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The Afropolitan Podcast highlights Afropolitans who embrace the unknown and walk with purpose. Through this podcast, we aim to empower Africans in the Diaspora to maximize their potential and contribute to the development of a vibrant and progressive black community.

In this episode, we chat with Ngozi Dozie, co-founder of Carbon, a pan-African digital bank based in Nigeria. Carbon provides its customers with access to loans, investments, and other financial services to promote financial inclusion and help people pursue a life of prosperity. With an MBA from Wharton School and experience as a financial analyst at Deloitte & Touche and an investment banker at JPMorgan in New York, Ngozi shares his insights on the importance of transparency and access to loans in the Nigerian digital finance ecosystem, navigating the regulatory landscape, and recruiting and retaining top talent.

Join us as Ngozi discusses his journey to co-founding Carbon, the importance of transparency and execution in entrepreneurship, and his tips for new founders navigating the regulatory landscape.

Ngozi's Reading List:

1. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - https://amzn.to/3BSXIMu
2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey - https://amzn.to/3CA05UO
3. The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran - https://amzn.to/3ycbiIf

Show Notes:

1:27 Ngozi's introduction to Carbon and its vision and mission
5:36 Importance of transparency and execution in business
6:34 Challenges faced by Nigerian entrepreneurs in accessing loans
8:54 Advice for navigating the regulatory landscape in the tech ecosystem
11:50 Fundraising tips for founders
16:56 The impact of the pandemic on Carbon and the business ecosystem
22:15 Strategies for recruiting and retaining talent
25:08 Ngozi's first encounter with failure and the lessons learned
29:50 Books that have profoundly impacted Ngozi’s life
35:01 The hypothetical title of the book about Ngozi's life
38:16 Ngozi's perspective on what it means to be Afropolitan

The Afropolitan Podcast is hosted by Eche Emole, co-founder of Afropolitan. Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Jamit, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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