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Afrobility: Africa Tech and Business

Olumide Ogunsanwo and Bankole Makanju

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Frequency: 1 episode/24d. Total Eps: 81

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - technology
23/06/2025
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22/06/2025
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07/04/2025
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#79: Cellulant - How the FinTech payments platform is providing financial services across Africa

Episode 79

Friday, January 31, 2025 • Duration 01:45:14

Overview: Today, we’re going to 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

Conversation highlights:

(01:00) - What is Cellulant and why we’re talking about them
(07:25) - Context of African Banking Opportunity and Neobanks
(15:07) - Cellulant founding and early history
(36:16) - Fundraising
(41:17) - Growth and Geographical Expansion
(58:12) - Product and Monetization Strategy
(01:15:12) - Competition and Options for Exit
(1:21:26) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:28:18) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:32:45) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

Interested in investing in Africa Tech with Olumide: Read about Adamantium fund & contact me at olumide@afrobility.com. Founders looking for funding: If you're a B2B founder working on Education, Health, Finance or food, please contact me for funding at olumide@afrobility.com
Checkout my FIREDOM book = FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) + Freedom = personal finance and financial independence book. Website, Read: Substack Newsletter & Buy: Print, eBook or Audiobook)
Recommendation: Titan - Rockefeller's autobiography. Solid and thorough look at the fascinating life of an incredible person. Incredible read.
Recommendation: Areté: Activate Your Heroic Potential. Personal development book filled with ideas, as it compiles insights from other renowned books.
Recommendation: The 38 Letters from J.D. Rockefeller to his son: Letters from Rochaleller to his son with timeless stories and life principles
Recommendation: Google Notebook LM. Game changer for researchers, Incredible resource to research information when you have sources.
Small win: Stretching and yoga in the mornings before weight lifting workouts
Small win: Went to south pointe picnic with friends

Bankole’s recommendations & small wins:

Recommendation: Podcast: Francois Chollet, Mike Knoop - LLMs won’t lead to AGI - $1,000,000 Prize to find true solution & Video: 20 Mechanical Principles in One Lego Machine
Small win: Early in the year, but working out everyday
Other content: Ken Njoroge's Entrepreneurship Journey: Overcoming Tragedy and Building Success

Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Email info@afrobility.com with feedback!

Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about what you're working on, email us at info@afrobility.com

Investors: It would be great to link up with you. Contact us at info@afrobility.com

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

Episode 78

Monday, December 23, 2024 • Duration 02:06:05

Overview: Today, we’re going to 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

Conversation highlights:

(00:00) - Intro and why we're talking about MNT-Halan
(06:46) - Egypt country context
(16:17) - The opportunity for African neobanks
(26:15) - MNT Halan Founding and Early History
(57:55) - Growth and Geographical Expansion
(1:14:50) - Product Strategy and Monetization
(1:35:52) - Competition and options for exit
(1:47:20) - Bankole's overall thoughts and outlook

#69: FairMoney - How the credit-led neobank is providing consumer loans and financial services across Nigeria, India and other developing markets

Episode 69

Friday, October 6, 2023 • Duration 02:18:07

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about FairMoney, the credit-led Neobank in emerging markets. we’ll explore the FairMoney story across the following areas

African lending & consumer credit
FairMoney's founding & early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall outlook

This episode was recorded on Oct 1, 2023

Companies discussed: FairMoney, Branch, PalmPay, Kuda Bank, Carbon, 54Gene, GTBank, Access Bank, Ecobank, PalmPay, Carbon, PiggyVest, Upstart, Tala, Visa, Mastercard Safaricom (M-Pesa), PayForce & Chipper Cash

Business concepts discussed: Smartphone credit assessment, African customer segmentation strategy, Consumer lending, unbanked population, smartphone credit assessment, Neobank strategy & Personal Finance OS

Conversation highlights:

(03:01) - Intro
(07:19) - African consumer lending & neobank context
(18:35) - Neobanking context and background
(20:00) - FairMoney founding story and Founders’ background
(39:40) - Fundraising
(45:46) - Geographical expansion
(49:05) - Partnerships
(50:16) - Acquisitions
(55:42) - Team & Location strategy
(58:03) - User metrics and traction
(1:04:27) - Product and monetization strategy
(1:24:04) - Competition and options for exit
(1:35:44) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook

#68: Branch - From Kiva to providing consumer loans and FinTech services across Africa and other developing markets

Episode 68

Thursday, September 14, 2023 • Duration 02:47:46

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Branch, the FinTech lending company and Neobank. We’ll explore the story across the following 5 areas:

African lending & consumer credit
Branch's founding early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall outlook

This episode was recorded on Sep 10, 2023

Companies discussed: Branch, Kiva, Kuda Bank, Chipper Cash, Earnin, Paga, FairMoney, MFS Africa, GTBank, Access Bank, Ecobank, PalmPay, Carbon, PiggyVest, Upstart, Tala, Visa, Mastercard & Safaricom

Business concepts discussed: Smartphone credit assessment, Consumer lending, neobank strategy, Personal Finance OS, unbanked population, smartphone credit assessment & Pan-African Banking

Conversation highlights:

(01:00) - What Branch is and why we’re talking about it
(07:40) - Africa consumer credit context and background
(19:17) - Branch International founding
(23:31) - Founders’ background
(39:12) - Fundraising and Growth
(51:40) - Geographical expansion
(1:02:01) - Acquisitions and Team overview
(01:15:14) - Product strategy
(1:33:20) - Monetization strategy and Costs
(1:41:58) - Competition and options for exit
(1:57:08) - Bankole’s overall thoughts

#67: Sabi - How the B2B retail platform is providing business services to informal SMB retailers, distributors, suppliers and manufacturers in Nigeria and Africa

Season 67

Thursday, July 27, 2023 • Duration 02:18:24

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Sabi, the B2B retail & supply chain services platform. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:

Africa’s and Nigeria’s informal retail sector
Sabi’s early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall Outlook.

This episode was recorded on July 23, 2023

Companies discussed: Sabi, Rensource, TradeDepot, Twiga Foods, Wasoko (Sokowatch), Omnibiz, Alerzo, & Marketforce

Business concepts discussed: Informal retail penetration, SMB retail OS, B2B Operating systems, Equity carve-outs, Power as a service, Channel margins & Supply chain logistics

Conversation highlights:

(01:00) - Sabi context
(06:30) - Africa and Nigeria informal retail context and background
(20:39) - Background on the founders
(30:04) - Quick Rensource detour - overview and background
(37:05) - Background on Sabi founding
(47:52) - Fundraising
(56:40) - Geographic expansion, partnerships and metrics, and growth
(1:10:15) - Product Strategy
(1:21:17) - How Sabi makes money
(1:32:06) - Competition and options for exit
(1:46:16) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:55:59) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
(2:07:49) - Recommendations and small wins

#66: TradeDepot - How the B2B retail platform is improving the supply chain for informal SME retailers and consumer goods producers across Nigeria and Africa

Episode 66

Saturday, July 1, 2023 • Duration 01:59:39

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about TradeDepot. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:

Africa’s and Nigeria’s informal retail sector
TradeDepot's early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall Outlook.

This episode was recorded on June 25, 2023

Companies discussed: TradeDepot, Twiga Foods, Wasoko (Sokowatch), Omnibiz, Alerzo, Marketforce, Sabi, Multipro, FMCG Distributions Limited & Kellogg

Business concepts discussed: Informal retail penetration, SMB retail OS, B2B Operating systems, Informal markets, B2B retail, Buy Now Pay Later, Trade Finance & last-mile distribution

Conversation highlights:

(01:00) - TradeDepot intro and why we’re talking about them
(06:50) - Africa’s informal retail sector
(20:55) - Differences in informal retail across Africa
(25:43) - Founders’ background and early history
(36:45) - Launch strategy
(42:54) - Fundraising and Growth
(49:55) - Growth and geographical expansion
(1:02:33) - Product strategy and evolution
(1:15:26) - Monetization strategy and costs
(1:13:11) - Competition
(1:25:05) - Options for exit
(1:32:52) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:42:22) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook

#65: Wasoko (Sokowatch) - How the B2B retail platform is providing services and improving the supply chain for informal retailers across Kenya and Africa

Episode 65

Friday, June 16, 2023 • Duration 01:55:55

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Wasoko (Sokowatch) We’ll explore the story across the following areas:

Africa’s and Kenya’s informal retail context
Wasoko's early history
Wasoko's Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on June 11, 2023

Companies discussed: Wasoko (Sokowatch), Twiga Foods, TradeDepot, OmniBiz, Alerzo, mPharma, Nestle, Unilever, Multipro, Marketforce, Udaan & Flipkart

Business concepts discussed: Informal retail penetration, Agency banking adoption, B2B Operating systems, Informal markets, & last-mile distribution

Conversation highlights:

(00:40) - Sokowatch background and why we’re talking about it
(08:35) - African informal retail context
(16:11) - Founder background and Founding story
(29:55) - Fundraising and early growth
(36:56) - Geographic expansion, growth and partnerships
(45;12) - Team strategy
(54:00) - Product strategy and monetization
(1:10:00) - Competition and options for exit
(1:23:13) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:33:05) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:43:30) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

#64: Twiga Foods - How the AgriTech supply chain company is connecting SMB retailers and smallholder farmers to improve food logistics across Kenya and Africa

Episode 64

Friday, June 2, 2023 • Duration 02:12:35

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Twiga Foods. We’ll explore the story across the following 6 areas

Africa Agricultural context
Kenya farming & market access context
Twiga Foods’ early history
Twiga Foods’ Product & monetization strategy
Twiga Foods’ Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Future outlook.

This episode was recorded on May 28, 2023

Companies discussed: Twiga Foods, Apollo Agriculture, Vendease, Kibanda, Kellogg, Tolaram, Multipro, Olam, Dangote, Coca-Cola, Shoprite, Cargill, Nestle, Unilever & Safaricom (M-Pesa)

Business concepts discussed: Agriculture technology (AgTech, AgriTech or AgroTech), Agribusiness marketplaces, farming financing, Farmer market access opportunities, SMB Retail, B2B solutions and Agriculture Logistics.

Conversation highlights:

(01:00) - Twiga Foods context
(08:53) - Africa Agriculture context
(18:30) - Kenya background and agriculture context
(23:34) - Market access context in Africa
(31:20) - Market access context at Twiga Foods' founding
(40:12) - Founders’ background and farming context
(56:10) - Fundraising
(1:04:10) - Geographical expansion, Partnerships and Hiring
(1:15:00) - Metrics
(1:20:15) - Product & Monetization strategy, Cost structure
(1:32:58) - Competition

#63: Yoco - How the South African FinTech is scaling Point-of-Sale and other payment solutions to merchants across Africa

Episode 63

Friday, April 14, 2023 • Duration 02:24:08

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Yoco, the South African Point-Of-Sale FinTech company. We’ll explore the story across the following areas:

South African payments context
Yoco’s early history
Yoco’s Product & monetization strategy
Yoco’s Competitive positioning & potential exit options
Overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on Apr 9, 2023

Companies discussed: Yoco, Square, Flutterwave, PayFast, PayThru, PayU, DPO, Flutterwave, Paystack, Stripe, Ikhokha, MTN, Safaricom, Zapper, Visa, Interswitch, Nedbank, ABSA, FNB (First National Bank South Africa) & Wave

Business concepts discussed: Merchants solutions, Points-of-Sale devices, SME Lending & hardware and software bundling

Conversation highlights:

(01:30) - Yoco context
(07:30) - Africa / SA payments context
(23:11) - Yoco Founding Story and Founders’ background
(40:45) - Fundraising and Growth
(51:52) - Partnerships, Acquisitions, and Team
(59:20) - Key metrics
(1:02:16) - Product Strategy
(1:19:42) - Monetization strategy
(1:30:50) - Competition
(1:36:42) - Options for exit
(1:49:06) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:57:01) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
(2:07:14) - Recommendations and small wins

#62: DPO Group - How the FinTech payments platform went from bootstrapping for 8+ years to strategically acquiring multiple companies, and exiting to Network International for $288M

Episode 62

Saturday, March 11, 2023 • Duration 01:46:14

Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about DPO Group. We’ll explore the story across the following areas

African payments context
DPO group’s early history
Product & monetization strategy
Competitive positioning & potential exit options
overall outlook.

This episode was recorded on Mar 5, 2023

Companies discussed: DPO Group, Network International, Apis partners, Flutterwave, Paystack, Interswitch, Safaricom, MTN, Airtel, Takealot.com, Superbalist.com, Safaricom, Yoco, PayPal & Chipper Cash

Business concepts discussed: Bootstrapping, Payments ecosystem, payments partnerships strategy, payments infrastructure, low-end disruption, banking regulation, Mobile Money, E-commerce payments, Virtual cards & payments M&A strategy

Conversation highlights:

(04:40) - Africa Payment Context at time of DPO’s founding
(12:46) - DPO Group Founding and early history
(14:05) - Founder Background
(25:57) - Fundraising and Growth
(29:48) - Acquisitions and Partnerships
(51:30) - Product and Monetization Strategy
(1:00:05) - Competition
(1:08:35) - DPO’s exit to Network International
(1:27:15) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:39:10) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook
(1:47:01) - Recommendations and small wins

Olumide’s recommendations & small wins:

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