MEJ: My Entrepreneurship Journey

About MEJ: My Entrepreneurship Journey

Lifuo Makhele engages in intimate conversations with entrepreneurs in Africa and beyond to learn about their entrepreneurial journeys. You will hear about their sapience, fearlessness, their perseverance and resilience. In each episode, these leaders share their personal entrepreneurship paths that were not easy but ultimately led to success, sometimes failure. All lessons.

Publisher

Lifuo Makhele

Category

arts · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Oct 2022

Latest episode

14 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

30 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Nov 2025

   Arjun P. Iyer: Alpha Direct. Accessible Insurance powered by AI

   Send us a text Growing up in a small town in Botswana during the 1980s, Arjun Parameswaran saw poverty not as a distant issue, but as a daily reality for the people around him. That experience left a lasting mark and cultivated a lifelong commitment to financial inclusion. With more than 95% of Africans lacking access to basic financial services, he set out to build a company that could challenge the status quo. His venture, Alpha Direct, reimagines what insurance can look like in Afric...

2. 

   20 Oct 2025

   Adrian Hope-Bailie: Fynbos Money

   Send us a text Adrian Hope-Bailie is a South African fintech specialist and Co-Founder of Fynbos Money. Fynbos Money has created a new investment platform for individuals that makes investing simple and accessible. They are disrupting the status quo, charging a fixed subscription fee rather than complex fees based on the size of an individual's investments. Their mission is to empower South Africans to feel confident in how they manage their money. Follow us on Twitter @mejpodcas...

3. 

   13 Oct 2025

   Thabo Maibi: Career Agent App

   Send us a text Thabo Maibi is a PhD Candidate in Data Science at Stellenbosch University and the Founder of the Career Agent App, a platform that helps people find jobs taylored to their skills and career goals. He is also the co-founder of Splash AI, a beauty tech platform that connects users with beauty professionals and sellers. Thabo's research and professional work focus on machine learning, deep learning and data-driven innovation. He has built impactful projects such as sma...

Reach and audience

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

Spotify

4.8 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 22 / 100

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

Quality

31

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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