Afrikons Podcasts
The Build Loop
A weekly conversation about what it actually takes to build.
Every week, we sit down with the founders and operators building Africa's technology economy — the funding rounds, the near-collapses, the hiring mistakes, and the decisions nobody puts in the pitch deck. No polish, no PR talking points, just the build.
Amara Chukwu
Kwame Asante
Episodes
Episode 42
Building Payment Rails for a Continent With 40 Currencies
with Ngozi Eze, co-founder of PayBridge
51 min
Episode 41
Why This Founder Walked Away From a Term Sheet Twice
with Kwabena Owusu, founder of Fleetbase
44 min
Episode 40
Hiring Your First Ten Engineers Without a Recruiter
with Aisha Bakr, CTO of Kitesurf
38 min
Episode 39
The Real Cost of Going Multi-Country Too Early
with Themba Nkosi, COO of Voltframe
47 min
Episode 38
Raising a Seed Round Without a Lagos or Nairobi Address
with Halima Yusuf, founder of Solstice Materials
42 min
Episode 37
What Breaks First When You 10x Your User Base
with Daniel Osei, founder of Chatspace
55 min
Episode 36
Building for Offline-First Users on a Two-Bar Signal
with Fatoumata Diallo, founder of Kitesurf Edge
40 min
Episode 35
The Slow, Boring Compliance Work Nobody Wants to Talk About
with Yusuf Adebayo, General Counsel at Zola Systems
36 min