Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ
@afropolitan โข 11,114 subscribers
Afropolitan is creating a Digital Nation to enable all Africans to build abundant lives.
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Vusi Thembekwayo speaks on the growing tension between South Africans and Nigerians
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ171,330 views โข 23 days ago
David Oyelowo's mother lived in one bedroom in Lagos with 5 people. Dreamed of her Mercedes for decades. Got a brain aneurysm the day they moved into their Hollywood home. She prayed Selma into existence. Never saw him become MLK. This is timeline grief, when success arrives after the witness leaves.
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ238,500 views โข 7 months ago
Andela's promise: African engineers for $50K instead of $250K. AI's promise: Half the engineers. $20/month. Block just proved itโ4,000 fired, stock up 22%. The arbitrage is dead. The only hedge left is ownership. Are you an employee or an owner?
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ116,338 views โข 3 months ago
Being โtoo muchโ is a real dating filterโand Eni doesnโt shrink to fit. Two Ivy League degrees, a law career, and 400K people watching her every move. She opens up about what it looks like to be a successful woman navigating modern dating. Do you think being โtoo muchโ actually limits your options, or just filters for the right ones?
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ72,204 views โข 2 months ago
$700 for a brand deal. Her management renegotiated: $7,000. Same creator. Same brand. 10x difference. Eni Popoola went from Harvard โ Columbia Law โ Big Law โ full-time creator. We talked about why culture is the leverage Black people keep undervaluing. New episode ๐๏ธ๐
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ58,237 views โข 2 months ago
Africa isn't a 1.4 billion person market. It's 50 million people surrounded by 1.35 billion dreams. After processing $1B monthly, Tayo Oviosu revealed why most African startups die: They're building for customers who don't exist yet. The math that changes everything:
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ72,478 views โข 6 months ago
Tayo Oviosu Tayo Oviosu ๐ฝ built Paga into a $1B monthly processor while others chased headlines. 16 years. 23 million customers. 200,000 jobs created. "The earning power of Nigerian consumers is much lower than it seems publicly. This is a longer play than anyone admits." His approach: Patient capital over quick exits. Infrastructure over hype. Community agents over pure digital. Tayo Oviosu ๐ฝ Paga Group Ltd
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ68,708 views โข 6 months ago
Afrobeats artists have priced themselves out of the fans who made them. The people who streamed you from day one can't afford your show anymore. Tobi Mohammed ๐ณ๐พโโ๏ธ Tobi Mohammed built Mainland Block Party to 38,000 tickets โ and still keeps cocktails at โฆ5,000. New episode. Link below.
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ23,071 views โข 1 month ago
Nigeria just opened its biggest refinery. Then imported engineers from India to run it. Not because we lack intelligence โ because we lack know-how. Andrew Alli on the skills crisis nobody wants to talk about. #AfropolitanPodcast #Nigeria #Dangote #Engineering #AfricanDiaspora
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ26,000 views โข 2 months ago
Tracy Nwapa walked away from โฆ640M in revenue. She built Slice & Pavilion into Lagos nightlife institutions. December 2023 was her peak - everyone called her the unofficial mayor of Lagos. By February 2024, she was gone. A thread on rebuilding from zero ๐งต
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ35,925 views โข 6 months ago
$750K โ $40 million in 6 years. This week, Mono exited to Flutterwave for $30M. Same investor behind both: Ibrahim Sagna. 10 exits. Flutterwave at 24x. Lemfi at 29x. Moove at 5.1x. His thesis on Africa changed how I think about investing ๐งต Ibrahim Sagna IN THE VALLEY
Afropolitan ๐ ฐ๏ธ๐ถ29,618 views โข 5 months ago