African Business Stories

About African Business Stories

African Business Stories is the go-to podcast for insights into the women shaping Africa’s business landscape. Africa is one of the world’s most promising frontiers for growth and innovation—and women are at the heart of this transformation. Hosted by Akaego Okoye, this podcast spotlights female entrepreneurs who are breaking barriers, scaling businesses, and driving economic development across the continent. Through bold conversations, we explore funding, scaling strategies, digital transformation, and industry innovations—equipping you with insights, practical tools, and inspiration to navigate your own entrepreneurial journey. When women win, economies thrive. These stories amplify success, challenge narratives, and create a blueprint for the next generation of female leaders in Africa and beyond. Subscribe now and be part of the movement to champion women in business!

Publisher

Akaego Okoye

Category

business · business · news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Feb 2020

Latest episode

3 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

3 of 65 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   3 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi: Co-founder and COO Rivy - Hard Stops, Bold Restarts: Rebuilding After Setbacks

   Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi, co-founder of Rivy, shares her entrepreneurial journey and the resilience required to rebuild after setbacks in the African business landscape in this interview.

2. 

   13 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Kudzayi Hove: Co-Founder & CEO, Amayi Foods - From Private Equity to Purpose in Africa’s Food Ecosystem

   Kudzayi Hove's entrepreneurial journey from Zimbabwe to Nigeria represents a masterclass in adapting, pivoting, and building with purpose in Africa's challenging business landscape. As co-founder and CEO of Amayi Foods, meaning "mother" in her native Shona language, Kudzayi and her co-founders have transformed what began as a passion for Ghanaian Shito sauce into a mission to reclaim value from African agricultural commodities. The path hasn't been straightforward. After leaving her finance ...

3. 

   15 Apr 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Kikelomo Fola-Ogunniya: CO-Founder, Cargoplug Logistics - From Car Trunks to Cargo Hubs: Building Proprietary Tech for Global Trade

   Kikelomo Fola-Ogunniya, co-founder of Cargoplug Logistics, discusses building proprietary technology to solve cross-border shipping challenges and connect African businesses to global markets in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi: Co-founder and COO Rivy - Hard Stops, Bold Restarts: Rebuilding After Setbacks

Published 3 Jun 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I set that up with the team, built the tenets of what that would look like, went back to grad school, then came back. And one of the best experiences I had was setting up the Teach for All network in Nigeria. Yeah, so I set up Teach for Nigeria with the CEO and founder at the time. The whole concept was how can we get more Nigerians who have great degrees, finish top of their class, how can we get them to give back to the education sector before maybe going off to many other things. Because one of the issues we had in Nigeria was just that death of quality teachers, unfortunately. And so I did that for two and a half, three years. […]

Who has been a guest on African Business Stories

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chioma Okotcha-Faloughi
• Kikelomo Fola-Ogunniya
• Sarah Dusek
• Banke Kuku
• Chilufya Mutale-Mwila

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

1,773

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

53

Social presence

94

YouTube

68

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.