Redefining African Entrepreneurship
Africans CAN Do.
So Africans, Do.
Authentic, contextual and often uncomfortable conversations with the people actually building on this continent. Not cautionary tales. Not charity cases. Stories of genius, grit, strategy and soul.
The mission
What this podcast is for.
Six things a conversation can do that a statistic cannot.
Creates conversation
Questions that do not usually get asked out loud, asked out loud.
Corrects narratives
African business told as strategy and craft, not as a development story.
Inspires action
A founder hearing their own problem described by someone who got past it.
Influences policy
The structural things, capital, regulation, access, named by the people they constrain.
Creates narratives
A record of how this generation of African businesses was actually built.
You are not alone
The single most common thing founders say after an episode.
The manifesto
A call to action, an affirmation, a confirmation and a reassurance that African entrepreneurs are not alone in their journeys of creating value on this continent.
The AfriCAN Do! Manifesto
The Marketplace
Every guest, and the business behind them.
A searchable directory of the founders who have sat in this chair, what they built, which sector, which episode. Filterable, and open to the founders themselves to keep current.
76 founder profiles are live, and every guest can add their own words to theirs.
The host
Leonard Mudachi
Twenty-six years in hospitality and retail, from a Hyatt management trainee to Chief Operating Officer at Java House. Founder of BRRAL, and adjunct faculty at Strathmore's School of Hospitality & Tourism. He asks the questions an operator would ask, because he is one.
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