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This week's episode comes from Kibera, Kenya's biggest, and one of Africa's largest, informal settlements. Life is tough here, and many talk...

This week we're featuring what has to be one of my favourite business models to date. One of the dominant themes in East Africa is that indi...

This week we're talking with two friends who have set up a business making socks in Kenya. Both Vidyesh and Bishell grew up in Nairobi to en...

Do you know what the world's most expensive nut is? It's the macadamia nut. Similar in shape and colour to a chickpea, but up to twice the s...

In this episode, I speak with Sabina Karumba about how she and her husband started Chia Africa. Most businesses have an interesting formatio...

In this episode, I catch up with Johannes, co-founder of Lynk. We initially spoke back in late 2016 along with his co-founder Adam. You can...

In this catch-up episode, I chat with Caitlin who runs Flare. Caitlin and I first spoke in late 2016, and you can listen to the original int...

In this second episode from Zambia, I speak with an entrepreneur who has found his niche and is fully focused on it. Paul Nyambe grew up far...

The landlocked country is just south of Malawi, Tanzania and DRC, and has the great Zambezi river as it's border with Zimbabwe, Botswana and...

In this episode, I catch up with Audrey Cheng, the founder of Moringa School. We first did an interview in October of 2016, and so it had be...

This week we're speaking with a big player in one of Kenya's largest industries: flower farming. Horticulture is one of the biggest sectors...

In this episode I speak with Bilha Ndirangu who is the CEO of one of Africa's most successful tech start ups. Started in Kenya nearly 10 yea...

One of the nice things about having a podcast is that it allows you to have conversations with people you wouldn't otherwise get around to....

Near to where I live in Nairobi is a Japanese cafe. Whenever I've been the food has been delicious, and the small place is full of people fr...

If you think about brands that different countries have, most people probably have two strong associations for Kenya. Safari and running. Th...

If you've been following The East Africa Business Podcast for a while, you might notice that most episodes are around the 30-40 minute mark....

There are certain business models or concepts which seem to be universally popular. One big one recently has been creating a public space wh...

We've got a very interesting interview this week, one that brings together using modern technology with a compelling market need. It's all a...

Gaming is something that a lot of people may not consider as a business industry. I, for one, know or rather knew very little about it, thou...

An interesting heuristic you can think about when considering companies operating in East Africa is where the demand comes from. There are l...

This is an episode which I really hope you stick with. As you’ll have seen from some of the other episodes, I find that often the “unsexy” a...

In this episode I speak with Jonathan Rosenthal, the Africa Editor of The Economist. Our paths crossed when I was back in London for a few w...

Some of the biggest and most visible players in any country are the supermarkets. They employ thousands of people, have a wide geographic pr...

Manufacturing is one of the major value drivers in an economy. In this episode, I speak with Darshan Chandaria, Group CEO of Chandaria Indus...

Housing in Africa is a huge problem. Every year millions more people arrive in cities and are forced to stay in informal settlements. Develo...

A lot of the interviews on The East Africa Business Podcast have been related to individual companies telling their stories, and the lessons...

In this episode I speak with Brian Axelrad and Nicholas Java: investors at Beyond Capital. They are a special type of investor, which is the...

Overview So it’s been a few months since we last released episode and we’re back soon with some more interviews on the bustling business sce...

It’s widely acknowledged that one of the biggest prohibitions to the development of East Africa is lack of capital. The global economy is pr...

Most people have somewhat underwhelming memories of school lunches. Bland, uninteresting food which likely compelled you to go off at break...

One of the upsides of the internet is the ability to collect and store information that was previously only passed down between generations,...

This is an episode I’ve been wanting to do for a long long time. One of the things I’ve found bewildering working in the region is the frequ...

This is a slightly different episode of The East Africa Business Podcast where we’ll be covering a thesis around development. When you consi...

There are certain products which, let’s face it, are more embarrassing to purchase than others. You don’t think twice about buying a pint of...

Pharmacies are found in almost every community in East Africa, however the way in which they are currently operating leaves a lot of room fo...

In many parts of the world, ordering a taxi from your smartphone is the new norm. Until July 2016 though, this was not possible in the count...

When running an e-commerce company in most parts of the world, there are certain things you can take for granted. Namely that your customers...

This week we’ve got an excellent episode which looks at applying breakthrough technology, to frontier markets. You’ve probably heard of Bitc...

Many international studies have pointed to the lack of SME financing as being a huge blocker to a country’s development. In the context of K...

Understanding your customers is an incredibly important aspect of any forward-thinking business. In many developed markets there are reams o...

Overview So… after a few months away The East Africa Business Podcast is coming back, with more interviews from entrepreneurs and business l...
Overview We’ve got a slightly different format for this episode – it’s a recording of a talk that I gave on a recent trip back to London. It...

Overview This is a little episode to update you on what’s going to be happening with The East Africa Business Podcast. The short version is...

The demography in East Africa dictates that tens of millions of people will be entering the job market in the coming years There is not only...

When you consider different ways of getting information, you might think of going on Google or reading a book But how to do this in an envir...

The main way that students learn how to pass an exam is by reading from a textbook. Traditionally, this has been built on the premise of pub...

One of the growing international product categories is goods made from coconuts. The health, and taste, benefits of coconut oil and coconut...

One of the recurring themes throughout conversations with agriculture companies is the problems with post harvest loss If produce can’t be k...

Most business is about matching demand with supply. From her work as a Venture Capitalist talking to businesses about what would help them g...

Smallholder farmers are the majority of the East African population, but there are many issues that they face. Rose, who founded Agrinfo, is...
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