In this episode, we had Tayo Oviosu, the CEO of Paga, who broke down the business behind the fintech company. We discussed Paga's progress over the years, from simplifying payments to digitizing cash transactions and providing financial services to everyday people. We also talked about Paga's go-to-market strategy in Nigeria, which combines offline and online channels. Tayo shared some interesting facts and figures about Paga, including reaching ₦1 trillion annual total processed value...

Welcome to this episode of the African Startup Teardown Podcast, where we have VytautasPaukstys, the CEO of Eskimi, breaking down the business behind the ad tech platform. We start by discussing the evolution of Eskimi from its early days as a social media company to its foray into payments, ad tech, and every other business. Vytautas takes us through each era of product development and businesses, including the chat app, social site, payments, and ad tech platform. We also discuss the...

In this episode, the CEO and co-founder of Identity Pass, Lanre Ogungbe, shares the story behind the company and its mission to provide a world-class compliance and security infrastructure for Africa. The company offers a variety of products, including biometric authentication, data and document verification, and compliance and data security solutions. With over 1 million verifications processed since launch, Identity Pass charges between 10 and 20 cents per verification based on the...

On this episode, we had a stimulating discussion with Olajumoke Kujero, Country Manager for ShopEx. Olajumoke makes a case for ShopEx business model and how it compares to other traditional e-commerce platforms. She also shares her personal growth experiences having worked at Jumia and other leading Startups. To ensure you don’t miss any episodes, or updates, and for additional information on the hosts, follow @teardownpodcast on Twitter. If you would like to get all the insider’s gist...

On this episode, we had a great time talking to John Colson, CMO of Yellow Card. John shares his personal life stories and lessons on building and growing Yellow Card to expand to 16 countries. He explained how the business operates, acquires and retains customers, and the outlook for the future. To ensure you don’t miss any episodes, or updates, and for additional information on the hosts, follow @teardownpodcast on Twitter. If you would like to get all the insider’s gist first, subscribe...

From giving loans to Nigerians at a low-interest rate to building a digital bank that offers free transfers, this episode tears down another Fintech company - Carbon. Yemi is joined by the CEO & Co-founder of Carbon; Chijioke Dozie to share the story so far. Chijioke shares his thought on Fintech, how Carbon evolved over the years, how they acquire/retain customers, and how they make money from offering financial services. Follow @teardownpodcast on Twitter to be the first to know...

From Africans gaming referral programs to solving cross-border transfer problems in Africa, this episode tears down a Fintech company - Eversend. Yemi is joined by the CEO & Co-founder of Eversend - Stone Atwine to explain what the business does and how it operates.  Stone shares his thought on Fintech generally, how Eversend started, their value proposition to customers, and how they got to process $240,000,000+ transaction within 3 years.  To ensure you don’t miss any episode,...

In this episode, your favorite hosts, Yemi and Nnamdi, were joined by the General Manager, Nigeria of M-Kopa Babajide Duroshola. Babajide talks about how M-Kopa helps the underbanked in 4 African countries access credit facilities with no collateral. He explained how the business operates, acquire customers, and the growth journey so far. To ensure you don’t miss any episodes, or updates, and for additional information on the hosts, follow @teardownpodcast on Twitter. If you would...

In this episode, your favorite hosts, Yemi and Nnamdi, were joined by the VP, Global Marketing for Chipper Cash, Hasan Luongo. Hasan talks about how he joined chipper cash, how chipper has evolved over the years, how they were able to sign one of the biggest afrobeat artists as a partner and ambassador, including what the future looks like for chipper cash. To ensure you don’t miss any episode of our release and for additional information on the hosts, follow @teardownpodcast on...

In this episode, your favorite hosts Yemi and Nnamdi were joined by MAX’s CFO, Guy-Bertrand Njoya. Guy talks about the growth process, challenges, and what the startup is doing to build a resilient transport business. To stay in tune with all episode releases and additional information about the hosts, follow @teardownpodcast on Twitter. If you’ll like to get the insider's gist, subscribe to our newsletter here: https://substack.com/profile/24047883-african-startup-teardown-pod  Please...

Yemi shares his idea about a business he would love to build, how he will go about it and what stopped him from doing it. He hopes someone gets to do it after listening to this episode. To stay in tune with all episode releases and additional information about the hosts, follow @teardownpodcast on Twitter. If you’ll like to get the insider's gist, subscribe to our newsletter here: https://substack.com/profile/24047883-african-startup-teardown-pod  Please leave a review, comment share, and...

In this episode, Yemi and Nnamdi talk about the sports prediction market, how they make money, grow, and what is the end game for them.  To stay in tune with all episode releases and additional information about the hosts, follow @teardownpodcast on Twitter. If you’ll like to get the insider's gist, subscribe to our newsletter here: https://substack.com/profile/24047883-african-startup-teardown-pod Please leave a review, comment share, and like wherever you listen to podcasts. We want to...

Many conversations around Jumia focus on why eCommerce is hard or how it's hard to do deliveries in Nigeria, but they are often surface-level analyses of Jumia's opportunity. We go in deeper and cover all of Jumia. How they make money, how they think about launching businesses, their growth prospect, and their strategic direction. This is an episode you will love. Plus the audio on this is the best so far. You will love it!

We recorded this episode back in April 2021 and we discussed how we would think about growth for some of the early stage/series A VC-funded startups in Nigeria. We talked about Stears, EdenLife, Moove, Rise, and a lot of others.  This episode is great in understanding how to think of user acquisition. 

We discuss why they are so many property listing websites in Africa. We reversed engineered how the biggest players in the space acquire renters and estate agents and how property listing sites think about retention and monetization. If you have ever wanted to start a marketplace or listing site, this is a must-listen.

In this episode we analyse Jiji.ng and answer the question "Can they can become a $10m revenue company?". We go over their growth framework and share what we have discovered