Spotlight: Insights

Through interviews and expert commentary, we connect you with the founders, executives, investors, and industry specialists who are building companies, making deals, and driving change across the continent. From emerging entrepreneurs sharing lessons learned to seasoned leaders offering strategic perspectives, these conversations provide the human context behind the trends — authentic insights about the real challenges and opportunities of doing business in African markets.

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How Tosin Eniolorunda built Nigeria’s largest business payments platform

In a prescient 2022 interview, Tosin Eniolorunda outlined the exact strategy that would make his company Nigeria's newest billion-dollar startup two years later.

September 2025
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What Okra’s final interview reveals about startup strategy in African markets

A February 2025 panel discussion with the then-CEO of Nigerian open banking platform Okra now reads as a jolting preview of the startup's shutdown months later.

September 2025
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The hero of home services: A conversation with Eden Life’s Nadayar Enegesi

Eden Life, a Nigerian home services platform is improving quality of life for African consumers. Watch our conversation with Eden Life's CEO on launching the company, scaling it, and what comes next.

April 2023
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The challenges women leaders face in Africa’s tech ecosystem

An expert panel of founder/CEOs provides insight, commentary, & analysis on the challenges women leaders face across Africa's tech ecosystem & opportunities that may be overlooked.

March 2023
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The rise of earned wage access across Africa, explained by leading founders

An expert panel of founders provides insight, commentary, & analysis on the rise of earned wage access across Africa in this Afridigest Thought Circle.

December 2022
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Kippa’s Duke Ekezie-Joseph on digitizing Africa’s MSME sector

The President & Co-Founder of Nigerian fintech platform Kippa shares thoughts on Africa's MSME sector, the company's business model, key opportunities & risks ahead, and the impact of the market downturn on African startups.

October 2022