Hi Afropreneur, This week we had the honor of speaking to a talented young entrepreneur making waves in Nigeria, we jokingly called him the Mark Zukerberg of Africa. I’m sure you are wondering who this is? He is Chris Kwekowe, CEO of Slatecube. Chris is an interesting young man whose […]
The Month of February has been absolutely awesome for the entrepreneurship scene in Lagos. Startup Grind, a community for entrepreneurs to network and learn. Startup Grind Lagos have not relented in making this global vision a reality in Nigeria. The recent meetup was held on February 25th, 2016 where they […]
The African youth is enterprising, innovative and loves to solve the problems that affect his/her immediate community. However, sometime we do take on too little or too much as the case may be. Entrepreneurship is all about deriving value from helping people solve their problems, as well as bettering our […]
Often times we Entrepreneurs tend to take the foot off the pedal and put less attention into the quality of goods or services we are churning out or how we treat our customers. This must stop!We also discussed with Mathus Lawson from Benin Republic, who is the CEO of Beninlogis. […]
Dear Afropreneurs, Doing business in Africa can be tough, more so when you have big competitors operating in your industry. In a recent survey conducted by smartcompany, it was discovered that 61% of SME owners said small businesses failed because of an inability to manage costs, 50% said inexperienced management, 50% […]
Hello Afropreneurs, As entrepreneurs we have all encountered difficult clients at one time or the other, if you haven’t you will soon. How do you then handle them? Is the Customer always right? Should you always bend to the needs of the customer/clients? Here are key points from our conversation: […]
Victoria Mbabazi is a Ugandan Entrepreneur. She studied Software Engineering but had a great passion for food. This passion led her to Kahwa2Go, a restaurant that was birthed from the love for coffee. Victoria has been involved in a lot of projects. She has mentored various girls through the Resilient […]
Hello Afroprenuers, As a sequel to our last week’s discussion on ‘Creating Opportunites‘ we had a lovely conversation with Victoria Mbabazi, you can read all about her here. There were a lot of learning points from our discussions with Victoria that we decided to record this episode differently. This podcast […]
Dear Afropreneur, Opportunities abound! Yes, all around you! Do not fall into the circle of blaming others, the Government and your environment for not beginning that business, launching that idea or making a success of your entrepreneurial endeavors. Below are some points from our discussion: Document your ideas, and fine […]