Developing Founders Podcast: Recent Episodes
Brian S. Kearney
The emerging markets are filled with exciting startups. From Nigeria to South Africa, Egypt, Malaysia, and the Philippines game changing companies are being created. Explore the opportunities and challenges of building startups in emerging markets with us
In this episode, we have the pleasure of talking to Paul Kimani, founder and CEO of WorkPay Africa, a cloud-based employee management and salary processing system.
Joseph Rutakangwa is the Founder and CEO of Rwazi, a data gathering and tracking company that utilizes an innovative network of “mappers”—on-ground, individual data gatherers—to provide companies with fresh and verifiable consumer data.
Hakeem Jimo is the Founder of VeggieVictory, the first-ever plant-based food tech company which started as a restaurant. Hakeem was born and raised in Germany until he graduated university and moved to West Africa to work as a journalist.
Gautam Shah is the Founder of Internet of Elephants, a social enterprise advocating wildlife conservation through applications of GPS data, augmented reality, and game mechanics. In this episode, Brian talks to Gautam about his passion for wildlife, why he made the switch from IT consulting to a tech startup, the challenges nontraditional wildlife conservation efforts face, how tech can change the ways we interact with wildlife, his startup mindset, and more.
In this episode, Brian shares a conversation with Tim about MortgageMarket, how to transition from corporate to entrepreneurship, the different ways tech is revolutionizing real estate and homeownership, Tim’s personal journey, and more.
In this episode, Brian interviews Mark about the beginnings of Amitruck, the event that made him shift careers from investment banking to startups, the hurdles Amitruck faced during the pandemic, his views on success, and more.
In this episode, Brian shares a conversation with Mutembei about his entrepreneurship journey, from salvaging scrap computers and selling fries to managing one of the fastest-growing tech startups in Africa, as well as his personal beliefs on how AI can create social and economic change.
Welcome to Developing Founders! The goal of this show: shed a light on the founders in emerging markets, outside of Silicon Valley.