Aug 8, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 11 segments
What if the biggest obstacle to African innovation isn't talent…...but the way we've been taught to think about entrepreneurship?In this fascinating episode of The Bold New Normal Podcast, Jewel…
Jewel ThompsonGuest
Lucy QuistHost
If enterprise is economic infrastructure, surely the founder's mindset is intellectual infrastructure in building an organization.
What informs this infrastructure of the founder's mindset? In today's conversation with Jewel Thompson, we get to ask and explore the question, who gets to define innovation in Africa? I love this topic because there's an element of us thinking of innovation in a purely creative, intellectual capacity, amazing people sense.
But there's an infrastructure that informs all of that, that sits in that layer of culture and the way we collectively think of us as a society.
And here she is to continue to unpack the lessons that she taught us at the conference.
You do not want to miss this, especially if entrepreneurship, innovation and building those future businesses of the African continent are your thing.
has the opportunity to thrive and not just survive through life? That's what we talk about at the Bold New Normal podcast.
We talk to leaders about their areas of endeavor, the work that they're doing to bring the Bold New Normal to life within their sphere of influence, their staying power, and the fact that they serve as an example
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If enterprise is economic infrastructure, surely the founder's mindset is intellectual infrastructure in building an organization.
What informs this infrastructure of the founder's mindset? In today's conversation with Jewel Thompson, we get to ask and explore the question, who gets to define innovation in Africa? I love this topic because there's an element of us thinking of innovation in a purely creative, intellectual capacity, amazing people sense.
But there's an infrastructure that informs all of that, that sits in that layer of culture and the way we collectively think of us as a society.
And here she is to continue to unpack the lessons that she taught us at the conference.
You do not want to miss this, especially if entrepreneurship, innovation and building those future businesses of the African continent are your thing.
has the opportunity to thrive and not just survive through life? That's what we talk about at the Bold New Normal podcast.
We talk to leaders about their areas of endeavor, the work that they're doing to bring the Bold New Normal to life within their sphere of influence, their staying power, and the fact that they serve as an example
