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    <itunes:subtitle>Telling Entrepreneurship Stories That are Shaping and Building the African Continent</itunes:subtitle>
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  <title>Wins, Losses, and the Enchanting Entrepreneurship Journey: Mathias  Léopoldie #BuildOurAfrica</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>A #BuildOurAfrica exclusive with Mathias Léopoldie, Co-Founder and CEO of Julaya. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Mathias lets us in on his entrepreneurship journey, the challenges therein, his wins, and his losses. Mathias also shares quite a bit about his personal life, his upbringing, his West-Indies background, and how that influenced his move to Africa, while also moulding him into the entrepreneur he is today. Special Guest: Mathias Léopoldie.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Trailer: From Betrayal, Rogue Co-Founder, to Landmark Exit: Paul Damalie #BuildOurAfrica</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This is a #BuildOurAfrica exclusive, with Paul Damilie, co-founder and CEO of Approve. Get to hear all about Paul's journey in the African tech and entrepreneurial space. Learn about his background, his upbringing, his first venture into entreprneurship and the challenges he has encountered, key among them- betrayal from his former co-founder, and the damage it brought with it.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Paul Kwesi Damalie is the co-founder of Inclusive Innovations Inc. Appruve, a product of Inclusive Innovations Inc, makes it easy for financial services to verify individuals and businesses all over Africa. It enables Pan African financial institutions and global financial service providers focused on Africa to meet AML ,KYC and CTF compliance , ensure the most stringent privacy and security standards are met, as well as reduce cost of customer acquisition. By implementing Appruve API via digital channels , customers of financial institutions can remotely access financial services, participate in cross-border trade ,hence build digital financial identities with lesser perceived risk ,that would open a world of opportunities.  Special Guest: Paul Damilie.&lt;/p&gt;
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