AfricanOptimist - how we thrive against great odds

By AfricanOptimist

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What does it take to survive and thrive in Africa?

This and other questions are answered weekly as we dive into the worlds of dynamic doers and thinkers who are changing the future of the continent. Join Sanja Gohre in conversation with a wide range of people as they share their journeys of triumphs and tribulations, tips and tricks, analysis and insight, and most of all their inspiration on how and why they survive and thrive. 

For the back story of all guests, transcripts and show notes, visit www.africanoptimist.co.za, where you can also sign up for the AfricanOptimist newsletter.


The AfricanOptimist podcast is proudly hosted by Afripods, the world's Nr 1 podcast for African stories.


Episode Date
#9 Joséphine Katumba - The rise (and importance) of the Intrapreneur, jumping on rocket ships without a reserved seat and 'weighing and paying' as a retail model of the future
May 02, 2024
#8 Adam Welz - why 'climate change' should be renamed 'climate breakdown', how humans have disrupted 11,000 years of relative stability, how nature is reacting to this and why we should care
Apr 05, 2024
#7 Sithuli Mbeje - on mobile abattoirs, bringing processing closer to home and doing what needs to be done
Mar 15, 2024
#6 Erica de Greef - on Vogue Business' accolade as one of 100 global fashion 'disruptors', using African fashion as a decolonial tool, re-imagining western 1960s dresses and Africa's 'folded' fashion
Mar 03, 2024
#5 Hamza Chaham - what it takes to get AI powered tools into the hands of smallholder farmers
Feb 18, 2024
#4 GG Alcock - how the informal economy can disrupt the formal economy, how humans are not dots and slashes and how we are incentivised to be successful not brave
Feb 04, 2024
#3 Sipamandla Manqele - exploring African wholefoods, being seen as a 'fallen soldier', about African and global banquet tables and connecting conscious consumers with small-scale producers
Jan 17, 2024
#2 Jesse Naidoo - about the most exciting time of his life, bringing an engineer's approach to waste, thoughts on Shared Value vs Shareholder Value
Jan 17, 2024
#1 Efosa Ojomo - about the 'Prosperity Paradox', Disruptive & Market-Creating Innovations and Why Capital has to be patient in Africa
Jan 14, 2024