TechCabal is hosting Moonshot
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of Big Cabal Media. They talk about Dangote’s...
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The Open Africa Podcast
On this podcast 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about technology, startups, and issues across the African technology ecosystem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Uber leaves Nigeria
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Guy Futi, Co-founder of Orda. They talk about Uber leaving Nigeria a...
Paystack acquires Allawee
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Moniepoint pulling back from its UK remittance play and shutting MonieWorld down, Paystack...
Zap is now selling Airtime
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined by Nnanna from Fintech is Easy to unpack Zap's expansion into airtime and data, Moniepoint...
How Polytope is rethinking payments with HyperFX
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss the recent revocation of microfinance bank licences by the CBN. Joined by Seun Lanlege, co-fo...
Raises, Industry Trends and Chowdeck, again
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss some recent fundraises in the ecosystem — Spiro’s $215M raise backed by Impact Fund Denmark a...
Chowdeck and the cost of a Super App
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Chowdeck using its $9 million Series A to chase a superapp strategy and whether that ambit...
Moniepoint acquires Orda
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Flutterwave's acquisition of Mono to gain a National Microfinance Bank licence, the CBN's...
Moniepoint takes Alerzo to Court
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Moniepoint taking Alerzo to court over ₦5 billion unpaid loan, NIN for sale and data compr...
CBN upgrades Fintechs
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about CBN upgrading OPay, Moniepoint, and Kuda to national MFB licences, Paystack turning 10 and...
Flutterwave acquires Mono
Welcome to a new season of The Open Africa Podcast! On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Flutterwave acquiring Mono, the peculi...
2025 in Review
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa do the usual Year in Review and make few predictions for 2026! Thank you for loving the podcast all y...
Chowdeck is Selling Airtime too
On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa break down some recent and interesting moves in Africa’s fintech industry. We explore LemFi’s FSCS-pr...
On Media Reporting Standards and Remittances
On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined by Benjamin Dada of Condia! We break down the CBN’s new Agent Banking Guidelines — explor...
Kredete, Rulebase & News across Africa
On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about recent developments across the continent! They start off by discussing Kredete’s recent $...
Chowdeck’s Raise, Nomba, Nedbank & iKhokha
On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Chowdeck’s growth and recent $9 million series A funding raise, Nedbank’s acquisition of...
The Food Episode
On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined by Osarumen Osamuyi from The Subtext! They talk about the recent collapses of Vendease an...
Fincra’s Expansion, Palmpay’s plan to Raise, and Alleged Industry News
On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about dLocal’s intention to acquire AZA Finance, Fincra’s Expansion to East Africa, Palmpay’s p...
The Rant about Bank Charges
On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Banks—how banks make money, how banks loan money, and what most Nigerians think about ban...
Paystack’s Zap, Payhippo’s Pivot, and Premium Tiers for Neobanks
On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Paystack launching Zap, PayHippo’s recent $4 million raise, rebrand as Rivy and pivot to...