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The Open Africa Podcast

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About the show

On this podcast 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about technology, startups, and issues across the African banking and technology ecosystems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

  • TechCabal is hosting Moonshot

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of Big Cabal Media. They talk about Dangote’s IPO, Flutterwave appointing Morounke Olufemi as global CFO, and Paystack launching Paystack…

  • Uber leaves Nigeria

    September 19, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Guy Futi, Co-founder of Orda. They talk about Uber leaving Nigeria and the implications for December in Lagos, Nomba’s recent debt raise, and Opay’s recent legal…

  • Paystack acquires Allawee

    September 7, 2026 · 53 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Moniepoint pulling back from its UK remittance play and shutting MonieWorld down, Paystack’s quiet acquisition of Allawee, and the Borderless Experience by Condia.  We also discuss Chowdeck…

  • Zap is now selling Airtime

    July 30, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined by Nnanna from Fintech is Easy to unpack Zap's expansion into airtime and data, Moniepoint's Kenya play, and what the recent fundings and acquisitions mean for the ecosystem. They also…

  • How Polytope is rethinking payments with HyperFX

    July 20, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss the recent revocation of microfinance bank licences by the CBN. Joined by Seun Lanlege, co-founder of Polytope Labs, they explore how Polytope is rethinking payments with its recently launched…

  • Raises, Industry Trends and Chowdeck, again

    June 15, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa discuss some recent fundraises in the ecosystem — Spiro’s $215M raise backed by Impact Fund Denmark and Equitane, Nala’s $50M credit facility, LemFi’s $34.8M extension, BFREE’s growth round led by…

  • Chowdeck and the cost of a Super App

    May 18, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Chowdeck using its $9 million Series A to chase a superapp strategy and whether that ambition risks diluting the operational focus that made it Nigeria's best food delivery app, ARCON…

  • Moniepoint acquires Orda

    April 11, 2026 · 1 hr 23 min

    On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Flutterwave's acquisition of Mono to gain a National Microfinance Bank licence, the CBN's AML/CFT supervision pilot for six crypto and fintech firms including KuCoin and Paystack…