Jul 29, 2026 · 36 min · 16 segments
From Monza to Sydney, Spain, Nigeria, and now Dubai. What do you learn when you've built from scratch in some of the world's most unforgiving markets? In this episode of Retail Re:Mix Stories…
I think more out of personal interest, I was trying to figure out a term that I could coin for you, right? And what came to my mind was frontier markets.
Because you've been at the right time in the right markets, right? In that sense.
listen so when i was in australia i really enjoyed my time we were having the opportunity to work in this company that was a start up scale up fast companies with great people around you so a lot to learn right um and well financed right so the second opportunity came to actually launch in in africa particularly starting from nigeria right i've never been in africa before But I figured that that would have been like a nice opportunity to go for.
I was one of the first six, seven employees of the company working with the founders.
And yeah, and I had the chance to follow it from the very beginning until...
the IPO, and then eventually another four years or so in the biggest market.
Lovely.
It was the first African company to be listed.
In
2019, it became the first African internet company to be listed in the New York Stock Exchange for a valuation over $1 billion.
there.
Congratulations.
Well done, I think.
It was a
As I always say to my teams before and now, It's a milestone, but it's not the end.
I think it was amazing because it showed that you can scale companies in a continent which is difficult, which is challenging.
But usually Challenger brings up the best entrepreneurs, the best managers, because you... you're able to make things happen in an environment which is maybe a little bit difficult than others.
And then being able to list it in New York means being able to run a company in a complex market, but at the standard levels and the compliance level of a company that can be listed there.
I think more out of personal interest, I was trying to figure out a term that I could coin for you, right? And what came to my mind was frontier markets.
Because you've been at the right time in the right markets, right? In that sense.
listen so when i was in australia i really enjoyed my time we were having the opportunity to work in this company that was a start up scale up fast companies with great people around you so a lot to learn right um and well financed right so the second opportunity came to actually launch in in africa particularly starting from nigeria right i've never been in africa before But I figured that that would have been like a nice opportunity to go for.
I was one of the first six, seven employees of the company working with the founders.
And yeah, and I had the chance to follow it from the very beginning until...
the IPO, and then eventually another four years or so in the biggest market.
Lovely.
It was the first African company to be listed.
In
2019, it became the first African internet company to be listed in the New York Stock Exchange for a valuation over $1 billion.
there.
Congratulations.
Well done, I think.
It was a
As I always say to my teams before and now, It's a milestone, but it's not the end.
I think it was amazing because it showed that you can scale companies in a continent which is difficult, which is challenging.
But usually Challenger brings up the best entrepreneurs, the best managers, because you... you're able to make things happen in an environment which is maybe a little bit difficult than others.
And then being able to list it in New York means being able to run a company in a complex market, but at the standard levels and the compliance level of a company that can be listed there.
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