Every Story,
In One Place.
Deep-dive documentary features and founder stories from across the African continent. Each episode comes with a full written story, behind-the-scenes images, and key takeaways.
14 episodes
Deep TechZerobionic: Building the Future from Africa
What does it mean to build deep tech from Africa? Zerobionic is answering that question in real time — engineering solutions at the edge of human potential, with the continent's constraints as fuel, not obstacle.
City SpotlightAddis Ababa Is Not What You Think
The world has a fixed image of Addis Ababa. We went to find out how far from that image the city has moved — and came back with something far more interesting than we expected.
HardwareQuepay: The Kenyan Startup Building Hardware, Not Apps
Quepay doesn't fit the Nairobi startup template. No app. No subscription model. Just engineers with soldering irons, building payment infrastructure for the physical world from the ground up.
Consumer GoodsBrewing Up a Dream: My Journey to Launch Beer in Africa
The African beer market is worth billions and controlled by a handful of multinationals. One founder decided to challenge them anyway — armed with a recipe, a dream, and no manual for what comes next.
Media & TechStoripod: Can This Startup Finally Pay African Writers Online?
Storipod turns stories into interactive social-style slides, letting writers publish directly to their audience and earn — without a publisher, without a middleman, and without needing a Western credit card.
Business DistrictEastleigh: Nairobi's Billion-Dollar Somali Business District
How did a colonial-era residential estate become the commercial heartbeat of Nairobi's informal economy? The story of Eastleigh is the story of displacement, resilience, and the extraordinary power of community-driven capital.
Real EstateMwenda Thuranira: Kenya's Real Estate Millionaire
From a standing start to a multi-property portfolio, Mwenda Thuranira's real estate journey offers a rare inside look at how wealth is built in Kenya's property market — the strategies, the mistakes, and the mindset.
Tech & CommunitySheCode Kenya: Building the Next Generation of Tech Talent
SheCode Kenya is expanding the definition of who belongs in tech. From job opportunities to the metaverse, this is what the future of Kenya's tech talent looks like — and it's more diverse than you might expect.
FintechHe Left Law School and a $500K Career to Build Payd
What makes someone give up guaranteed security to build a startup from scratch? The story behind Payd is a raw look at risk, conviction, and the specific kind of stubbornness it takes to build global financial infrastructure from Nairobi.
EntrepreneurshipAfrican Entrepreneurs Rewriting the Rules
An inside look at the founders across the continent who are choosing to build in spite of every structural reason not to.
Travel TechMeet Brian Nduhiu: The Travel Tech Wizard
Travel tech built for Africa, by an African founder who refused to accept that the continent's travellers deserved a worse product than everyone else.
Consumer BrandsTedd Josiah: The Kenyan Music Legend Dominating the Leather Scene
The man behind Kenya's most iconic music hit traded the studio for a workshop and built a luxury leather brand. The skills transferred more than you'd expect.
Tech & CybersecurityDr. Bright: From the Internet Bubble to Cybersecurity in Africa
A rare first-person account of what it was like to be a software engineer in Africa during the internet's earliest days — the Bitcoin era, the cyber security landscape, and what it all means for the continent's digital future.
HardwareThe Kenyan Innovator Making Durable Data Cables
Anthony is building durable data cables in Kenya — navigating scarce skilled labour, marketing with social media, and learning the difference between starting a business and running one. A grounded story of hardware entrepreneurship from the inside.
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