earliest research from the US (2018) found that only nine ...
DP #39: The month in VC - episode 4
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, “The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partne...
DP #38: The month in VC - episode 3
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, “The month in VC” is a regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in partne...
DP #37: Changemakers - Meet the Jack Ma Foundation's African Business Heroes, episode 4
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa's Business Heroes Programme to release a special four-part podcast series discussing the ...
DP #36: Changemakers - Meet the Jack Ma Foundation's African Business Heroes, episode 3
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa's Business Heroes Programme to release a special four-part podcast series discussing the ...
DP #35: The month in VC - episode 2
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, “The month in VC” is a new regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in pa...
DP #34: Changemakers - Meet the Jack Ma Foundation's African Business Heroes, episode 2
19 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa's Business Heroes Programme to release a special four-part podcast series discussing the ...
DP #33: Changemakers - Meet the Jack Ma Foundation's African Business Heroes, episode 1
05 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered the Jack Ma Foundation's Africa's Business Heroes Programme to release a special four-part podcast series discussing the ...
DP #32: The month in VC - episode 1
26 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Co-hosted by Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson, “The month in VC” is a new regular deep-dive into the Africa’s investment space. Produced in pa...
DP #31: Diversity dividend - Female fund managers in Africa - Janngo Capital
19 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Female fund managers are very much in the minority worldwide. In the US, only nine per cent of decision makers in the VC space are women. In Africa, n...
DP #30: A digital future for African retail - episode 4
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Omnibiz and MarketForce to put together a four-part podcast series on the African e-commerce and retail-tech space - wher...
DP #29: A digital future for African retail - episode 3
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Omnibiz and MarketForce to put together a four-part podcast series on the African e-commerce and retail-tech space - wher...
DP #28: A digital future for African retail - episode 2
03 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Omnibiz and MarketForce to put together a four-part podcast series on the African e-commerce and retail-tech space - wher...
DP #27: A digital future for African retail - episode 1
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Omnibiz and MarketForce to put together a four-part podcast series on the African e-commerce and retail-tech space - wher...
DP #26: Diversity dividend - Female fund managers in Africa - Alitheia Capital
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Female fund managers are very much in the minority worldwide. In the US, only nine per cent of decision makers in the VC space are women. In Africa, n...
DP #25: Diversity dividend - Female fund managers in Africa - The TLcom Ladies
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Female fund managers are very much in the minority worldwide. In the US, only nine per cent of decision makers in the VC space are women. In Africa, n...
DP #24: The essential guide to African VC - episode 4
30 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Quona Capital, 10X Entrepreneur, Catalyst Fund, and Knife Capital to put together a four-part podcast series on the Afric...
DP #23: The essential guide to African VC - episode 3
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Quona Capital, 10X Entrepreneur, Catalyst Fund, and Knife Capital to put together a four-part podcast series on the Afric...
DP #22: The essential guide to African VC - episode 2
17 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Quona Capital, 10X Entrepreneur, Catalyst Fund, and Knife Capital to put together a four-part podcast series on the Afric...
DP #21: The essential guide to African VC - episode 1
10 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Disrupt Africa has partnered Quona Capital, 10X Entrepreneur, Catalyst Fund, and Knife Capital to put together a four-part podcast series on the Afric...
DP #19+20: Flutterwave, Kuda, Parcelninja and more in a bumper edition
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this bumper edition of the podcast, Tom and Gabriella are joined by representatives of Flutterwave, Kuda and ImaliPay to discuss Nigerian fintech f...
DP #18: Funding Cowrywise and African fintech, and the return of a corporate-backed accelerator
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Gabriella are joined by Johan Bosini from the fintech-focused Quona Capital to discuss the founding round raised by Nigerian startup Cowrywise...
DP #17: A record year for African startup funding, and digging into an $85m mega-round in Kenya
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom dig into the data from the newly-released African Tech Startups Funding Report 2020, which tracks a record year for investment into ...
DP #16: 12 African startups to watch in 2021, smart addressing, and 2020 ends with yet more funding
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Gabriella present Disrupt Africa’s 12 African startups to watch in 2021, and are joined by Timbo Drayson of Kenyan digital addressing startu...
DP #15: New funds investing in African early-stage startups, and a crisis resolved in South Africa
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom are joined by Lexi Novitske of Acuity Ventures and Aaron Fu of Sherpa Ventures. Episode also includes a wrap of all the latest Afric...
DP #14: Top tips for angel investing, funding for artificial intelligence, and startups expand
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Gabriella are joined by angel investor Zach George, and Antoine Paillusseau of South African AI startup FinChatBot. Episode also includes a wr...
DP #13: Twiga Foods' latest investment, a Nigerian startup disrupting HR, and another acquisition
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Gabriella are joined by Peter Njonjo of Kenyan agri-tech startup Twiga Foods, and Dr. Emmanuel Okeleji from Nigerian HR-tech startup SeamlessH...
DP #12: Catalyst Fund's expansion, funded prop-tech on the up, and Paystack's acquisition
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom are joined by Maelis Carraro of the fintech-focused Catalyst Fund, and Craig Buckley from South African prop-tech startup reOS. The ...
DP #11: Autochek’s acquisitions, how Founders Factory scales startups, and funding records tumble
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom are joined by Etop Ikpe, CEO of Nigerian automotive technology startup Autochek, and Kofo Samusi, COO at corporate-backed accelerato...
DP #10: A Francophone African "super app", DataProphet, and some big news from Kenya
06 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom are joined by Emeka Ajene of West African startup Gozem as it transitions into a "super app" for Africa, while Frans Kronje of South...
DP #9: WorkPay, African Startup Acts, and a raft of Egyptian funding rounds
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom are joined by Paul Kimani of Kenyan HR tech startup WorkPay in the wake of the company's US$2.1 million funding round, while Jon Ste...
DP #8: Komaza, African conservation-tech, and entrepreneurs are funding entrepreneurs in SA
09 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Gabriella are joined by Tevis Howard and Tiffany Card from Kenya-based conservation-tech startup Komaza to discuss the company’s US$28 milli...
DP #7: TradeDepot’s $10m round, an African startup merger, and new funds join the party
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Gabriella are joined by Onyekachi Izukanne, CEO of Nigerian B2B e-commerce startup TradeDepot, in the wake of its US$10 million pre-Series B f...
DP #6: Beyonic's acquisition, Tomi Davies on exits, and the best of the rest
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom are joined by Luke Kyohere, co-founder of East African fintech startup Beyonic, in the wake of his company’s acquisition by the Jo...
DP #5: High Tech Health, Nnena Nkongho, and corporates offer startups a helping hand
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Gabriella talk health-tech with a host of founders as they mark the release of Disrupt Africa's latest research report - High Tech Health. Nne...
DP #4: Sun Exchange, Benin Business Angels, and Africa’s tech ecosystem starts working again
14 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella and Tom are joined by Abe Cambridge, founder and CEO of Sun Exchange, and Medea Degbe, president of the Benin Business Angel Network. Also i...
DP #3: The Nest, Inclusivity Solutions, and a fortnight of funding
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the Disrupt Podcast, Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson are joined by The Nest founder Jim Chu and Inclusivity Solutions CEO ...
DP #2: Helium Health, EWB Ventures, and why cash is king
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of the Disrupt Podcast, co-hosts Tom Jackson and Gabriella Mulligan are joined by Helium Health CEO Adegoke Olubusi in the wake ...
DP #1: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Yoco, and COVID-19
03 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode one of the Disrupt Podcast, co-hosts Gabriella Mulligan and Tom Jackson are joined by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji of the Future Africa Fund and Lungi...
Trailer
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Available across every podcasting platform, the fortnightly Disrupt podcast will keep you in the loop on all that’s going on in the African tech sta...