Chini ya Maji Media

On this episode of Chini Ya Maji podcast, CEO and Co-Founder, Marvin Tumbo, shares his entrepreneurial journey and the birth of Scale.

Discover how he transformed procurement from a side hustle into a game-changer. Dive into his business model, focused on surfacing the best service providers, building trust and reputation and ensuring equal opportunities and access for all businesses.

Tune in to listen to this enlightening c...

In this episode, delve into Kevin Mutiso's captivating journey. From his discovery of Warren Buffet to his deep dive into the world of stocks, we explore his transition from data entry to launching his own startup.

Discover the invaluable lessons learned from his entrepreneurial setback and his bold vision to transform Africa into the most futuristic, modernised continent over the next 50 years, showcasing the immense pote...

Title: Building Middle East and Africa's first Super API for a comprehensive payment solution

Nader started out as a curious young man in the 1990s, intrigued by technology. He decided to pursue engineering in order to build and create solutions.
Through his passion for understanding the tech world, he discovered that knowledge alone is not enough, but knowledge must be paired with practical solutions to have an impact...

Betting on Solar Energy to Address Climate Change and Impact Lives

Samir Ibrahim grew up in Orlando, Florida. His parents always told him that the opportunities he had were not available to them back home. As a child of immigrants, Ibrahim knew that it was important to use his opportunities to help others.In this episode of our Founders series, host Mark Karake sits down with Ibrahim, Co-Founder & CEO of SunCulture and...

BOLDNESS CREATES OPPORTUNITY
My father had plans for me but I wasn't keen on that... he wasn't very happy to support me.

For a lot of young Africans this statement isn't new to them. It's not easy chattering your path against your parents' will.
So many questions are already asked to us in the startup world about the description of our work and for a lot of us there's really no easy way to explain.

Yele Oy...

The Wowzi Journey: Connecting The Dots
When you come up with an idea and you talk to the market and you see how it gets translated into a solution, it's magic.Brian Mogeni and his Co-Founders Mike Otieno and Hassan Bashir wanted to connect capacity and opportunity and the greatest insight that came by was that 'People trust People,' The major question was, how could they organize word of mouth? This marked the beginning of Wowz...

THE 'FOUNDER-PROBLEM FIT' APPROACH
The most overlooked aspect by entrepreneurs

"One of my challenges was realizing I didn't need to have just technical skills... As a founder I need to know how to pitch"Idorenyin Obong or as we'd like to call him 'The Writing Techie' found himself in a situation that a lot of founders find themselves before their light bulb moment: A problem without a solution. The process of accessing...

Leveraging Tech in the African Logistics Landscape

"It's going to take some time for us to stop comparing ourselves to each other and other countries... and start asking the question of why we didn't do better"Mark Mwangi was never your average student, he never settled, not from his days in high school to his days as a truck driver making ends meet for his fees in City, University of London. He is living proof that a tena...

A New Era of Businesses with Social Impact

I think we are entering a new era where businesses can't ignore their social impact ~ Tracey Turner

Growing up, Tracey just like many young people, did not have a clear path for what career she wanted to pursue. She was ambitious and spontaneous and had a stint of wanting to pursue so much including being an astronaut and even a fighter pilot. However, at that time women ...

LET'S TALK INVESTMENT
"We want to turn out one million African investors and we have the capacity to go for such a goal"

Meet Richmond Bassey, the Co-founder and CEO of Bamboo, an investment platform that gives people the tools to build wealth from the ground up through real-time access to the global marketsCatch him and our host Mark Karake as they talk about consumerism in our society, teaching and offering investmen...

Scaling Fintech in Africa

"The reality in Africa is that if you really want to scale today, you need to run a hybrid strategy, meaning digital and part physical."
~Timothy Nuy

Meet Timothy Nuy, a man who was always intrigued and interested in business in the financial services space. Hear how he started as a call centre agent and moved to African Development Bank to My Bucks to now the Co-Founder and CEO of Fi...

Embracing the Disruptive Nature of Entrepreneurship
"Be comfortable with failure. Fail at this, fail at that and keep failing but just make sure that you learn from them"

Eerik was an adventurous young man growing up in Estonia Northern Europe where he tried his hand at everything from lawn mowing to being an infantry team lead even opening a bar before going on to being the Co-Founder & CEO of Planet42 based in So...

Bold Changes: It's Not As Bad As It Sounds

"Many times we step away from giving stuff a try because we think that the fallout is going to be worse than it actually is"Femi Kuti.

Mr Femi Kuti came from being a doctor to an investment banker to finally to an entrepreneur and the founder of Reliance Health: A technology driven health insurance company which is focused on making healthcare in emerging markets affordab...

CATEGORY CREATION: AN INSIGHT INTO UNIQUE SOLUTIONS

"If you've been doing something painfully for so long, it becomes a dull ache, eventually you don't realize you have a problem"When Sam Wanjohi started POPOTE INNOVATIONS LIMITED, he's idea was to find a software solution system for his company's payment. Little did he know that this was the birth of a spend management and payables solution that was necessary for so many ...

Building Africa's Champion for e-commerce

"With a curiosity mindset, there is an endless number of things that you can ultimately discover and potentially create value in," Daniel Yu. Excited to host Daniel Yu, Co-founder and CEO of Sokowatch now rebranding to Wasoko as they announce their &125M series B round of financing (full equity raise) alongside the launch of operations in West Africa.
Join Mark and Daniel as th...

Why Social Impact Technologies are a Game Changer for Africa
"The best and newest technology is going to be technology around social good," Eldrid Jordaan.

Eldrid Jordaan is marked by one purpose; Serving his people to make things better. Six years down the line, he serves as a connector of government, civil society, private sector and citizens at an unimaginable scale.Join Eldrid and Mark as they explore the journey t...

Building Africa's Tech Ecosystem

"To invest is human, to exit is divine," Idris Ayodeji Bello

Meet Idris Bello, a man who had a stable career at Chevron Corporation and Exxon Mobil but had an itch for innovation and entrepreneurship. He later moves back with his partners to Lagos, Nigeria and pursues his passion for building an ecosystem of African Founders supported by African Investors and Angels.Get to catch a ...

Challenging the Status Quo: Solve Problems

"If you do something you enjoy, it always pays forward," Adebiyi Aromolaran

Meet Adebiyi Aromolaran, Head of Africa Expansion at Dlocal, an Uruguayan financial technology company; who has vast experience in Africa's fintech and Banking ecosystem spanning over 15 years. Join him and Mark as they take a dive into his journey in financial services, his experience in Flutter...