Iyin Aboyeji a.k.a ‘E’ is a three time founder, two technology companies and one fund. E is the co-founder of Flutterwave, a fintech unicorn that started in Nigeria, and expanded across Africa, now  helping global merchants get paid, Andela, a global technology company helping growing technology companies source and hire world class software engineering talent. E is now the founder of Future Africa, a pre-seed and seed stage fund that invests in technology companies in Africa.

In this conversation, Iyin chats with us on his entrepreneurial journey through his growing up and his initial ambitions to be a professor. We talk through his first startup, in Canada, his childhood interactions with entrepreneurship through trade in secondary school, and his childhood.

We transition to his problem and solution discovery process for andela and flutterwave, the assumptions disproved in retrospect, and his views on early stage funding in Africa. In this podcast, E talks to us about his journey, selecting co-founders, fundraising, and expansion strategy. His visions for building a future Africa. This podcast was recorded live as part of a discussion in July 2021.

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