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Kwame is digitizing supply chains for 50,000+ smallholder farmers across East Africa, connecting them to premium buyers and financial services.
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FarmTrace · 37 min
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David Afolabi · Founder & CEO at BuildrAI
David Afolabi Documentary
David is building Africa's first AI-powered product development assistant, helping non-technical founders ship faster without expensive dev teams.
Why watch this
Watch for the pressure, trade-offs, and operating decisions that shaped BuildrAI.
Kwame Mensah · Founder & CEO at FarmTrace
Kwame Mensah Documentary
Kwame is digitizing supply chains for 50,000+ smallholder farmers across East Africa, connecting them to premium buyers and financial services.
Why watch this
Watch for the pressure, trade-offs, and operating decisions that shaped FarmTrace.
Amara Mallio · Founder & CEO at PayLink Africa
Amara Diallo Documentary
Amara is solving cross-border payments for African SMEs, processing $40M+ in transactions monthly across 12 African countries.
Why watch this
Watch for the pressure, trade-offs, and operating decisions that shaped PayLink Africa.
Fatima Ibrahim · Founder & CEO at EduVault
Fatima Ibrahim Documentary
Fatima built EduVault as a bootstrapped EdTech platform serving 200K+ Arabic-speaking students across MENA with premium structured learning.
Why watch this
Watch for the pressure, trade-offs, and operating decisions that shaped EduVault.
Tobi Okafor · Founder & CEO at StackFlow
Tobi Okafor Documentary
Tobi built StackFlow from a Lagos bedroom to $2M ARR in 3 years, serving over 400 SaaS companies globally with workflow automation.
Why watch this
Watch for the pressure, trade-offs, and operating decisions that shaped StackFlow.
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Rise and Fall of Myspace: A Pioneering Social Media Platform
Myspace did not disappear because people stopped wanting social media. It fell because it prioritised advertising over user experience, moved too slowly and allowed a simpler competitor to redefine the market it helped create.
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Myspace did not disappear because people stopped wanting social media. It fell because it prioritised advertising over user experience, moved too slowly and allowed a simpler competitor to redefine the market it helped create.
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AI Proposal Studio for Agencies
A surprising amount of agency revenue gets delayed or lost in the hours after the client says, "send something over."
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AI lowers the cost of packaging expertise, but most users still want workflow outcomes, not generic prompt boxes.
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