Afropolitan

Building Wealth in Nigeria Is Not What You Think It Is — Bankhead

He had 4 hours to empty a beach club with 5 swimming pools. The bulldozers were already working down the shore. He puts the loss at over ₦2 billion, and says compensation

Nigeria's Banking Problem Is Not What You Think It Is - Olu Akanmu

40 million people have a government ID and no bank account. Olu Akanmu's fix: lock the regulators, the banks and the fintechs in one room and give them 3 months to go and

The Dark Side of Being Afrobeats’ Most Wanted Director — TG Omori

For six months he lay in a hospital bed while the internet decided he had fallen off. "He doesn't shoot no more." "Nobody rocks with him anymore." "He has outpriced himse

The Dark Side Of Being A Female Afrobeats Artist Nobody Talks About - Fave

A major label signed her, handed her enough money to go buy a car, and then let her music sit. So she asked to leave. Less than a month after she got out, "Intentions" to

Dangote Refinery’s IPO Is Not What You Think It Is

The entire stock market of Africa's biggest economy is worth about $114 billion. One refinery just outside Lagos is asking investors to value it at $50 billion. On day on

Nigeria's Minister Exposes Why The World Makes Us Look Worse Than We Are - Tunji Alausa

For over 40 years, one problem broke every education minister who walked in before him. Strikes that shut universities for months at a time. Students who started a four-y

Beauty Founder Exposes What It Takes For A Woman To Build In Africa - Diiadem

She landed in China with $1,500 in her pocket. That money had to cover the flight she had already booked, somewhere to sleep, and the products she came to manufacture. Th

The Dark Side of Afrobeats Nobody Talks About - WurlD

WurlD went digging through his own royalty data and found somebody else's name sitting where his publisher should be. Three, four years of money had already moved. He onl

Nigerian Fragrance Founder Reveals How She Got into Sephora and Raised $500,000

She spent $225,000 of her own money on a brand that hadn't sold a single bottle yet. Before that, she priced her first fragrance at $250 and the internet came for her. "W

Lagos Governorship Candidate Exposes Why He Turned Down MILLIONS!

Everyone believes power in Lagos belongs to one man, that he holds it, transfers it at his pleasure, and there's nothing anybody can do about that. GRV has spent three ye

Billionaire Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate Exposes Why Nigerian Politics Is Rigged

Tonye Cole co-founder of Sahara sit down with Eche Emole and Chika Uwazie, one of Africa's largest energy conglomerates, and a Nigerian politician who walked away from th

Preston Ideh: Why Data is the Most Valuable Asset in Africa

Preston Ideh is the co-founder and CEO of Stears, the company building the data infrastructure for African markets (think Crunchbase meets the Bloomberg Terminal, built f

Eni Aluko: How Suing The FA Made Her More Money Than Playing For England

She went from a Birmingham estate to 104 caps for England, qualified as a lawyer at one of the most elite firms in the world, and wrote a six-figure check to prove women'

We Are A Generation Of Influencers, Not Builders

Iyinoluwa "Iyin" Aboyeji helped build two of Africa's most important tech companies — Andela and Flutterwave. Now he's after something bigger: making sure every African c

Nelson Mandela's Widow Has One Warning for the Diaspora

Join us for a historic fireside chat with Her Excellency Graça Machel—liberation fighter, former Education Minister of Mozambique, global humanitarian, and the only woman

These AI Stocks Could Print Millionaires You're Investing in AI Wrong

She turned $30,000 and one stubborn goal into an eight-figure fortune — then almost lost herself building it. Teri Ijeoma quit her job as an assistant principal, put $30,

The Hidden Truth About Streaming Money (No One Says This)

YCee disappeared for four years. The story behind why is heavier than anyone knew. In 2020, at the peak of his run — Jagaban everywhere, Juice on every aux, sold-out show

Seven-Figure Founder: Social Media Has Changed. Here's What's Working Now

She built a soft life on purpose — and made it look easy. In this episode, Chi Adogu (the real Chi) breaks down the 10-year journey behind the aesthetic: how she went fro

Boris Kodjoe Opens Up About His Absent Father, Therapy & Breaking Generational Cycles

Boris Kodjoe sits down with Eche and Chika for one of the most layered conversations we've ever had on the Afropolitan Podcast - about ownership, ancestry, Black manhood,

Africa Spends $22B on Diesel Every Year. One Man is Ending It.

Nigeria's economy cannot be built on the back of diesel generators. It's too stressful and way too expensive. In this episode, Eche and Chika sit down with Victor Tobenna