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...
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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...
Funding Rounds, Shutdowns, and Industry News
On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Nosa, and Furo talk about Cedar Money’s $9.9 million seed round, Ghana-based fintech Oze securing un...
Cross Border Remittance & The LemFi Playbook
Welcome to our first explainer episode for 2025! – On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about how cross border payments and remittan...
The One where we talk about Bento
On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Nosa, and Furo talk about Moniepoint and Visa’s partnership, Accrue, SeamlessHR’s additional $9 mill...
Raises, Bankruptcy & 2025 Predictions
On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Nosa, and Furo talk about the KPMG Customer finance report; what exactly investing in commodity look...
Open Africa Year in Review 2024
…and it’s a wrap! Thank you for rocking with your favorite finance trio this year (and don’t worry, we tried not to make “doomy” predictions...