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Olowo-n'djo Tchala

Olowo-n'djo Tchala

Togolese-American entrepreneur, founder & CEO of fair-trade beauty company Alaffia (co-founded 2003 with Prairie Rose Hyde) and of Ayéya (2022).

Sep 30, 2026

12:20
There weren't a lot of companies talking about this.
12:24
Especially non-personal care, right? Yeah.
12:31
And maybe that's why I have gray hairs now.
12:38
Exactly.
12:39
It's definitely hard.
12:41
But, you know, I think these are about a convention, a belief, a belief that you could be of a service to humanity.
12:53
And I think that of all the entrepreneurs out there, when you have a belief being at the service and a servant of your community and providing a solution, you find ways.
17:13
Share a little bit more about that.
2:43
That's the best story I've ever heard.
2:45
Thank you.
2:46
Thank you.
2:46
Thank you, Brandon.
2:47
And I said thank you because the ethos of our existence, which is gratitude.
2:53
I'm saying thank you in the sense that you yourself are a founder.
2:57
Yeah.

7 MINS LATER

9:31
You speak English now better than I do.

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