Builders and Backers
Builders and Backers
Podcast Description
Your front-row seat to Africa’s investment stories and entrepreneurial journeys
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
Covers a range of themes focusing on the African tech ecosystem, venture capital evolution, and startup growth, with episodes featuring insights like Florent Nduwayezu's investment philosophy, the challenges faced by African founders, and the dynamics of fintech and climate tech. Each episode offers actionable advice for entrepreneurs and investors alike.
Your front-row seat to Africa’s investment stories and entrepreneurial journeys
Description
Our guest today is Mark Kiarie of Chpter a an AI-powered conversational commerce platform that enables businesses to sell more on social platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram. They raised $1.2m from investors and have 4,500 customers using their platform in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and beyond. We discuss his early career as an architect, building his first startup, and later pivoting to Chpter, Conversational commerce, and many more. Please enjoy!
Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(1:11) Background, early childhood and studying architecture
(07:21) Building the first business and learning how to code
(20:00) Early days of Chpter
(24:14) Conversational commerce
(36:50) Chapter today
(42:27) Chapter champions podcast
(45:52) Batianpeak fashion brand
(49:16) Advice to founders
(53:45) Quick fire questions
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Guest socials
Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-kiarie
Chpter website – https://www.chpter.co/
Batianpeak – https://thebatianpeak.com/
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