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A podcast - Interviews and conversations with resilient business leaders who against all odds stay winning.

01/10/2025

One year. Five roundtables. Three cities. Two continents.
 The ABS Roundtable Series is bridging the $42B funding gap for women-led businesses in Africa.

Our 2024–2025 Impact Report is here! 📖
 Thank you to every speaker, participant, and especially our sponsors who made this journey possible. Together, we’re creating access, catalyzing success, and multiplying female success stories across Africa. 🌍

🔗 Link in bio to read the full report.

29/09/2025

At the ABS Roundtable – UNGA Edition, our Founders Panel explored Scaling Female-Led Ventures: Mobilizing Capital and New Market Access.

From building global brands to breaking into new markets, these trailblazing women showed us what scale really looks like.

Thank you , Founder and Founder, for sharing your stories of growth across multiple continents with us. Thank you Partner, Akin Gump LLP for moderating such an insightful conversation.

25/09/2025

What an inspiring week in New York! The ABS Roundtable Series held on the sidelines of UNGA brought together global leaders, policymakers, financiers, and founders under the theme:
“From Commitment to Capital – Celebrating One Year of Impact.”

In just one year, the Series has convened 5 times across 3 cities and 2 continents — tackling everything from blended finance to diaspora investment. This milestone edition unveiled our one year Impact Report and featured powerful discussions on how to mobilize capital and create pathways for women-led businesses to scale.

A heartfelt thank you to our speakers, sponsors, and community for making this milestone possible. Together, we are creating access and catalyzing success.

17/09/2025

🌍✨ 1 Week to Go! ✨🌍
The ABS Roundtable Series – UNGA Edition is almost here! This high level convening will spotlight how financiers and policymakers are transforming commitment into capital flow and how founders are accessing new markets at scale.

💡 Proud to announce some of our Speakers: 
Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick - U.S. Representative for Florida’s 20th Congressional District
Hon. Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim – Minister of Women Affairs, Nigeria Cheryl Buss - CEO, Absa International Ejike Egbuagu – CEO, Moneda Invest Africa
Ifeoma Uddoh – CEO, Shecluded Ifedayo Agoro – CEO, Dang! Lifestyle Lesego Serolong-Holzapfel – CEO, Moedi Wines Nnedi Ifudu Nweke – Partner, Akin LLP

📅 Tuesday, Sept 23 | 📍 New York City ⏳ Registration closes: Friday, Sept 19
Seats are limited. Don’t wait!
 👉 Register now [link in bio]

10/09/2025

The ABS Roundtable Series returns to New York on September 23, 2025, for an anniversary edition on the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly.

At this milestone edition, we will present our One Year Impact Report, explore what’s working from innovative financing models to national strategies and hear from inspiring African female entrepreneurs scaling businesses across borders.

Be part of the conversation.
*REGISTER* *HERE* - http://bit.ly/4meryPp

01/07/2025

While in Angola, we also hosted an intimate breakfast in honor of Her Excellency Dr. Ana Dias Lourenço, First Lady of Angola sponsored by Oriki Group.

We gathered phenomenal women leaders from across Africa and the diaspora to celebrate her lifelong commitment to inclusive development and women’s empowerment.

As an economist and advocate, she shared powerful reflections on investing in people and creating opportunities for women and youth.

A special highlight was presenting the African Business Stories Leadership Award, recognizing leaders driving Africa’s growth. Thank you to Yvonne Ike of Bank of America for presenting this award, and to Joycee Awosika and for sponsoring this gathering.

These quiet moments of connection remind me why ABS exists – to amplify women’s voices and spark collaborations that build the Africa we want to see.

30/06/2025

We said we were going to the Continent in 2025 – and we did it! The ABS Roundtable Series debuted in Africa at the US-Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola.

We had the immense honor of hosting H.E. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia’s first female president, for an exclusive breakfast and fireside chat themed: “From Leadership to Legacy – Namibia’s Vision for Inclusive Growth.”

She shared powerful insights on integrity in leadership, gender equity, investing in people, and transforming Namibia’s economy for sustainable growth.

Thank you to our sponsors – Moneda Invest, Capship, and NGSER – for making this possible.

03/06/2025

*New Episode Drop!*🎙️✨
 Hard Stops, Bold Restarts: Rebuilding After Setbacks
What do you do when your startup is hit by fraud… Your co-founders walk away… And you’re a brand new mom trying to hold it all together?

Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi ( didn’t quit. She rebuilt.
 In this raw and powerful episode, we talk: ⚡️ Losing it all — and fighting back ⚡️ Pivoting from fintech to clean energy ⚡️ What it really means to be a founder in Africa ⚡️ Building with vision, purpose, and fire

This one’s for the builders, the dreamers, and anyone who’s had to start again. 💪🏾
 🎧 Tap the link in bio to listen now.

13/05/2025

On Season 4 Episode 7, I sit down with Kudzayi Hove, Co-Founder & CEO of Amayi Foods — a Nigerian food company creating affordable, locally sourced products now sold in 29 states, mostly through traditional markets.

She left a successful private equity career to build something from scratch — starting with a love for Sh*to sauce and evolving into a company with mass-market scale and a big vision for Africa’s food ecosystem.

We talk about: 💥 Strategic pivots 💥 Building modular infrastructure 💥 Partnering with aggregators 💥 Creating value from local commodities 💥 Preparing for transformative scale through acquisition

🎧 Listen now — link in bio or here: https://linktr.ee/AfricanBusinessStories

28/04/2025

🌍 An Unforgettable Afternoon of Insight and Inspiration 🌍

On April 23, we hosted another incredible edition of the ABS Roundtable Series during the World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.

This edition’s theme: Leveraging Diaspora Investment for Africa’s Economic Growth.

From powerful keynotes to dynamic panel discussions and a special fireside chat with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of WTO, the afternoon was filled with action, connection, and purpose.

Special thanks to all our amazing speakers and a huge gratitude to our partners — Akin LLP, Bank of America and Moneda Invest Africa for believing in this vision and making it possible.

Africa’s future belongs to those bold enough to build, collaborate, and lead from within.

Stay tuned for more moments and insights from this unforgettable event!

15/04/2025

On Season 4 Episode 6, I sit down with Kikelomo Fola-Ogunniya , Co-Founder of CargoPlug (formerly ) a tech-enabled logistics company simplifying cross-border shipping with user-friendly dashboards and proprietary APIs.

We talk bootstrapping, co-founder dynamics, raising capital, and how they built in-house tech to power seamless cross-border deliveries. She and her co-founder Ama have spent the last 13 years solving real problems and scaling with purpose.

If you’re an e-commerce founder, investor, or simply curious about logistics tech in Africa—this one’s for you.

🎧 Listen now — link in bio and here https://linktr.ee/AfricanBusinessStories

08/04/2025

On Season 4 Episode 5, I sit down with Sarah Dusek Co-Founder & MP, . Sarah is a serial entrepreneur and author who built a $100M company from a wild glamping idea. Now, she’s investing in Africa’s boldest female entrepreneurs 💥🌍

In this episode, Sarah shares how she turned failure into fuel, scaled Under Canvas, launched Enygma Ventures, and why she believes Africa is “like Silicon Valley in its early days.”

We also dive into her new venture , a net-positive travel company restoring land in South Africa and rewilding the planet — and her powerful book Thinking Bigger: A Pitch Deck Formula for Women Who Want to Change the World.

💬 “Failure isn’t the end. It’s the beginning of a new chapter.” 💬 “I became the investor I couldn’t find.”

🎧 Listen now — link in bio and here https://linktr.ee/AfricanBusinessStories
 🔖 Tag a visionary woman ready to build something big.

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