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How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Business in Nigeria

On The Adventures, Dr Freeman Osonuga shares his blueprint for building a multi-million dollar real estate business in Nigeria, switching careers and leveraging sales to build wealth.

via Adventures

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Aliko Dangote: Refining Nigeria’s oil, helping Africa, and creating wealth

On Talk to Al Jazeera, Aliko Dangote calls his refinery the hardest challenge of his career, built so Nigeria can stop importing the fuel its state refineries failed to produce.

via Al Jazeera English

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How He Turned Car Content Into a Multi-Million Deal Network| Lookie63

On Financially Incorrect, Lookie63 recounts starting with roughly a thousand dollars importing small car accessories into Kenya and growing it into a multi-million automotive deal network.

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Ep 1: Building a Business from Pure Creativity with Heritage Challenge Winner Tshepo Mas!

Heritage Challenge winner Tshepo Mas recounts turning street inspiration from Parys into a design on over a million boxes, building a nationally recognised creative enterprise.

via takealot.com

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via Africa Tech Space - ATS

He Started with a Cyber Café in Kericho. Look Where It Led

On Ideas That Move, John Gitau traces his path from a cyber cafe in Kericho to executive chair and CEO of Africa Tech Space, reflecting on entrepreneurship and leadership.

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Profiles · Women in Business & Rising Stars

Jabu Serithi’s Journey in Construction

On Property Market Moves, GVK-Siyazama managing director Jabu Serithi traces her journey from intern to leading within South Africa's construction industry, and the lessons along the way.

via SAIBPP SA

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Bloomberg Top 25 Founder: Africa Has Enough Small Businesses

On Term Sheet Tapes, Kevin Mutiso explains how he is giving Kenya's two million boda boda riders scale and a seat on the cap table of his company.

via Louis Furtwaengler

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via CEO East Africa Magazine

LXL East Africa S1:E1 with Fabian Kasi, MD Centenary Bank (U) Ltd

On League of Extraordinary Leaders, CEO East Africa Magazine's Muhereza Kyamutetera hosts Fabian Kasi, credited with transforming Centenary Bank Uganda, in a masterclass on purpose and legacy.

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via The Ghanaian Farmer TV

From UK banker to agribusiness pioneer in Ghana || She Shares Her Success Story

On The Ghanaian Farmer, Eden Tree CEO Catherine Krobo-Edusei tells how she left a UK banking career to build one of Ghana's most respected agribusiness brands.

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The King of Nairobi’s Book Trade: The Man Resurrecting African Literature

Sango Insights profiles the founder of Nuria Bookshop, who turned twenty shillings into a literary business putting African stories back into readers' hands, from North Eastern Kenya to Nairobi.

via Sango Insights

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How He Escaped Poverty to Build a Multi-Million Rand Business

On Entrepreneurs Chat, Legends Barber founder Sheldon Tatchell shares a raw account of escaping poverty to build a multi-million rand barbershop business across South Africa.

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The Ernest Ndukwe One (Part 1): Nigeria's Telecom Revolution

On One2One, MTN Nigeria chairman Dr Ernest Ndukwe, widely called the father of Nigerian telecoms, recounts the revolution that took the country from under 500,000 phone lines to over 80 million.

via ONE2ONE

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Let's Discover Travels: From Covid Startup To Travel Empire

On Financially Incorrect, Let's Discover Travels co-founder Mutuku explains how a small COVID-lockdown idea grew into one of East Africa's busiest travel companies handling large bookings.

Profiles · Women in Business & Rising Stars

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JSE Investor Avenue

On JSE Investor Avenue, group CEO Leila Fourie talks with Naspers SA's Phuthi Mahanyele-Dabengwa and Bidvest's Mpumi Madisa, the female CEOs featured in Architects of Influence.

via JSE

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via UN SDG Action Campaign

Nzambi Matee | Founder | Gjenge Makers

UN SDG award winner Nzambi Matee, founder of Gjenge Makers, shows how she turns plastic waste into building materials, tackling pollution while creating green jobs for Kenyan youth.

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Coach Africa for Entrepreneurs Interview with Flora Mutahi (Kenya)

On Coach Africa, Kenyan entrepreneur Flora Mutahi describes acting on a deep restlessness after twenty-nine years in business, joining a coaching programme to reach her next level.

via Coach Africa

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Entrepreneurship Feature: Vuyani Jarana: Connecting communities, creating opportunity

Radio 702's Aubrey Masango speaks with Vuyani Jarana, founder and chief executive of Ilitha, on connecting communities and building opportunity through his venture.

via Radio 702

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via (So) How’s Business? | African Women Entrepreneurs

I Downsized on Purpose: 15 Years of Lessons from a Kenyan Bridal Designer

Ogake Mosomi, founder of Ogake Bridal, shares fifteen years of lessons from building a Kenyan bridal-design business, including why she deliberately downsized to survive.

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He made Millions Selling Replicas | Thabani Kubheka

On The Founders Lab, Thabani Kubheka recounts making millions selling replica goods, tracing the sourcing, pricing and risk decisions that turned a grey-market hustle into real revenue.

via CREATIVE LABS AFRICA

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How to Build a Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Business in Nigeria

On The Adventures, Dr Freeman Osonuga shares his blueprint for building a multi-million dollar real estate business in Nigeria, switching careers and leveraging sales to build wealth.

via Adventures

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How He Turned Car Content Into a Multi-Million Deal Network| Lookie63

On Financially Incorrect, Lookie63 recounts starting with roughly a thousand dollars importing small car accessories into Kenya and growing it into a multi-million automotive deal network.

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Ep 1: Building a Business from Pure Creativity with Heritage Challenge Winner Tshepo Mas!

Heritage Challenge winner Tshepo Mas recounts turning street inspiration from Parys into a design on over a million boxes, building a nationally recognised creative enterprise.

via takealot.com

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via Africa Tech Space - ATS

He Started with a Cyber Café in Kericho. Look Where It Led

On Ideas That Move, John Gitau traces his path from a cyber cafe in Kericho to executive chair and CEO of Africa Tech Space, reflecting on entrepreneurship and leadership.

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Ex Glencore Engineer Started 2 Mines: Coal and Chrome. Funding, Acquiring Land, Licences.

On Entrepreneurs Chat, ex-Glencore engineer Shaka Prince Mulaudzi explains starting coal and chrome mines, from raising funding to acquiring land and getting into production.

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Bloomberg Top 25 Founder: Africa Has Enough Small Businesses

On Term Sheet Tapes, Kevin Mutiso explains how he is giving Kenya's two million boda boda riders scale and a seat on the cap table of his company.

via Louis Furtwaengler

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Ex Sars Auditor Built 7 Businesses: Mining, Logistics, Plant Hire, Shuttles, Property Rentals

A former SARS auditor describes building seven businesses across mining, logistics, plant hire, shuttles and property rentals, and how one skill set carried him from audit into diversified ownership.

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Paul Onwuanibe, CEO of Landmark, on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Landmark chief executive Paul Onwuanibe delivers a keynote on the future of entrepreneurship in Africa, drawing on building the Lagos leisure and property group into a recognised brand.

via YellowLyfe HQ

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via Norges Bank Investment Management

Aliko Dangote: Building Africa's industrial future from the ground up | Podcast

Nicolai Tangen interviews Aliko Dangote on growing a small Lagos trading firm into Africa's largest industrial group, spanning cement, fertiliser and refining, and the bets behind that expansion.

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Episode 198|Ramachandran Ottapathu On Wealth, Botswana’s Economy & Building Choppies...

Ramachandran Ottapathu discusses wealth, Botswana's economy and building Choppies, the supermarket chain he grew into one of Southern Africa's largest home-grown retailers.

via Overview Radio

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Africa's Banking Tycoon: How Michiel Le Roux Built a Multi Billion Dollar Empire.

A profile of Michiel Le Roux, the entrepreneur who founded Capitec and built a multi-billion-dollar banking business by rethinking how ordinary South Africans bank.

via Politically African

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He Dropped Out of High School... Then Made His First Million in Real Estate

A high-school dropout, Mhlonishwa Winston Kunene, describes making his first million in South African real estate before thirty, and the unconventional route that got him into property.

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Title:From Lobatse to Tech Leader

TOK Afrika follows Kenneth's journey from Lobatse to becoming a Botswana tech leader, drawing out how he built a business around innovation and artificial intelligence.

via TOK AFRIKA

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via The Ghanaian Farmer TV

From UK banker to agribusiness pioneer in Ghana || She Shares Her Success Story

On The Ghanaian Farmer, Eden Tree CEO Catherine Krobo-Edusei tells how she left a UK banking career to build one of Ghana's most respected agribusiness brands.

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The King of Nairobi’s Book Trade: The Man Resurrecting African Literature

Sango Insights profiles the founder of Nuria Bookshop, who turned twenty shillings into a literary business putting African stories back into readers' hands, from North Eastern Kenya to Nairobi.

via Sango Insights

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How He Escaped Poverty to Build a Multi-Million Rand Business

On Entrepreneurs Chat, Legends Barber founder Sheldon Tatchell shares a raw account of escaping poverty to build a multi-million rand barbershop business across South Africa.

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via The Tony Elumelu Foundation

TEF Alumni Success Story: Alex Gathii, 2015 from Kenya

The Tony Elumelu Foundation profiles 2015 alumnus Alex Gathii of Kenya, on how training, a grant and skills transfer helped him build and grow his enterprise.

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Founders Uncovered Africa - Episode 13

Founders Uncovered Africa sits with serial entrepreneur Keji Giwa, founder of Giwa Gardens, on building multiple ventures and the lessons each business taught the next.

via GreenXmedia

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via Traffic Sales and Profit with Lamar Tyler

Vusi Thembekwayo: The Real Difference Between a Business Owner and a Founder

Investor Vusi Thembekwayo draws the line between a business owner and a founder, arguing what it takes to scale a company and build one that outlasts the person who started it.

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African tech titan Melvyn Lubega shares success story: Go1, Brics, Ramaphosa, G20, SA economy, GNU

Tech titan Melvyn Lubega shares the story of building Go1 into a global learning platform, reflecting on South Africa's growth, BRICS and what it takes to scale from the continent.

via SMWX

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Let's Discover Travels: From Covid Startup To Travel Empire

On Financially Incorrect, Let's Discover Travels co-founder Mutuku explains how a small COVID-lockdown idea grew into one of East Africa's busiest travel companies handling large bookings.

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via Advance Botswana with Spencer Mogapi

Inside BDC: In-Depth Interview with Managing Director Oteng Keabetswe

Advance Botswana interviews Botswana Development Corporation managing director Oteng Keabetswe on the state investor's role and the deals shaping the country's industrial base.

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Aliko Dangote: Refining Nigeria’s oil, helping Africa, and creating wealth

On Talk to Al Jazeera, Aliko Dangote calls his refinery the hardest challenge of his career, built so Nigeria can stop importing the fuel its state refineries failed to produce.

via Al Jazeera English

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via CEO East Africa Magazine

How Grace Muliisa Doubled Ecobank Uganda's Assets to UGX 1.27 Tn

CEO East Africa Magazine examines how Grace Muliisa doubled Ecobank Uganda's assets to 1.27 trillion shillings, drawing out the leadership decisions behind the turnaround.

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via CEO East Africa Magazine

LXL East Africa S1:E1 with Fabian Kasi, MD Centenary Bank (U) Ltd

On League of Extraordinary Leaders, CEO East Africa Magazine's Muhereza Kyamutetera hosts Fabian Kasi, credited with transforming Centenary Bank Uganda, in a masterclass on purpose and legacy.

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Leadership and the future of African banking

On GNTALKS, a CRDB Bank Group leader discusses leadership and the future of African banking, giving a boardroom read on where the continent's lenders are heading.

via Gulf News

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The Ernest Ndukwe One (Part 1): Nigeria's Telecom Revolution

On One2One, MTN Nigeria chairman Dr Ernest Ndukwe, widely called the father of Nigerian telecoms, recounts the revolution that took the country from under 500,000 phone lines to over 80 million.

via ONE2ONE

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via UN SDG Action Campaign

Nzambi Matee | Founder | Gjenge Makers

UN SDG award winner Nzambi Matee, founder of Gjenge Makers, shows how she turns plastic waste into building materials, tackling pollution while creating green jobs for Kenyan youth.

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via The Headhunter Africa

The Headhunter Africa Interview with Mr. Martin Mugambi, CEO - Citi Bank Africa - Part 1

The Headhunter Africa interviews Citi's Africa chief executive Martin Mugambi on leading a global bank across the continent and the talent it takes to run the franchise.

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Coach Africa for Entrepreneurs Interview with Flora Mutahi (Kenya)

On Coach Africa, Kenyan entrepreneur Flora Mutahi describes acting on a deep restlessness after twenty-nine years in business, joining a coaching programme to reach her next level.

via Coach Africa

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via In Conversation with Trevor

Dr Lance Mambondiani CEO of BancABC Zimbabwe, In Conversation with Trevor

In Conversation with Trevor, BancABC Zimbabwe chief executive Dr Lance Mambondiani talks through his leadership of the bank and the decisions behind navigating the country's economy.

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via Columbia Business School

Authentic Disruption in South Africa with CEO of Sygnia, Magda Wierzycka

Sygnia co-founder and CEO Magda Wierzycka, in conversation at Columbia Business School, recounts her path from Polish immigrant to business magnate and her stand against corruption.

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Philosophy of Simba Group: An Exclusive Interview with Business Leader Patrick Bitature

Patrick Bitature, chairman of the East African Simba Group, lays out the operating philosophy behind one of the region's leading diversified business houses.

via Marcopolis Net

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Billionaire Dangote's Guide to Being a Successful Businessman

Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest person and founder of Dangote Industries, tells the David Rubenstein show what he believes it takes to succeed in building a business at scale.

via Bloomberg Television

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Bonang Mohale Hits Out at the Leadership Crisis in SA

Business Leadership South Africa CEO Bonang Mohale speaks out on the leadership crisis and corruption, framing business as the catalyst for change in a hard-hitting address.

via BLSA Official

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Change Maker 46 - Esther Mwaniki, Founder & CEO - Lapid Leaders Africa

Esther Mwaniki explains founding Lapid Leaders Africa in 2014 to develop young leaders, a short profile of a changemaker building the continent's next generation of talent.

via Ibua Africa

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Moneyweb Business Leadership Episode 3 - Terry Volkwyn Interview

Moneyweb profiles Primedia Broadcasting chief executive Terry Volkwyn, regarded as one of South Africa's standout media leaders, on the decisions that defined her tenure.

via Moneyweb

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Aliko Dangote: Africa's richest man

On Talk to Al Jazeera, Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest businessman, reflects on job creation, success and the opportunities the continent offers those willing to build.

via Al Jazeera English

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