Today Africa Podcast

Karabo Motsamai, founder of Walker Solar Bakery in Lesotho, is proving that African innovation can begin with what a community already has: sunlight, creativity, and the courage to solve local problems.

After graduating in 2023, Karabo combined solar technology, food science, and metalwork to build a solar parabolic cooker that can bake bread using the power of the sun. His goal is bigger than selling loaves. He wants to create jobs, reduce dependence on fuel and electricity, promote clean cooking, and bring affordable fresh bread to communities affected by unemployment and climate challenges.

In this interview, Karabo shares how he started Walker Solar Bakery with limited capital, the challenges of running a sun-powered business, how his solar cooker works, why clean cooking matters in rural communities, and what African entrepreneurs can learn from his journey.

This is a story of resilience, renewable energy, youth entrepreneurship, and the power of using local resources to create meaningful change.

In an era where Africa is often discussed more than it is understood, Johnny Muteba is building institutions designed to shift the conversation, from dependency to ownership, and from political freedom to economic power.

Based in Johannesburg, Muteba operates at the intersection of commerce, technology, and culture, driven by a belief that Africa’s next liberation must be economic.

After a pivotal conversation with African students struggling to transition from the classroom to the workforce, he founded the Pan-African Chamber of Commerce. Years later, he launched Sankofa University, a digital-first, Afrocentric institution designed to prepare a new generation of African builders.

Discover how Adanna Ukabi pivoted from architecture to fashion and launched ADANNA, a made-to-order fashion brand focused on tailored fit and bold, artistic design.

In this interview, Adanna shares her design philosophy, the architectural principles behind her fashion creations, and how structure, silhouettes, and intentionality shape every made-to-order piece.

Learn how ADANNA celebrates women’s empowerment, self-assurance, and bold storytelling through fashion.

From Lagos to New York and the UK, Adanna talks about building a sustainable fashion brand, connecting with the global African luxury market, and crafting a community of strong, decisive women.

Explore the intersection of architecture, fashion design, African luxury, and creative leadership in this inspiring conversation.

Discover the real story behind Tweakrr, the AI referencing tool transforming academic writing.

In this interview, Kamil-Bello Furqan shares how a last-minute research meltdown pushed him to create a solution that now supports students, researchers, and universities around the world. 

He talks about the struggle of citations, the frustration of lost documents, and the surprising moment he realized this wasn’t just his problem but a global one.

You’ll hear how Tweakrr works, why it reduces plagiarism, and the marketing strategies helping it spread through campuses in Nigeria, Iceland, and beyond. 

If you’re into academic writing, AI tools, edtech startups, entrepreneurship, or research productivity, this video gives you a front-row seat.

Discover how Victoria Olabode transformed a childhood crisis into a thriving agricultural movement with Fovic Empire in Plateau State, Nigeria.

From surviving hunger during the 2010 Jos conflict to building an agricultural movement, Victoria shares her journey of resilience, innovation, and climate-smart farming.

Learn about her approach to agribusiness, farmer training, sustainable agriculture, biochar application, and creating inclusive opportunities for women and the physically challenged.

Dive into the journey of Richard Afolabi, a tech entrepreneur reshaping how Africans connect with their history.
In this interview, Richard discusses his work with Bekkah AI and CYSTADS, revolutionary platforms using artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and augmented reality to preserve African heritage, culture, and identity.
Learn how Richard helps Africans in the diaspora and across the continent reclaim their stories, build family trees, and rediscover their ancestral roots through innovative tech solutions.
Discover:
1. How CYSTADS uses AI tools to recreate ancestor images, voices, and immersive historical experiences.
2. The role of technology in preserving African languages, traditions, and history.
3. Richard’s journey from raising $10 million for an agritech firm to building impactful tech solutions for Africa.
4. Why memory and history are Africa’s greatest resources for future growth and self-determination.
If you’re interested in African heritage tech, ancestry apps, AI-driven storytelling, or innovations in African history preservation, this is a must-listen.

Niza Aritha Zulu, a young Zambian entrepreneur, is revolutionizing fish farming in Zambia with AI and IoT.

Through her startup, Bio Green Technology, Niza combines smart devices, real-time water monitoring, and an innovative app to help fish farmers improve yields, reduce feed waste, and make data-driven decisions.

Learn how this youth-driven startup is making aquaculture more sustainable, affordable, and efficient across Zambia and beyond.

Ideal for fish farmers, agritech enthusiasts, and anyone interested in technology transforming African agriculture.  

Ugandan activist Joan Kembabazi shares her deeply personal fight to end child marriage in Africa and keep girls in classrooms instead of being forced into early marriages. 

After losing her childhood best friend to a forced marriage at 13, Joan founded the Gufasha Girls Foundation, a grassroots organization empowering girls through education, leadership training, menstrual health programs, and community advocacy.  

In this emotional and inspiring interview, she opens up about her journey from personal tragedy to national impact, challenging cultural norms, confronting community leaders, and mentoring the next generation of African girls.

Joan also explains how poverty, climate change, and gender inequality intertwine to fuel child marriage, and how local partnerships are changing that story one girl at a time.  

If you believe every girl deserves to dream, learn, and lead, this story will move you.

#endchildmarriage #uganda #childmarriageinafrica

Meet Emmanuel Osemudiame, a second-generation health professional on a mission to fix one of Nigeria’s biggest problems, the broken emergency response system.

In this episode, he shares how his startup, Salvus Emergency, is using technology, data, and partnerships to help Nigerians get life-saving care within minutes, just through a simple phone call or USSD code. 

From childhood memories in his mother’s clinic to building one of Africa’s most promising healthtech and emergency response platforms, Emmanuel talks about the personal tragedies that inspired him, the challenges of bootstrapping a startup, and why he believes “seconds matter between life and death.” 

Listen to this full conversation to learn how Salvus is transforming emergency healthcare in Nigeria, empowering citizens to act fast, and bridging the gap between hospitals, ambulances, and responders across Africa.

Tigist Kebede, co-founder and Operations Director of Habeshaview TV, joins Today Africa Podcast to share her bold vision for taking Ethiopian cinema global. 

In this exclusive conversation, Tigist discusses how Habeshaview, Ethiopia’s first major streaming platform, is transforming African storytelling, supporting local filmmakers, and reshaping global perceptions of Ethiopia through authentic Ethiopian films, culture, and history. 

Discover how Tigist and her team built a media company from scratch, sustained it for 10 years, and are now pioneering international distribution for Ethiopian creative content. 

She also opens up about the challenges of film financing, production quality, and the mission to make Ethiopian stories reach international festivals and streaming audiences worldwide. 

Listen and learn how Tigist Kebede is putting Ethiopian cinema on the global map through innovation, culture, and storytelling.

Discover how Alfi Oloo, a Product Designer at Yoco and founder of The Ordinary Group, built a successful career in design without a university degree. 

In this inspiring interview, Alfi shares his journey from struggling in school to breaking into UX and product design through mentorship, freelancing, and portfolio building. 

He reveals why creativity, mentorship, and real-world experience often outweigh formal qualifications, especially in Africa’s growing tech and fintech industries. 

If you’ve ever wondered how to become a product designer without a degree, this video will give you practical advice, mindset shifts, and motivation to start your journey.

Meet Dr. Gozie Ezeh, a Nigerian medical doctor and founder of SweetMom and Funds for Impact, who is on a mission to transform maternal and infant healthcare across Africa. 

Through SweetMom, Dr. Ezeh provides support, education, and community for new moms—helping them prevent infant mortality, overcome maternal depression, and thrive in motherhood. 

In this inspiring podcast, he shares: 

1. Why he started SweetMom to save babies’ lives and support first-time mothers. 

2. How misinformation and cultural beliefs affect maternal and infant health. 

3. The role of fathers in supporting mothers. 

4. The biggest challenges new moms face in Nigeria and Africa. 

5. How Funds for Impact helps nonprofits and startups access funding to create lasting change. 

With Nigeria recording 500,000 infant deaths yearly, Dr. Gozie Ezeh is showing how healthcare, education, and community can save lives and empower mothers.  

Watch learn to podcast to learn more about his journey, the vision for SweetMom.

South African entrepreneur Nonhlanhla Shembe shares how she built Rizepreneur, a growing digital ecosystem helping small businesses get seen, be online, and become profitable.

From marketplaces and gig platforms to affordable business directories, Rizepreneur was created to solve one pain point: visibility for grassroots entrepreneurs.

In this video, Nonhlanhla explains:

• Why she believes visibility is a currency for small businesses

• How Rizepreneur helps startups list products, book services, and be found on Google

• Simple steps to grow from kitchen-table ideas to an online storefront

• Lessons on bootstrapping, pricing products, and building resilience as a founder

• Insights into South Africa’s digital commerce trends and her vision to expand Rizepreneur across Africa

If you’re a South African small business owner, startup founder, or aspiring entrepreneur, this interview is packed with practical advice on visibility, growth, and thriving in the digital economy.

Discover the inspiring story of Hortense Mbea, founder and creative director of Afropian, a Pan-African fashion brand she calls her “love letter to Africa.”

From her multicultural upbringing in the U.S., Europe, and Congo Brazzaville to building Afropian in Ethiopia, Hortense shares her powerful journey of reconnecting with Africa, celebrating African excellence, and changing the global narrative about the continent.

In this interview, Hortense talks about:

1. Why she created Afropian to tell Africa’s stories of beauty, heritage, and creativity

2. How artisans from 15 African countries bring her designs to life

3. Lessons she’s learned as an African woman entrepreneur

4. What sustainability means beyond materials—preserving culture, stories, and communities

5. Why her motto is “Wear Africa Proudly” and how it inspires Africans to embrace local fashion

6. How she became one of the first African designers to create an AI fashion film

7. The role of travel, storytelling, and networking in growing her brand globally

Whether you’re passionate about African fashion, entrepreneurship, culture, or sustainability, this is a story that will inspire you to see Africa through a lens of pride and possibility.  

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Discover how Amina Asu-Beks, founder of Prizeless, is transforming the way Nigerians shop online with an AI-powered price comparison tool that helps users save money, maximize budgets, and find the best deals. 

In this interview, Amina shares her entrepreneurial journey, from growing up in Lagos and understanding the importance of budgeting, to building Prizeless into a platform designed for the 99% of price-sensitive shoppers in Nigeria.  

Learn how Prizeless:

1. Compares prices across top Nigerian e-commerce platforms (Jumia, Konga, Kaiglo & more) 

2. Helps shoppers maximize their budgets with smart AI shopping assistance 

3. Protects users from fake sellers with a strict vetting process 

4. Provides visibility for smaller e-commerce stores competing with big players 

Amina also talked about:  

1. How she validated the Nigerian market for Prizeless 

2. The challenges of building during high inflation

3. Organic growth strategies that got 1,000+ early signups without ads 

4. Her biggest lessons as an entrepreneur and advice for aspiring founders  

If you’re interested in e-commerce in Nigeria, AI shopping tools, startup stories, or how technology is reshaping African consumer behavior, this video is for you.  

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After experiencing 8 miscarriages and battling PCOS, hormonal imbalance, and infertility, Sarah Olagoke turned her pain into purpose.

She founded Tersly Foods, a Nigerian agro-processing company creating healthy, affordable, and nutrient-dense food products that support family wellness and women’s reproductive health and also Bloom Women Initiative.

In this inspiring interview, Sarah shares:

1. Why her health struggles and infertility journey led to building a food brand.

2. How Tersly Foods produces healthy alternatives like bean flour, rice flour, and sorghum blends for PCOS diets, gluten-free lifestyles, and family nutrition.

3. The story behind the Bloom Woman Initiative, providing free reproductive health education, PCOS awareness, and medical outreach to underserved women in Nigeria

4. Lessons on entrepreneurship, resilience, and women's empowerment in Africa.

This is more than a story about food. It’s about faith, resilience, women’s health, and building a business with impact.

Divine Idokoh is already juggling roles as the co-founder of ValleyBee, the COO of Livestocx, and even a UI/UX designer by night.

From a chance encounter on a maize farm to building a tech-driven solution that protects bees and boosts food security, Divine’s journey is proof that innovation can come from curiosity and a passion to solve problems.

In this interview, she shares how ValleyBee is tackling food insecurity, empowering farmers with smart beekeeping technology, and her vision to reduce Nigeria’s dependence on imported honey.

Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a student balancing big dreams, or curious about how tech can transform agriculture, this story will inspire you to think differently.

Stay tuned as we dive into Divine’s journey of turning challenges into opportunities and building solutions that matter.

Adanne Uche, founder/CEO of Ady’s Agro Processing Limited, started her entrepreneurial journey not with a grand plan, but through restlessness, experimentation, and a strong desire to stay active while raising her children.

A graduate of Foreign Languages and Literature from the University of Port Harcourt, she ventured into business after the birth of her first child in 2012. Her first three businesses began with passion but ended due to a lack of structure, sustainability, or shifting market trends. Despite the setbacks, she kept moving forward.

In 2016, she founded Ady’s Agro Processing, a nutrition-based food processing company in Lagos. What started as a simple shopping service for friends evolved into a business addressing real gaps in the market, offering healthy, preservative-free local ingredients.

In this interview with Today Africa, Adanne Uche opens up about her entrepreneurial journey - sharing lessons from failure, navigating cash flow in Nigeria’s tough economy, uncovering market needs by simply listening, and how women can build lasting brands starting with nothing but their name and integrity.

Born and raised in the small town of Kwiha in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Fana Haregot is a chemical engineer, marketing professional, and entrepreneur who turned her childhood struggles into a mission-driven enterprise.  

Today, as the founder and CEO of Fana Hygiene Solutions, she leads a growing social enterprise that produces affordable, eco-friendly hygiene products designed to serve underserved communities.  

Fana Haregot shared with Today Africa the story of Fana Hygiene Solutions and how it all began.

Márcia Dima is founder of N’toko Organic Lda, a startup dedicated to adding value to solid waste through the production of biofertilizers and organic compost.

Through N’toko, she is promoting sustainable agricultural practices and advancing the circular economy in Mozambique, transforming waste into value and fostering environmental awareness at the community level.

Marcia Dima shared with Today Africa the story of N'toko Organic and how it all began.

Join Mercy Obidake, founder of MO Media, as she shares her inspiring journey of building a successful media company from scratch. From overcoming challenges to achieving milestones, Mercy opens up about her experiences, insights, and lessons learned along the way. Get ready for honest conversations, valuable advice, and behind-the-scenes stories from a media entrepreneur who's making waves in the industry.

Kobusingye Mackline, the Founder and Executive Director of VitalCare Connect, dedicated to improving maternal and infant healthcare for underserved pregnant women and infants in rural Uganda.

Through mobile clinics, she ensures essential healthcare reaches remote areas. Her outstanding work earned her recognition as a winner in the 2023 Savvy Fellowship Program.

With a Social Sciences degree and life coaching certification, Kobusingye Mackline's expertise empowers underserved communities for healthier lives.

Kobusingye Mackline shared with Today Africa about her entrepreneurial journey.

Shalom Bamigboye is the co-founder/CEO of Entobo, an Integrated Experience Platform (IXP) designed to empower companies to build and maintain lasting customer relationships and deliver service with ease.
By blending his expertise in privacy and business strategy, Entobo is positioned to help companies achieve seamless customer interactions.
Shalom is an accomplished entrepreneur and recognized information privacy expert with a passion for driving business growth and innovation. With a proven track record in building and restructuring IT businesses, he helps them achieve optimal efficiency, compliance, and scalability.
Shalom Bamigboye shared with Today Africa about his entrepreneurial journey.

Sesi Twala is the founder of Shine For Hope Developers (S4HD), a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering holistic growth and empowerment within the community.
Their initiatives encompass education, technology, arts and cultural performance, sports, and nutrition. Through their after-school program, they provide academic support, access to technology, and opportunities for creative expression in arts and culture.
Their comprehensive approach aims to nurture well-rounded individuals, equipping them with the tools and support needed to thrive academically, socially, and physically.
Sesi Twala shared with Today Africa about her entrepreneurial journey.