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TechCabal is hosting Moonshot
Oct 1, 2026
1h 17m 36s
Uber leaves Nigeria
Sep 19, 2026
1h 40m 52s
Paystack acquires Allawee
Sep 7, 2026
52m 43s
Zap is now selling Airtime
Jul 30, 2026
1h 37m 38s
How Polytope is rethinking payments with HyperFX
Jul 20, 2026
1h 09m 45s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/1/26 |  TechCabal is hosting Moonshot | On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of Big Cabal Media.They talk about Dangote’s IPO, Flutterwave appointing Morounke Olufemi as global CFO, and Paystack launching Paystack Index.Tomiwa shares some insights about Moonshot, an annual tech event hosted by TechCabal. He also talks about what to expect from this year’s event and why it matters to the African tech ecosystem.__This episode is sponsored by Busha — Nigeria’s licensed digital assets exchange for businesses looking to move money across borders. If you are running a business exploring fast cross-border payments, stablecoin and FX liquidity, and easy treasury management, get started at busha.io/business, and for individuals? You can buy, sell, and send digital assets anywhere in the world, and also save in naira or dollars, with up to 20% annual interest. Download the Busha App and use code OPENAFRICA or visit https://surl.li/jvbwvt to get started._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 17m 36s | ||||||
| 9/19/26 |  Uber leaves Nigeria | On this episode, Laolu, Furo, and Nosa have a guest! They are joined by Guy Futi, Co-founder of Orda.They talk about Uber leaving Nigeria and the implications for December in Lagos, Nomba’s recent debt raise, and Opay’s recent legal dispute with an influencer.__This episode is sponsored by Busha — Nigeria’s licensed digital assets exchange for businesses looking to move money across borders. If you are running a business exploring fast cross-border payments, stablecoin and FX liquidity, and easy treasury management, get started at busha.io/business, and for individuals? You can buy, sell, and send digital assets anywhere in the world, and also save in naira or dollars, with up to 20% annual interest. Download the Busha App and use code OPENAFRICA or visit https://surl.li/jvbwvt to get started._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 40m 52s | ||||||
| 9/7/26 | acquisitionremittance+3 | — | PaystackAllawee+6 | — | PaystackAllawee+6 | — | 52m 43s | ||
| 7/30/26 | fintech expansionairtime and data+3 | Nnanna | ZapFintech is Easy+4 | GhanaKenya | Zapairtime+8 | — | 1h 37m 38s | ||
| 7/20/26 | paymentsblockchain infrastructure+4 | Seun Lanlege | Polytope LabsCBN | — | paymentsHyperFX+6 | BushaOPENAFRICA | 1h 09m 45s | ||
| 6/15/26 | fundraisingfinancial trends+3 | — | SpiroImpact Fund Denmark+6 | — | fundraisefinancial trends+3 | BushaOPENAFRICA | 1h 10m 00s | ||
| 5/18/26 | super app strategyfood delivery+3 | — | ChowdeckARCON+2 | — | Chowdecksuper app+6 | BushaOPENAFRICA | 1h 12m 18s | ||
| 4/11/26 | acquisitionsfintech+4 | — | FlutterwaveMono+6 | Nigeria | MoniepointOrda+7 | BushaOPENAFRICA | 1h 22m 53s | ||
| 3/9/26 | legal issuesfinance+4 | — | MoniepointAlerzo+2 | Nigeria | MoniepointAlerzo+7 | BushaOPENAFRICA | 1h 11m 00s | ||
| 2/19/26 | Fintech upgradesNational MFB licences+4 | — | CBNOPay+5 | India | CBNFintech+5 | BushaOPENAFRICA | 1h 29m 20s | ||
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| 1/19/26 | FintechAcquisitions+3 | — | FlutterwaveMono+4 | — | FlutterwaveMono+6 | — | 54m 39s | ||
| 12/31/25 | Year in Reviewpredictions+3 | — | Open Africa PodcastAcast+1 | — | 2025Year in Review+3 | — | 41m 45s | ||
| 12/8/25 | fintechremittances+4 | — | LemFiNomba+3 | UKDRC+2 | fintechChowdeck+7 | — | 1h 10m 03s | ||
| 10/24/25 | Agent Banking Guidelinesfraud controls+5 | Benjamin Dada | CondiaCBN+1 | — | Agent Bankingfraud controls+5 | — | 1h 11m 19s | ||
| 10/1/25 | fundingfinancial services+3 | LaoluFuro+1 | KredeteRulebase | South Africa | KredeteRulebase+5 | — | 32m 03s | ||
| 8/22/25 | fundingtechnology+3 | — | ChowdeckNedbank+2 | — | ChowdeckNedbank+5 | — | 42m 37s | ||
| 7/8/25 |  The Food Episode | On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa are joined by Osarumen Osamuyi from The Subtext!They talk about the recent collapses of Vendease and Okra in the ecosystem, then take a closer look at Magic Beans, the first chapter of Foodpod – a limited series about Technology eating food in Africa – by Osarumen._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. _We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 32m 37s | ||||||
| 6/12/25 |  Fincra’s Expansion, Palmpay’s plan to Raise, and Alleged Industry News | On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about dLocal’s intention to acquire AZA Finance, Fincra’s Expansion to East Africa, Palmpay’s plan to Raise, and other alleged Industry news._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 40m 16s | ||||||
| 4/24/25 |  The Rant about Bank Charges | On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Banks—how banks make money, how banks loan money, and what most Nigerians think about bank charges, while reading commentary from Twitter (X).Read our substack about Bank Charges here_We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. _We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 45m 36s | ||||||
| 4/2/25 |  Paystack’s Zap, Payhippo’s Pivot, and Premium Tiers for Neobanks | On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about Paystack launching Zap, PayHippo’s recent $4 million raise, rebrand as Rivy and pivot to clean energy financing, alongside news of Nigerian neobanks like Kuda and Nomba launching premium tiers._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. _We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 08m 26s | ||||||
| 3/11/25 |  Funding Rounds, Shutdowns, and Industry News | On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Nosa, and Furo talk about Cedar Money’s $9.9 million seed round, Ghana-based fintech Oze securing undisclosed funding from Visa and DEG, Edukoya’s shutdown as a result of macroeconomic challenges, Vendease’s second round of layoffs in five months, and other industry news across the continent._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. _We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 15m 08s | ||||||
| 2/18/25 |  Cross Border Remittance & The LemFi Playbook | Welcome to our first explainer episode for 2025!–On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa talk about how cross border payments and remittances really work, LemFi’s expansion into Europe and why this is a good thing._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 29m 43s | ||||||
| 2/1/25 |  The One where we talk about Bento | On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Nosa, and Furo talk about Moniepoint and Visa’s partnership, Accrue, SeamlessHR’s additional $9 million raise in series A extension, MoneyHash’s $5.2 million pre-series A raise, and what they think is really happening with Bento._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. _We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 36m 30s | ||||||
| 1/20/25 |  Raises, Bankruptcy & 2025 Predictions | On this episode of the podcast, 'Laolu, Nosa, and Furo talk about the KPMG Customer finance report; what exactly investing in commodity looks like, LemFi’s $53 million raise as it expands remittance services into Europe, Gokada filing for bankruptcy, some predictions for 2025, alongside other industry news._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. _We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 41m 44s | ||||||
| 12/31/24 |  Open Africa Year in Review 2024 | …and it’s a wrap! Thank you for rocking with your favorite finance trio this year (and don’t worry, we tried not to make “doomy” predictions this time ;-) )–On this episode, 'Laolu, Furo, and Nosa do a month by month recap of 2024 episodes. From raises to shutdowns to unicorns to migrations to fraud, this was the year it all happened._We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on Twitter and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. _We love hearing your thoughts! Find us on X (@TheOAPod) and Instagram (@openafricapod) and tag us in your conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 46m 31s | ||||||
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Peaked at #29 in NG, currently #29 in NG.
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| NG | — | #29 | #29 | — |
| South Africa | — | #66 | #66 | — |
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