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Cofundie: Crowdfunding affordable homes built with alternative materials
In this episode meet Chukwuemeka Ndukwe (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chukwuemeka-ndukwe-7a71baab/?originalSubdomain=ng), co-founder of Cofundie (https://www.cofundie.com/), a real estate platform operating in Ghana and Nigeria. When we interviewed Emeka back in 2019 they were just about to fund their first project and deliver their proof of concept for crowdfunding real estate projects implemented with alternative materials such as rammed earth.
In the interview Emeka shares:
Why traditional real estate investors in West Africa aren't meeting the housing need and why he moved back in with his parents after college
How he combined becoming an entrepreneur and formal skill acquisition and how that has helped his company
And why before launching Cofundie he interviewed and talked with about a thousand people about what they wanted to do
We also talked about what his advice for young Nigerians is and why helping others to generate more income was a key takeaway he had learned that helped him to build Cofundie.
Of course, since our interview Cofundie has come a long way and expanded its services from crowdfunding property deals to managing units across marketplaces such as Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia as well as property management services.
There is a lot of gold in this interview from the beginning times of Cofundie and I hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did.
And now, without further ado, enter Emeka.
14 Dec 2022
Eat.Drink.Lagos: From Food Blog, to Festival to Event Tech Company with Nosa and Folayemi
In this episode, meet Nosa Oyegun (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nosakhare-oyegun-267a5a11) and Folayemi Agusto (https://www.linkedin.com/in/folayemiagusto/), the Co- Founders of EatDrinkLagos (https://www.eatdrinklagos.com/), a food website that allows residents and visitors in Lagos to find places to eat and drink, and find information about Nigerian food, including restaurant reviews and articles.
Eat Drink Lagos also organizes food festivals in Lagos and Abuja that promote culinary talents such as mixologists, bartenders, professional and hobby chefs and they created an event ticketing system called tix.africa (https://tix.africa/) that is specifically tailored for small businesses after they noticed how cumbersome it was to sell tickets for their events.
In the interview Nosa and Folly share:
How they transitioned from 9 to 5 into running their own business
How the business has evolved from a simple media website, to an event business and then an event tech company
And what challenges they faced on their journey.
They also talk about the strategies that they used to finance their venture and what their advice for young Nigerians is.
There is a lot of gold in this interview and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
1 Oct 2022
WeMove Technologies: Building Technology for Transportation in Nigeria with Chima Ezeokoye
In this episode, meet Chima Ezeokoye (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chima-ezeokoye/), co-founder at WeMove Technologies (https://www.wemove.co/), a Tech Startup Building Solutions for Mobility and Transportation in Nigeria, including the possibility to hire agricultural equipment, cars, busses, trucks etc.
In the interview Chima shares...
What his personal learning journey was from his first beginnings in business to becoming co-founder of the startup.
How the idea for WeMove Technologies was piloted by his co-founder after a friend requested transport from him to move family to another state for a wedding
What challenges the business faced and overcame
And what his advice to young Nigerians is.
He also shares why he describes himself as the guy that goes around, shakes peoples hands and smiles and how pricing happens on the WeMove platform.
There is a lot of gold in this interview and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. And now without further ado, enter Chima Ezeokoye.
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