Asili Africa

Asili Africa

Every empire has an origin.

The definitive documentary series on how Africa’s greatest companies were built. Long-form (15–25 min), bi-weekly. Storytelling, cinematic, reverent — and honest.

Asili is Swahili for origin — the root of something. Every episode is a story with an arc: the founding moment, the build, the crisis the company almost didn’t survive, the turn, and where they are now.

Episodes

Coming soon. The first season opens with Equity Bank — from technical insolvency in 1993 to Africa’s biggest bank by customers.

Planned line-up

  • Equity Bank — Kenya
  • Safaricom / M-Pesa — Kenya
  • Dangote Group — Nigeria
  • MTN Group — South Africa
  • Flutterwave — Nigeria
  • Ethiopian Airlines — Ethiopia
  • Shoprite — South Africa
  • Jumia — Nigeria
  • KCB Group — Kenya
  • Naspers / Prosus — South Africa

Listen

Audio versions of every episode will be available on:

  • Spotify — link coming soon
  • Apple Podcasts — link coming soon
  • YouTube — link coming soon

A Synthetic Africa series. Research and production assisted by AI. All editorial decisions made by humans.

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