Fola Laoye and Victor Emaye

This episode featured Fola Laoye, Co-founder and CEO, Iwosan Investments Limited. She was a Director at Investment Fund for Health in Africa (IFHA), a pioneer private equity fund focused on Healthcare in Africa. She is a founding Board member of Hygeia Group Nigeria, promoters of Lagoon Hospitals and Hygeia HMO.

She was interviewed by Victor Emaye, Co-Founder and CEO, Chekker, who has been working in the healthcare sector for over 5 years.

We are certain that you will be inspired by their entrepreneurial journeys in the health care space.

Foluso Phillips and Rosemond Phil-Othihiwa

This episode featured Foluso Phillips, Founder & Chairman, Phillips Consulting Limited. He has over 45 years of experience in Financial and Cost Management, Industrial and Operations Management, Human Capital Management, Information Technology Systems Implementation, and Business Management Consulting. He was interviewed by Rosemond Phil-Othihiwa, Partner, Debo Akande LLP. She is an astute corporate and commercial attorney.

We are certain that you will be inspired by their journeys in Entrepreneurship in the Marketing Communications Space.

Udeme Ufot and Bukola Majekodunmi

This episode featured Udeme Ufot, MFR, frpa, Group Managing Director, SO&U, one of Nigeria’s leading marketing communications groups. He was interviewed by Bukola Majekodunmi, Founder & Chief Vision Officer, Bosworth Marketing Consulting, a multinational experiential marketing agency.

Udeme has held several executive positions in the Association of Advertising Practitioners of Nigeria (AAPN) and is also a private sector co-chairman of the Policy commission on Tourism, Hospitality, Entertainment, Creative Industries and Sports of the NESG.

We are certain that you will be inspired by their journeys in Entrepreneurship in the Marketing Communications Space.

Professor Konyin Ajayi and Toyin Williams

Here is the seventh (7th) episode of the FATE audio & video podcast series, Journeys in Entrepreneurship II.

This episode featured Prof Konyin Ajayi, Managing Partner, Olaniwun Ajayi, LP, who was interviewed by Toyin Williams, CEO, The People Impact Company.

Prof Ajayi’s expertise spans the disparate yet connected fields of litigation and transactional work and has over 39 years’ experience in
banking, project finance, capital markets, power, infrastructure, M&A, energy and natural resources, privatisation and dispute resolution.

He played a key role in the Nigerian banking sector reforms and the recent power sector privatisation.

Interviewing him is Toyin Williams, Founder/CEO of The People Impact Company – a prime Human Resources Consulting Firm dedicated to improving talent management practices for small and
medium scale businesses.

Toyin Williams is passionate about changing the narrative of employment through optimal HR practices while helping people and businesses achieve their full potential.

We are certain that you will be inspired by their journeys in Entrepreneurship in the Management Consulting Space.

Kofo Akinkugbe and Tayo Oviosu

This is the sixth episode of the FATE audio & video podcast series, Journeys in Entrepreneurship II.

This episode featured Kofo Akinkugbe, Founder/CEO, SecureID Nigeria, who was interviewed by Tayo Oviosu, Founder/Group CEO, Paga.

Kofo is the Managing Director/CEO, of SecureID. SecureID is a MasterCard, VISA and Verve certified Smartcard Personalization Bureau and Digital Technology company whilst Secure Card Manufacturing is the first polycarbonate Smartcard manufacturing plant producing high-security identity cards and documents for Banking, Telecoms and Public sectors across Africa and beyond. She also founded SID Digital Limited, a digital solutions company.

Interviewing her is the 2020 FATE Model Entrepreneur Award Recipient– Tayo Oviosu, the founder & Group CEO of Paga. Paga is a mobile payment company, building an ecosystem to enable people digitally send and receive money as well as create simple financial access for everyone. Paga is the leading mobile money service in Nigeria, its first market.

We are certain that you will be inspired by their journeys in Entrepreneurship in the Fintech space!

Don’t forget to share your feedback, comments and experience with us too in the comment section.

Remember to refer someone (aspiring/emerging entrepreneur) to also watch/listen to this episode.

Alhaji MD Abubakar & Princess Adeyinka Tekenah

Here is the fifth episode of the Season II of Journeys in Entrepreneurship.

In this episode, Princess Adeyinka Tekenah – CEO Happy Coffee Nigeria, interviews Alh MD Abubakar on his journey from starting his business in 2001 to growing it as the largest fresh milk producer in Nigeria.

Alhaji MD is a former banker with over a decade of experience in development and commercial banking. He
switched from banking to starting L&Z Integrated Farms with his two wives in 1997. He started L&Z from the cattle rearing business to expand its offerings to the entire Dairy Value Chain – from production to marketing. L&Z produces fresh milk, yoghurt, fura-da- nono, ice cream and chicken.

Interviewing her is FATE Foundation Scaleup Lab 4 Alumni Princess Adeyinka Tekenah.

Princess Adeyinka is the founder of one of Nigeria’s premier indigenous coffee franchises: Happy Coffee is an ingenious Nigerian coffee brand on a mission to give happiness in every cup by delivering a liberating coffee experience through our freshly roasted, wholly and locally grown Nigerian coffee beans.

You are in for a super amazing time listening/watching this episode.

Don’t forget to share your feedback, comments and experience with us too

Dr Nnaeto Orazulike and Titus Igwe

On the fourth episode of our audio and video podcast series: Journeys in Entrepreneurship, we are super elated to have Dr Nnaeto Orazulike.

Dr Orazulike is the Group Managing Director of Genesis Group Nigeria. He founded and nurtured the growth of the Genesis Group Brand, 30 years ago from a 25-seater restaurant to a notable conglomerate in Nigeria with an interest in Hospitality Entertainment, oil & gas.

He is the also the Executive Chairman of Genesis Technical Company Limited, Stanchions Logistics Limited, Jersey Development and Investment Company Limited, CRN Investment and Trading Company Limited.

Interviewing Dr Orazulike in this episode is Mr Titus Igwe, the CEO of Variety Chef Kitchen, a food and services company based in Lagos Nigeria. He is an alumnus of the FATE Emerging Entrepreneurs Program (EEP20). His business has diversified into bakery, chef training academy, consultancy, catering and Restaurants.

Join us as we listen to the entrepreneurial journey in the hospitality space.

Mrs Muni Shonibare and Banke Fasominu

This is the third (3rd) episode of our video and audio podcast series: Journeys in Entrepreneurship (JIE).

This episode featured Mrs Muni Shonibare, Founder/CEO IO Furniture LTD and Ms Banke Fasominu, CEO Oludidit as they discussed their entrepreneurial journeys so far; the blessings, lessons and challenges.

We hope you enjoy this episode. Do leave us a comment after watching or listening. We look forward to your amazing feedback.

Dr Tunde Popoola and Razaq Ahmed

The second episode of our video and audio podcast series: Journeys in Entrepreneurship is finally here.

This episode featured Dr Tunde Popoola, Group MD/CEO CRC Credit Bureau Limited and Mr Razaq Ahmed, Co-founder/CEO Cowrywise where deep insights were shared from their entreprenuerial journeys so far.

We hope you enjoy this episode. Do leave us a comment after watching or listening. We look forward to your amazing feedback.

Enjoy😄