Minding Your Business Africa

About Minding Your Business Africa

Created to amplify the stories of African business owners, founders and creators, Minding Your Business Africa helps propel African entrepreneurs on their journey towards achieving success and standing out in the crowded marketplace. Hosted by Fola Folayan, Minding Your Business Africa covers a variety of essential business topics such as leadership, online marketing, business management and branding.

Publisher

Fola Folayan - Africa Talks Network

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

7 Jan 2025

Latest episode

23 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

3 of 19 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Lanre Lawal: The Music Executive Rebuilding Public School Libraries

   Host Fola Folayan interviews music executive Lanre Lawal about his journey rebuilding Nigerian public school libraries through the Lanre Lawal Library Project.

2. 

   20 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Christian Ngabo - Building The Future Of Commerce In Rwanda

   Host Christian Ngabo shares his journey building Rwanda's e-commerce future with the Isokko App, creating jobs and solving daily commerce challenges.

3. 

   8 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Christopher Williams: From Corporate Success to Courageous Leadership

   Host interviews Christopher O. H. Williams, exploring his journey from corporate success to courageous leadership and empowering young Africans.

4. 

   29 Jan 2026

   How Suo Chapele Found Her Voice Through Sports & Media

   Host Fola Folayan interviews Chief Suo Chapele, a trailblazer in African sports media, about her journey and how she found her voice in a male-dominated industry.

5. 

   21 Dec 2025

   Building A Successful Food Brand: The SoFreshNG Story

   Olagoke Balogun, co-founder and CEO of So Fresh Nigeria, shares his journey building a trusted healthy food brand through patience, systems, and market learning in this interview.

6. 

   4 Dec 2025

   From Radio Voice to CEO: Aissa Cyiza is Leading Rwanda’s Airwaves

   Host Fola interviews Aissa Cyiza, CEO of Royal FM, about her inspiring transition from radio personality to business leader and her vision for Rwandan broadcasting.

7. 

   12 Nov 2025

   How Waithera Wambugu Is Driving Africa's Clean Tech Revolution

   Host Fola interviews Dr. Waithera Wambugu, a Kenyan scientist, about merging motorsport and clean tech to drive Africa's sustainable future and foster inclusive innovation.

8. 

   30 Oct 2025

   YorubaChic: Preserving Heritage, One Post at a Time

   Host [Host Name] interviews cultural advocate Oyindamola Abbatty, popularly known as YorubaChic, about her digital movement preserving Yoruba heritage and challenging stereotypes online.

9. 

   16 Oct 2025

   Learning Kinyarwanda, Learning Rwanda With Shema Reagan

   Host [Host Name] interviews Kinyarwanda teacher Shema Reagan about how learning the language unlocks a deeper understanding of Rwandan culture and identity.

10. 

    2 Oct 2025

    Nigel Mugamu: The Accountant Who Became A Storyteller

    Host interviews Zimbabwean media entrepreneur Nigel Mugamu about his transformative journey from accountant to storyteller and the impact of 263Chat.

11. 

    22 Sept 2025

    Activism Meets Politics: Yvonne Mpambara’s Fight for Inclusive Leadership

    What happens when activism meets politics? In this episode of Minding Your Business Africa, Ugandan lawyer, activist, and presidential contender Yvonne Mpambara shares her journey from grassroots advocacy to national politics. She talks about breaking barriers for women, empowering youth, and her bold vision for an inclusive Uganda.

12. 

    12 Sept 2025

    Can Young Africans Truly Shape National Policy?

    Ebenezer Wikina went from Port Harcourt with just a basic phone to influencing global policy conversations. In this episode, he shares how he built Policy Shapers, led the Reform IELTS campaign, and why he believes young Africans hold the key to shaping the continent’s future.

13. 

    3 Sept 2025

    Liboi: Music, Culture and The Fight For Representation

    Liboi grew up in Nairobi’s Kariobangi North, turning her experiences into powerful music that blends tradition with modern sounds. In this episode, she shares her journey as an artivist, using her voice to champion culture, social change, and mental health.

14. 

    24 Aug 2025

    Ayo Adams' Journey to Cultural Storytelling

    In this episode, I sit down with Ayo Adams — a Nigerian filmmaker, and digital creator whose work explores culture, identity, and social change. From his childhood in Ibadan to studying Theatre Arts and carving out a space as a culture influencer, Ayo shares his journey of creativity, self-discovery, and impact.

15. 

    16 Aug 2025

    What Does Theatre In Uganda Need?

    In this episode of Minding Your Business Africa, I speak with Ugandan theatre pioneer Philip Luswata. From his work in films like Queen of Katwe to founding Theatre Factory and creating community spaces like Wava Theatre, Luswata has spent over 20 years shaping Uganda’s arts and theatre scene. He shares his journey, the lessons he’s learned, and why theatre remains at the center of his life and work.

16. 

    7 Jan 2025

    Building An Exceptional E-Commerce Brand; The Shoepify Experience

    In September 2016, Omowunmi Kolawole founded founded Shoepify (https://twitter.com/shoepify), an e-commerce fashion retail store, targeted at working women who want to be fashionable without having to break the bank. By offering quality fashion products at a relatively low cost, Shoepify has captured an attractive number of cost-driven online shoppers On this episode, Omowunmi talked about her passion for retail, the challenges she faced while building Shoepify, her triumphs and her vision for the brand's future.

17. 

    7 Jan 2025

    Farida Kabir: Inspiring African Women In Tech and Finance

    Farida Kabir is an exceptional manager with a wealth of experience across various sectors. With over a decade of expertise in both the private and public spheres, as well as the international development arena, Farida has truly left her mark on the world of tech Currently serving as the Group Head of Growth and Brand at Sudo Africa, Farida spearheads the expansion of the company's innovative products throughout sub-Saharan Africa across their group of companies. Her recent appointment to this position follows her role as a digital development consultant with the World Bank Group's Digital Development Global Practice, where she made a significant impact on the global stage. Beyond her professional endeavors, Farida is deeply committed to mentoring and empowering young girls and women. Her passion lies in utilizing technology as a conscious tool to uplift socio-economic development in developing countries, particularly in her home country, Nigeria. In areas like healthcare and governance, Farida envisions harnessing technology's potential to improve service delivery and promote transparency. Farida's groundbreaking contributions have not gone unnoticed, as she has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, both locally and internationally. In 2016, she received special recognition from the former French President, François Hollande, for her pioneering strides in Health Technology, making her the sole Nigerian among five distinguished Africans to be honored. In July 2022, Farida's expertise and vision led to her appointment as the Head of Growth at Nigerian fintech powerhouse, Sudo Africa. This dynamic startup, set its sights on conquering new markets under Farida's leadership. In this episode, we dive into Farida Kabir's driving force and motivations, her successful growth strategies, and her empowering leadership approach. Additionally, we explore the crucial role of women in tech, a subject close to Farida's heart, as she continues to blaze a trail for women in tech.

18. 

    7 Jan 2025

    Travelling Africa With Katchie Nzama

    In 2017,South African media personality and travel blogger, Katchie Nzama, also known as The Solo Wanderer, backpacked from Capetown South Africa to Cairo Egypt, on her own It took her six months to travel across 21 countries in a trip she tagged #BreakingBorders. Since then she has visited 35 of Africa’s 54 countries. Following Katchie’s work through her very active social platforms, Her life sometimes looks like one big vacation and talking to her, she has stories for days. But Travel is more than a vacation for Katchie. It’s about helping Africans travel and explore the continent in affordable ways, promoting community based travel and finding ways for tourism to benefit African communities. On this episode of Minding Your Business Africa, Katchie talks about promoting intra-African travel and how important it is, to document our stories and our journeys from our perspective.

19. 

    7 Jan 2025

    Introduction

Inside a recent episode

Lanre Lawal: The Music Executive Rebuilding Public School Libraries

Published 23 Jul 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There is such thing as a monotechnic? Yeah, so like... School that's concentrated on a particular subject. So NIJ, they focus on journalism. So everything you study would be around... That's the Nigerian Institute of Journalism. So I had to go to NIJ and then after NIJ, now do this course here, that course there. You're practically just educating yourself along the way. So reading, I had no choice but to read. So books have really helped me grow in the way my mind works, the curiosity that I have inside of me. I believe all of that were because of the books that I have, because I read books. I identify that there are kids like me too. you know who might not have or who were like the way i was when i you know when i was younger they didn't have the access they didn't have the the book or the the books yeah you know to read And some might not even have a father like I had, like my own father. […]

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• Lanre Lawal
• Christian Ngabo
• Christopher O H Williams
• Suo Chapele
• Olagoke Balogun

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