The Open Africa Podcast
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TechCabal is hosting Moonshot
October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 18 minOn 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…
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Uber leaves Nigeria
September 19, 2026 · 1 hr 41 minOn 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…
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Paystack acquires Allawee
September 7, 2026 · 53 minOn 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…
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Zap is now selling Airtime
July 30, 2026 · 1 hr 38 minOn 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…
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How Polytope is rethinking payments with HyperFX
July 20, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minOn 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…
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Raises, Industry Trends and Chowdeck, again
June 15, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minOn 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…
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Chowdeck and the cost of a Super App
May 18, 2026 · 1 hr 12 minOn 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…
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Moniepoint acquires Orda
April 11, 2026 · 1 hr 23 minOn 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…