This episode is part of a series of startup profiles we're doing to showcase the businesses in Akro's first township accelerator. This means that all the startups in this cohort either have a founder who grew up in, or is based in a township, o

Startup Profile: Khangelani Business College

Nov 30th, 2020 19m 29s

Startup Profile: Urban Farm Kzn Agro

Nov 24th, 2020 28m 51s

Startup Profile: East Jaguar International

Nov 16th, 2020 13m 6s

Startup Profile: Faded Black Innovations

Nov 9th, 2020 15m

We chat to Leonard Moliki in the first of a series of startup profiles we're doing to showcase the businesses in Akro's first Township Accelerator. This means that all the startups in this cohort either have a founder who grew up in, or is base

Alison Collier, MD of Endeavor South Africa

Oct 29th, 2020 36m 25s

Endeavor is like a startup accelerator, but they have a global presence and they are focused further down the line than Akro is, this means they work with small to medium-sized post-revenue businesses and they provide them with high quality men

Idan Jaan, CEO & Cofounder of Fundrr

Sep 29th, 2020 37m 13s

This episode, we have on Idan Jaan who is CEO and Cofounder of Fundrr. A platform that uses tech to provide easy and simple access to finance for SMEs in South Africa. The sound quality isn't our usual standard in this episode, but it's well wo

A Guide to Startup Funding in South Africa

Sep 22nd, 2020 11m 12s

Dylan Fletcher reads an article from our blog that takes you through the basics of fundraising and where to start in South Africa.

Theo Kitshoff, Co-founder & Head Of Commercial at Sticitt

Sep 18th, 2020 35m 46s

Theo Kitshoff is a Cofounder and Head of Commercial at Sticitt, which aims to simplify financial services, from first principles i.e. from the customer need first. Financial Services evolved from the start around the competitive and regulatory

How to Pick Cofounders

Sep 3rd, 2020 10m 27s

Dylan Fletcher reads an article from www.venturescale.co that is a collection of quotes from the greats on how to pick cofounders... all in one place.

Julian Hirst, Startup Advisor & Director at WhereIsMyTransport

Aug 27th, 2020 1h 11m

Julian is a Director at WhereIsMyTransport which works in emerging markets around the world, using data and technology to improve the experience of using informal public transport for billions of people. Julian also has a long history of suppor

Tomi Davies, Angel Investor & CIO at GreenTec Capital Partners

Jul 15th, 2020 26m 19s

Tomi is a Nigerian British investor, speaker, author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and advisor to technology companies. As a tech advisor, he has outstanding experience building large-scale technology-enabled systems in the US, Europe, and Afri

Hannah Subayi Kamuanga

Jul 3rd, 2020 26m 8s

Hannah has been investing in Africa for the past 7 years, mainly as a portfolio manager in a large private equity firm and more recently in her personal capacity as an angel investor in a prominent gender angel fund in South Africa. Hannah has

Why Join A Startup Accelerator?

Jun 15th, 2020 8m 34s

Dylan Fletcher reads an article from our blog, outlining the advantages of being part of an accelerator program.

Jason Basel, Cofounder & CEO at EduOne

Jun 8th, 2020 47m 24s

Jason Basel explains his history, what he's up to lately and all about AKRO Accelerate. He's then put on the spot during a series of no-think YES/NO rapid-fire Questions.

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