HOST: The Real Housewives reality TV franchise has officially taken over the world. It’s the ultimate in American reality TV: brash, loud and full of drama. It began in Orange County — and now spans from Atlanta to London to Dubai and Budapest. Glamorous women flaunt their wealth, preaching sisterhood one minute and backstabbing theContinue reading “What happens when the Real Housewives come to Africa?”
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“The VC model is the wrong fit for Africa. Do something different.”
🌟 IN THIS EPISODE: 2:53 Building the largest agro vet supply company in Malawi 3:50 Building the biggest sausage supplier in Rwanda 5:09 From tens of thousands of dollars to a million in six years 9:10 The reality of farming in Africa 11:39 Banks don’t lend 12:46 From software to farming 15:19 The problem withContinue reading ““The VC model is the wrong fit for Africa. Do something different.””
Changer les règles de l’investissement : Luni Libes mise sur l’Afrique
Investir em África com paciência: o modelo de Luni Libes
Is venture capital the right choice for African start-ups?
HOST: This episode we’re looking at a different type of investing in Africa. It’s not the traditional venture capital model. But an approach championed by one of America’s biggest business icons. And it’s helping small grass-roots businesses in Africa. LUNI LIBES: the VC model is just fundamentally the wrong fit for Africa. You have toContinue reading “Is venture capital the right choice for African start-ups?”
“Resilience is very African” – The entrepreneur moving 20,000 trucks across Africa
🌟 IN THIS EPISODE: 2:51 How to transport $10 billion-worth of goods across Africa 7:17 From Harvard back to Africa 11:35 What Lori’s done so far 13:45 American money 14:46 Eight and a half years without profit 19:01 The number one problem for founders 23:51 Financing your customer 27:06 Why resilience matters 29:17 Why AfricaContinue reading ““Resilience is very African” – The entrepreneur moving 20,000 trucks across Africa”
“Quel est le jeu que tout le monde en Afrique veut jouer ?”
How I made it: the entrepreneur bringing refrigeration to Africa
OWUSU AKOTO: So this is how we solve the problem of the Farmer Erics of the world. And this is just one farmer. There are 2.1 billion Farmer Erics in the global south ah you know, in places, in regions, not out not just in Africa, in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America and theContinue reading “How I made it: the entrepreneur bringing refrigeration to Africa”