Why did the home of running not make running shoes? Nava the co-founder of Enda Running explains
If you think about brands that different countries have, most people probably have two strong...
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Why did the home of running not make running shoes? Nava the co-founder of Enda Running explains
If you think about brands that different countries have, most people probably have two strong...
52:00
Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, why SunCulture can profitably sell to smallholder farmers
If you've been following The East Africa Business Podcast for a while, you might notice that most...
01:13:46
East Africa's first board game cafe, and why most Kenyans don't know how to play, with Bao Box
There are certain business models or concepts which seem to be universally popular. One big...
47:18
Move over Tesla, Opibus has a better way to get electric vehicles on African roads
We've got a very interesting interview this week, one that brings together using modern...
53:55
Relocating top African software developers to European tech teams, with Caspar Coding
An interesting heuristic you can think about when considering companies operating in East Africa...
32:43
Big retail CEO Daniel Githua explains the role of supermarkets formalising the East African economy
Some of the biggest and most visible players in any country are the supermarkets. They employ...
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Booming factory business. Tales of growth, expansion and toilet paper, from Darshan Chandaria
Manufacturing is one of the major value drivers in an economy. In this episode, I speak with...
48:38
An innovative construction material transforms Kenya's booming housing market, with Mburu Karanja
Housing in Africa is a huge problem. Every year millions more people arrive in cities and are...
43:48
How Busara Center's unintuitive behavioural insights bring clarity to the complex, with Chaning Jang
A lot of the interviews on The East Africa Business Podcast have been related to individual...
37:53
A "one for one" model delivering nutritious hot lunches for schoolchildren, with Wawira Njiru
Most people have somewhat underwhelming memories of school lunches. Bland, uninteresting food...
36:45
The social (and commercial) upsides of building an online parenting platform, with MumsVillage
One of the upsides of the internet is the ability to collect and store information that was...
33:42
How the "Distributed Economy" thesis could revolutionise how we think about Africa's development
This is a slightly different episode of The East Africa Business Podcast where we’ll be covering...
41:28
How many eggs can you fit in an Uber? A Nairobi egg dealer on overcoming micro-business challenges
One of the nice things about having a podcast is that it allows you to have conversations with...
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A sexy tech success story. How Africa's Talking equips African software developers with APIs
In this episode I speak with Bilha Ndirangu who is the CEO of one of Africa's most successful...
41:51
Moringa revisited: catching up with Audrey Cheng on the coding school's international expansion
In this episode, I catch up with Audrey Cheng, the founder of Moringa School. We first did an...
36:55
How Brexit is affecting Kenya's role in the global flower market, with Chris Kulei from Sian Roses
This week we're speaking with a big player in one of Kenya's largest industries: flower farming....
01:14:20
A tech success story. How Africa's Talking equips African software developers with APIs
In this episode I speak with Bilha Ndirangu who is the CEO of one of Africa's most successful...
41:51
In this Episode Max is in Nairobi, Kenya. He is joined by vegan entrepreneur Janette @vegankenya....
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How Lynk raised $1.3m and evolved from "TaskRabbit for Kenya" to micro-franchising and construction
In this episode, I catch up with Johannes, co-founder of Lynk. We initially spoke back in late...
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