The Akro Podcast
Akro is an early-stage accelerator for African startups - this is its podcast, which aims to provide a portal into the minds of key players in the early-stage scene for the next generation of entrepreneurs and investors. The go-to podcast for serious discussions on all things startup in Africa, we put Africa in the spotlight and provide transparency into successes, weaknesses and learnings for all who believe in innovation on the continent.
Episodes
15 episodes
Startup Profile: Shop Online Today
This episode is part of a series of startup profiles we're doing to showcase the businesses in Akro's first township accelerator. This means that all the startups in this cohort either have a founder who grew up in, or is based in a township, o...
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12:11
Startup Profile: Khangelani Business College
This episode is part of a series of startup profiles we're doing to showcase the businesses in Akro's first township accelerator. This means that all the startups in this cohort either have a founder who grew u...
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19:29
Startup Profile: Urban Farm Kzn Agro
This episode is part of a series of startup profiles we're doing to showcase the businesses in Akro's first township accelerator. This means that all the startups in this cohort either have a founder who grew u...
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28:51
Startup Profile: East Jaguar International
This episode is part of a series of startup profiles we're doing to showcase the businesses in Akro's first township accelerator. This means that all the startups in this cohort either have a founder who grew up in, or is based in a township, o...
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13:06
Startup Profile: Faded Black Innovations
We chat to Leonard Moliki in the first of a series of startup profiles we're doing to showcase the businesses in Akro's first Township Accelerator. This means that all the startups in this cohort either have a founder who grew up in, or is base...
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15:00
Alison Collier, MD of Endeavor South Africa
Endeavor is like a startup accelerator, but they have a global presence and they are focused further down the line than Akro is, this means they work with small to medium-sized post-revenue businesses and they provide them with high quality men...
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36:25
Idan Jaan, CEO & Cofounder of Fundrr
This episode, we have on Idan Jaan who is CEO and Cofounder of Fundrr. A platform that uses tech to provide easy and simple access to finance for SMEs in South Africa. The sound quality isn't our usual standard in this episode, but it's well wo...
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37:13
A Guide to Startup Funding in South Africa
Dylan Fletcher reads an article from our blog that takes you through the basics of fundraising and where to start in South Africa.
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11:12
Theo Kitshoff, Co-founder & Head Of Commercial at Sticitt
Theo Kitshoff is a Cofounder and Head of Commercial at Sticitt, which aims to simplify financial services, from first principles i.e. from the customer need first. Financial Services evolved from the start around the competitive an...
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35:46
How to Pick Cofounders
Dylan Fletcher reads an article from www.venturescale.co that is a collection of quotes from the greats on how to pick cofounders... all in one place.
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10:27
Julian Hirst, Startup Advisor & Director at WhereIsMyTransport
Julian is a Director at WhereIsMyTransport which works in emerging markets around the world, using data and technology to improve the experience of using informal public transport for billions of people. Julian also has a long histo...
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1:11:34
Tomi Davies, Angel Investor & CIO at GreenTec Capital Partners
Tomi is a Nigerian British investor, speaker, author, entrepreneur,
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26:19
Hannah Subayi Kamuanga
Hannah has been investing in Africa for the past 7 years, mainly as a portfolio manager in a large private equity firm and more recently in her personal capacity as an angel investor in a prominent gender angel fund in South Africa. Hannah has ...
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26:08