Akaego Okoye: Founder and Host African Business Stories – Reflections on Season 1 of The Podcast

Akaego Okoye: Founder and Host African Business Stories – Reflections on Season 1 of The Podcast

We made it to the end of season 1! Yay!!!

In Season 1, i interviewed 20 incredible female entrepreneurs from 10 different African Countries and in this final episode i reflect on my 3 main takeaways: why women start businesses, building a legacy business and the challenge of access to finance. I also reference some episodes to highlight my points. In addition, i talk about the special series we ran in honor of Fathers Day – Lessons and Legacy which is available on our website www.africanbusinessstories.com and coming soon to all podcast platforms.

Vivian Nwakah: Founder & CEO Medsaf–Strengthening Health Systems in Africa

Vivian Nwakah: Founder & CEO Medsaf–Strengthening Health Systems in Africa

Vivian Nwakah is the Founder and CEO of Medsaf a tech enabled pharmaceutical distribution company based in Lagos, Nigeria. Vivian was born and raised in the United States and as part of her MBA, she moved to Nigeria for an internship in 2013 and never left! Medsaf was set up in 2016 and connects a fragmented supply chain to provide transparency to pharmaceutical companies and provide authentic drugs to hospital, pharmacies and patients. In 2019 Medsaf won the Seedstars Malaria Challenge, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Mo Abudu: Founder & CEO, EbonyLife Media–Building a Media Empire, Made in Africa For the World

Mo Abudu: Founder & CEO, EbonyLife Media–Building a Media Empire, Made in Africa For the World

Mo Abudu is the Founder and CEO of EbonyLife Media, Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network. She is a talk show host, TV producer, human resource management consultant, media personality, entrepreneur, and a philanthropist. The first African to chair the International Emmy Awards Gala, first African to be awarded the Cannes Medallies d’Honneurs and described by Forbes as Africa’s Most Successful Woman.

Amanda Cotterman: Founder, Equalife Group–Expanding the Venture Eco-System in Africa

Amanda Cotterman: Founder, Equalife Group–Expanding the Venture Eco-System in Africa

Amanda Cotterman is the Founder and Managing Partner at Equalife Group, a Venture Debt company based in Nairobi, Kenya. With a background in finance and after having run two previous businesses in Kenya, she realized there wasn’t enough debt financing in Africa. Using her own money, she started on a journey to build out the venture-debt eco-system in Africa.
Amanda’s African Business Story is one dedicated to providing access to finance and helping businesses in Africa scale