Diary of an African Entrepreneur
Diary of an African Entrepreneur
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️ The Diary of an African Entrepreneur – with Deji AdebusoyeWelcome to The Diary of an African Entrepreneur, the podcast dedicated to African startups and business leaders who are building, growing, and thriving against the odds. Hosted by entrepreneur, author, and speaker Deji Adebusoye, this series dives deep into the real stories, raw challenges, and practical strategies behind doing business on the continent.Each episode brings you firsthand insights, candid reflections, and expert advice tailored for the African business environment—from navigating red tape and scaling under pressure to funding, innovation, and leadership in uncertain times.If you’re a founder, startup leader, or aspiring entrepreneur ready to make your mark in Africa’s dynamic (and often demanding) markets, this podcast is your playbook.New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe, share, and start thriving.
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This podcast covers a variety of impactful topics relevant to African entrepreneurship, including setbacks in funding, navigating local regulations, and innovative business practices. Notable episodes feature discussions on turning family businesses into global brands, building tech-driven logistics solutions, and scaling agricultural enterprises, all reflecting on the unique hurdles and successes encountered in thriving immersed in Africa's markets.
️ The Diary of an African Entrepreneur – with Deji Adebusoye
Welcome to The Diary of an African Entrepreneur, the podcast dedicated to African startups and business leaders who are building, growing, and thriving against the odds. Hosted by entrepreneur, author, and speaker Deji Adebusoye, this series dives deep into the real stories, raw challenges, and practical strategies behind doing business on the continent.
Each episode brings you firsthand insights, candid reflections, and expert advice tailored for the African business environment—from navigating red tape and scaling under pressure to funding, innovation, and leadership in uncertain times.
If you’re a founder, startup leader, or aspiring entrepreneur ready to make your mark in Africa’s dynamic (and often demanding) markets, this podcast is your playbook.
New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe, share, and start thriving.
Most entrepreneurs start with a dream.
Desmond Kony started with a death.
In this episode of The Diary of an African Entrepreneur, Deji Adebusoye sits down with Desmond Kony, CEO and Founder of Complete Farmer, to unpack one of the most misunderstood industries in Africa: agriculture.
After the sudden death of his father, Desmond inherited a small pineapple farm in Ghana — a business he never wanted. The farm failed. Crops collapsed. Logistics broke down. Cash ran out. But that failure sparked a revelation.
Desmond stopped seeing farming as land and started seeing it as a factory floor. He realized that most of Africa’s agricultural challenges — from policy failures to broken supply chains — are data problems, not farming problems.
Today, Complete Farmer is building an end-to-end digital marketplace that connects African farmers directly to global buyers, treating agriculture with the same rigor as manufacturing and software engineering.
In this conversation, we explore:
- Why farming fails when it ignores market demand
- Why “farming is not a security”
- How poor data destroys African supply chains
- Why infrastructure and know-how are the real barriers to scale
- How Complete Farmer pivoted from crowdfunding to a global marketplace
- Why the future of African agriculture will be built in the cloud, not on guesswork
This episode is a masterclass in first-principles thinking, resilience, and building systems that scale across Africa.
👉 Subscribe to The Diary of an African Entrepreneur for deep conversations on African business, systems, and scale.
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