Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business Podcast

22/06/2025

FINAL EPISODE! #80: The End of the Afrobility Podcast - Until We Meet Again…

I'm excited to share our final episode!

It's been an amazing journey with Afrobility to this point, and we recorded a final episode looking back at all the companies and founders we have covered.

On this episode, we talk about Afrobility. We’ll explore the Afrobility story across the following areas:

Why we started Afrobility
Lessons from past episodes
Behind the scenes of Afrobility
Future plans after Afrobility
Closing thoughts

This episode was recorded on June 8 & 14, 2025

Companies discussed: All of them :) - Jumia, Flutterwave, Paystack, Andela, Chipper Cash, Safaricom (M-Pesa), Wave, Reliance Health, M-Kopa, Naspers, Interswitch, Kuda, Yoco, Tyme Bank, Twiga Foods & many more…

Business concepts discussed: Market Creation, Business Model Innovation, Cross-border Expansion, Fintech Infrastructure, Informal Economy Digitization, Agent Networks, Platform vs Vertical Strategy, Talent and Outsourcing, Unit Economics, Scalability, Offline-to-Online (O2O), Acquisition & Exit Strategies

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected] with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at [email protected]

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Stories and analyses of African technology companies

04/02/2025

NEW EPISODE! #79: Cellulant - How the FinTech payments platform is providing financial services across Africa.

On this episode, we talk about Cellulant, the African payments infrastructure company. We’ll explore the story across the following areas
African financial sector context
Cellulant’s early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Outlook

This episode was recorded on Jan 20, 2025

Companies discussed: Cellulant, Flutterwave, Interswitch, DPO Group (Network International), Paystack, Stripe, Moniepoint, MTN & Airtel.

Business concepts discussed: Payments platforms, payments partnerships strategy, card networks, payments infrastructure, low-end disruption, banking regulation & payments M&A strategy

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected] with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at [email protected]

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25/12/2024

NEW EPISODE!! - #78: MNT-Halan - How the lending platform is providing financial services across Egypt and other developing markets

On this episode, we talk about MNT-Halan, the Egyptian lending & financial services company. We’ll explore the MNT-Halan story across the following areas

African and Egyptian financial sector context

MNT-Halan’s early history

Product & monetization strategy

Competitive positioning & potential exit options

Outlook

This episode was recorded on Dec 11, 2024

Companies discussed: MNT-Halan, Mashroey, Tasaheel, Halan, Raseedy, Talabeyah, Advans Pakistan, Fawry, Swvl, Gojek, Paymob, & Tam Finans

Business concepts discussed: Asset-backed Financing, Microfinance Lending, Super App Strategy, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL), Digital Wallets and Payment Solutions, B2B E-commerce, Corporate Venture Capital, Incubation, Financial Inclusion, Banking Infrastructure, Payroll Lending, Salary Advances, Agent Banking Networks, Revenue Models in Fintech, International Expansion

Listen to the episode at afrobility.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

29/11/2024

NEW EPISODE!!! #77: PiggyVest (PiggyTech) - How the savings and investment platform is providing financial services across Nigeria.

On this episode, we discuss PiggyVest - the Nigerian savings and investment platform. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:

African Banking & Neobank context
PiggyVest’s early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall outlook

This episode was recorded on Oct 30, 2024

Companies discussed: PiggyVest, Chipper Cash, Kuda Bank, Paystack, Flutterwave, FairMoney, Paystack, Brass, Cowrywise, Carbon, Chipper Cash, Interswitch, GTBank, Sterling Bank & UBA.

Business concepts discussed: Neobank / Challenger bank / digital bank strategy, remittances Neobank monetization & Consumer Lending, consumer FinTech monetization strategy, consumer lending, retail banking strategy, customer segmentation strategy & low-end disruption

Full episode available at afrobility.com or https://link.chtbl.com/piggyvest

20/05/2024

17/05/2024

NEW EPISODE! #76: IHS Towers - How the telecom infrastructure company is building and managing towers across Africa and beyond

Listen at https://link.chtbl.com/IHSTowers

On this episode, we explore IHS Towers, the African telecommunications infrastructure company. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:

Telecom tower infrastructure context

IHS Towers' early history

Product & monetization strategy

Competitive positioning & potential exit options

Overall outlook

This episode was recorded on May 5, 2024

Companies discussed: IHS Towers, MTN, Airtel, Telkom, Orange, Etisalat / 9 Mobile, American Tower Company, Globacom, Libancell, Helios Towers Nigeria, Telkom, Vodacom, Goldman Sachs, (IFC), Public Investment Corporation of South Africa, Ecobank, Investec, Standard Bank.

Business concepts discussed: Tower Infrastructure, Shared communication infrastructure, Tower Leasing and Ownership Models, Market Expansion, Sale and Leaseback, Local vs Global Strategy, Capital-intensive business models, Currency devaluation

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected] with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at [email protected]

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Stories and analyses of African technology companies

27/02/2024

Recorded Aug 15 2021

17/02/2024

NEW EPISODE!! #75: eTranzact - How Nigeria's pioneering payments and switching platform is serving businesses and governments across Africa

Full episode available at https://link.chtbl.com/eTranzact

On this episode, we explore eTranzact - the African payments and switching platform. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:
First, Nigerian payments context
Second, eTranzact's early history
Third, Product & monetization strategy
Fourth, Competitive positioning
Fifth, Overall outlook

This episode was recorded on Feb 11, 2024

Companies discussed: eTranzact, Interswitch, Unified Payment Services Limited (UPSL), Systemspecs (Remita), Paystack, Flutterwave, Moniepoint, Paga, OPay, MTN & Airtel.

Business concepts discussed: Mobile money, Payments Collections, Payments ecosystem, payments partnerships strategy, card networks, payments infrastructure, low-end disruption, banking regulation & payments M&A strategy

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected] with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at [email protected]

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Stories and analyses of African technology companies

25/01/2024

NEW EPISODE!! #74: Moove - How the mobility fintech is providing vehicle financing to mobility entrepreneurs across Africa and the rest of the world

On this episode, we discuss Moove, the mobility fintech. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:

African mobility and transportation context
Moove's launch & early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Our overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on Jan 14, 2024

Companies discussed: Moove, Uber, Lyft, Autochek, Cars45, GoKada, Creditas, Swvl, Lori, Sendy & FairMoney

Business concepts discussed: Revenue-based financing, asset-based lending, Ridesharing & Mobility entrepreneurship

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected] with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at [email protected]

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Stories and analyses of African technology companies

02/01/2024

NEW EPISODE!! #73 - AFEX (Africa Exchange) - How the commodities exchange is facilitating commodity trade by offering training, credit, storage to farmers & providing investment solutions to financial partners

On this episode, we discuss AFEX, the African commodities exchange. We’ll discuss the story across the following areas:

African Agriculture context
AFEX's launch & early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on Dec 24, 2023

Listen at link.chtbl.com/afex

Companies discussed: AFEX, EAX (East African Commodity Exchange), Tony Elumelu Foundation, Heirs Holdings, Apollo Agriculture, NCX, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, 50 Ventures & Berggruen Charitable Trust

Business concepts discussed: Agriculture technology (AgTech, AgriTech or AgroTech), Agribusiness marketplaces, farming financing, Farmer market access opportunities, Agriculture insurance strategy, Commodity trading & Internal Entrepreneurship (Incubated company strategy).

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email [email protected] with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at [email protected]

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at [email protected]

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