Building The Future Podcast

The next African story will be written by Africans, and there are people crafting the narrative now. Join Dotun as he hosts a series of conversation with people whose ideas and work is shaping the African future.

Building The Future Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Dotun Olowoporoku, with 92 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Dotun Olowoporoku hosts Building The Future Podcast, a business show with 92 episodes published.

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  Episode #86

  #85: Deepankar Rustagi - On Profitability and Staying Asset Light in B2B Commerce (Part 2)

  Feb 21, 202522 minS5

  <p>This special live podcast session was recorded at Ventures Park, Lagos, during Ventures Platform’s in-person mixer for portfolio founders on July 27, 2024<br>--</p><p>My guest today is Deepankar Rustagi, a seasoned tech entrepreneur and one of the sharpest minds in Nigeria’s B2B commerce space. I’ve known Deepankar for over seven years, going back to his days at Vconnect. He was one of the very first guests on this podcast in 2017, where we discussed his journey - how he started, what led to the company he was building at the time, and the broader lesson...

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  Episode #85

  #84 - Dare Okoudjou - On Fundraising, Scaling a Pan-African Payment Network and Acquiring Startups

  Jul 24, 202451 minS5

  <p>This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint</p><p><br></p><p>My guest today is Dare Okoudjou, Founder & CEO of Onafriq (formerly known as MFS Africa). Dare has built a long-running startup success streak on the continent, having started the business over a decade ago to become a multimillion dollar revenue company today. </p><p><br></p><p>Onafriq is building a “network of networks” to enable payments interoperability across the continent. After finding product-market fit, the company went through rapid expansion, completing four startup acquisitions in a two-year period (2020 - 22): Beyonic, Baxi, SimbaPay, & GTP...

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  Episode #84

  #83: Uka Eje - On ThriveAgric's Turnaround and Making Hard Decisions

  Jul 17, 202439 minS5

  <p>This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint</p><p><br></p><p>My guest today is Uka Eje, the co-founder and CEO of ThriveAgric. I've known Uka since 2017, when he and his co-founder, Ayo, received their first institutional investment from Ventures Platform. </p><p><br></p><p>ThriveAgric empowers nearly one million smallholder farmers on the continent with technology, credit, and access-to-market. The company started as an idea between two classmates, and their journey so far has involved overcoming operational and financial hurdles, surviving a near collapse during the COVID-19 pandemic, pivoting, and maturing into o...

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  Episode #83

  #82: Deepankar Rustagi - On Profitability and Staying Asset Light in B2B Commerce

  Jul 10, 202446 minS5

  <p>This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint</p><p><br>My guest today is Deepankar Rustagi, a seasoned tech entrepreneur in Nigeria. I've known Deepankar for over 7 years, dating back to his days at Vconnect. He was one of the first entrepreneurs featured on this podcast—check out episode 8 to hear about his journey from Nigeria to India and back, where he initially worked for Tolaram Group before founding Vconnect.</p><p><br>In this episode, we continue Deepankar's story, focusing on his next venture, OmniRetail, an asset-light B2B e-commerce platform. OmniRetail has been re...

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  Episode #82

  #81: Elo Umeh - On Leadership, Purpose and Building a Scalable Tech Company in Africa

  Jul 3, 202433 minS5

  <p><br></p><p>This season of Building the Future was made possible by Moniepoint</p><p><br></p><p>My guest today is Elo Umeh, founder and CEO of Terragon Group, a leading data and marketing cloud company in Africa. I've known Elo personally for some time; his leadership at Terragon has been transformative.</p><p><br></p><p>Founded in 2009, Terragon initially focused on mobile websites and launched Twinpine, a mobile ad network, in 2012. Under Elo's guidance, Terragon now offers marketing automation, customer data platforms, and enterprise insights, impacting over 350 million profiles in Africa. They acquired Alcatel Lucent...

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